title: The stress of being a poor child in America.
abstract: This article explores the human ecology of child poverty. It focuses on the psychologic meanings of poverty in American society. Issues of shame linked to economic inequality rather than limited resource possession are at the core of clinical issues associated with poverty.
authors.affiliation: Family Life Development Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. jg38@cornell.edu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garbarino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D011640:Public Policy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012923:Social Class; D012935:Social Justice / Q000191:economics; D012945:Social Values; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States