Abstract COVID-19 has increased economic hardship for many families, including custodial grandparent-headed families. We aim to examine latent classes of material among assess predictors associated with identified classes, and investigate associations grandchildren’s physical mental health outcomes during COVID-19. Data was collected from a cross-sectional survey in June 2020. The sample compri...

We assess how a variety of disruptive life-course events impact the economic wellbeing US households and trace importance household wealth in helping families who experience these avoid entering spell material hardship. Using longitudinal data from two panels Survey Income Program Participation (SIPP), we draw on direct measures hardship, assets. Our analyses reveal that relationship between li...

Recent research by Desmond (2016) describes being evicted from one’s home as an ordinary experience for many low-income mothers in American cities. Involuntary removal from housing is considered a traumatic and shameful experience (Serby et al. 2006) that undermines health and causes additional material hardship (Desmond and Kimbro 2015). In response to this social problem, Desmond calls for a ...

Evidence suggests that prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) has long-term effects on several outcomes, yet effects on neuromotor function are relatively unknown. We aimed to determine whether disaster-related PNMS predicts motor functioning in young children and whether timing of exposure and sex of the child moderate these effects. Objective and subjective PNMS levels were assessed among pregnant w...