Socioeconomic Status and Internalizing Symptoms in Chilean Children: Does Reserve Capacity Matter?
Informed by the reserve capacity model, we examined pathways between socioeconomic status (SES) and internalizing symptoms (IS) in 1119 Chilean 10-year-olds. Mediators included parental disciplinary style and reserve capacity resources (RCR), namely home environment, parent-child engagement, and self-esteem, and conduct problems. Using structural equation modeling, the model was stratified by gender. For boys, the SES-IS relationship was mediated by the home environment and parental disciplinary style. For girls, the SES-IS relationship was mediated by the home environment, parent-child engagement, self-esteem, and conduct problems. Findings suggest different RCR may protect against IS in a sample of Chilean children.
University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. 0927, La Jolla, CA 92093-0927, USA.
Suzanna M
SM
Martinez
University of Chile; 5524 Macul, Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Marcela
M
Castillo
University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, 1700 SPH I, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA.
Betsy
B
Lozoff
University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. 0927, La Jolla, CA 92093-0927, USA.
Sheila
S
Gahagan
Conduct; Internalizing symptoms; Parental discipline; Reserve capacity; Self-esteem; Socioeconomic status