The effects of parental incarceration on children’s health into young adulthood

Citation

Thomas, Kirby Ann (2016). The effects of parental incarceration on children's health into young adulthood.

Abstract

With the increase in incarceration rates starting in the 1980s, scholars are beginning to examine the unintended consequences of incarceration on families. While much attention has been given to effects of parental incarceration on child delinquency and criminal justice system involvement, far less attention has been given to child health outcomes over the life course. This study utilizes the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) and latent growth curve analysis to examine the effects of parental incarceration on specific health related outcomes and overall health in adolescence and young adulthood, taking the gender of the child and the timing of parental incarceration into consideration. Findings suggest that parental incarceration negatively impacts specific health related outcomes, though these effects manifest differently for men and women. Overall, parental incarceration negatively impacts self-rated health, suggesting that while the mechanisms or pathways that parental incarceration works through may differ for men and women, the result is poorer global or overall health for both groups. Timing of parental incarceration is also important, with those experiencing parental incarceration in early childhood (between ages 0 and 5) showing the most consistently negative outcomes.

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Keyword(s)

Social sciences BMI Drug Health Incarceration Lifecourse Timing Sociology Criminology 0627:Criminology 0626:Sociology

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Reference Type

Thesis/Dissertation

Book Title

Sociology

Author(s)

Thomas, Kirby Ann

Series Author(s)

Taylor, Miles G.

Year Published

2016

Volume Number

10195991

Publisher

The Florida State University

City of Publication

Ann Arbor

ISSN/ISBN

9781369553802

DOI