Parental Responsiveness and Children’s Security Sequentially Mediate the Developmental Cascade from Family Sociodemographic Risk in Infancy to Child Behavior Problems at Kindergarten Age

Family sociodemographic risk undermines children’s development, but specific mechanisms continue to be studied. In 102 families, we supported indirect effects of risk on children’s behavior problems at 5.5 years, mediated sequentially first, by parental responsiveness at 7-15 months, and second, by child security with the given parent at 2 years.