TY - JOUR
T1 - Intergenerational Transmission of Adaptive Functioning
T2 - A Test of the Interactionist Model of SES and Human Development
AU - Schofield, Thomas J.
AU - Martin, Monica J.
AU - Conger, Katherine J.
AU - Neppl, Tricia M.
AU - Donnellan, M. Brent
AU - Conger, Rand D.
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - The interactionist model (IM) of human development (R. D. Conger & M. B. Donellan, 2007) proposes that the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and human development involves a dynamic interplay that includes both social causation (SES influences human development) and social selection (individual characteristics affect SES). Using a multigenerational data set involving 271 families, the current study finds empirical support for the IM. Adolescent personality characteristics indicative of social competence, goal-setting, hard work, and emotional stability predicted later SES, parenting, and family characteristics that were related to the positive development of a third-generation child. Processes of both social selection and social causation appear to account for the association between SES and dimensions of human development indicative of healthy functioning across multiple generations.
AB - The interactionist model (IM) of human development (R. D. Conger & M. B. Donellan, 2007) proposes that the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and human development involves a dynamic interplay that includes both social causation (SES influences human development) and social selection (individual characteristics affect SES). Using a multigenerational data set involving 271 families, the current study finds empirical support for the IM. Adolescent personality characteristics indicative of social competence, goal-setting, hard work, and emotional stability predicted later SES, parenting, and family characteristics that were related to the positive development of a third-generation child. Processes of both social selection and social causation appear to account for the association between SES and dimensions of human development indicative of healthy functioning across multiple generations.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79551517241&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01539.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01539.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 21291427
AN - SCOPUS:79551517241
VL - 82
SP - 33
EP - 47
JO - Child Development
JF - Child Development
SN - 0009-3920
IS - 1
ER -