Child development at the intersection of race and SES: An overview

Daphne A Henry; Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal; Portia Miller

doi:10.1016/bs.acdb.2019.05.002

Child development at the intersection of race and SES: An overview

Adv Child Dev Behav. 2019:57:1-25. doi: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2019.05.002. Epub 2019 Jun 20.

Authors

Daphne A Henry¹, Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal², Portia Miller²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States. Electronic address: dahst44@pitt.edu.
² Department of Psychology and Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.

PMID: 31296312
DOI: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2019.05.002

Abstract

Racial/ethnic disparities in socioeconomic status (SES) persist in the United States. These disparities perpetuate the intergenerational transmission of inequality. Although families of color vary significantly in socioeconomic standing and evidence suggests the links between SES and child development may differ by race/ethnicity, we know relatively little about how race and SES interact to shape children's social contexts and developmental outcomes. This chapter draws theoretical insights from sociocultural perspectives on development and intersectionality theory to understand how and why family life and child development may play out in complex ways at the nexus of race and SES.

Keywords: Child development; Culture; Intersectionality; Race/ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; Stress.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Child
Child Development*
Culture*
Humans
Racial Groups*
Social Class*
Social Environment*
Stress, Psychological*
United States