Community violence and early childhood language development: The moderating role of maternal efficacy and satisfaction

Alejandra Abufhele, Agustina Laurito

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This paper estimates the acute effect of community-level homicides on early childhood language development and explores the moderating role of maternal efficacy and satisfaction in Chile. It uses data from the 2017 wave of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey of Chilean Children (N = 1194, Mage: 52.8 months, 52% girls). Children in municipalities with homicides 1 month before the Peabody Picture Vocabulary assessment scored between 0.18 and 0.41 SDs lower compared to children in the same municipality but for whom homicides happened after the assessment. On average, higher maternal satisfaction appears to have a protective effect, though it dissipates in the most violent municipalities. Evidence that higher maternal efficacy protects children from the negative effects of violence is inconclusive.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)800-816
Número de páginas17
PublicaciónChild Development
Volumen95
N.º3
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 1 may. 2024
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