APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Mastery Motivation and Adaptive Emotional and Behavioral Functioning Among Children Experiencing Homelessness
- Jyothi Ramakrishnan
University of Minnesota - Addison Thompson
University of Minnesota - Laura Reimann
University of Minnesota - Lamisa Chowdhury
University of Minnesota - Ann Masten
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Abstract
Among 85 three- to five-year-old children experiencing homelessness in Minneapolis, behavioral measures of mastery motivation were associated with better parent-rated prosocial skills and less parent-rated hyperactivity, maladaptive emotional symptoms, and emotional lability, even when controlling for age and gender.
Risk/Resilience
