Presenter(s)

• Samira Amirazizi, Graduate Student, UCSB
• Madeline Spiess, Doctoral Student, Clinical Counseling and School Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Stephanie Moore, Assistant Professor, University of California Riverside
• Erin Dowdy, Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Isabelle Fleury, Doctoral Student, UC Santa Barbara
• Tameisha Hinton
• Rhea Wagle

Abstract

When considering human development, the most proximal and influential social setting is the child’s family (Bronfenbrenner, 1986). This study investigated parental characteristics, specifically parental risk factors from a sample of preschoolers in Central California who participated in universal screening for behavioral and emotional risk. The presence of multiple parental risk factors was examined to understand how they contribute to the prediction of child outcomes. Differences in preschoolers’ social emotional functioning are highlighted with respect to parental characteristics and potential risk factors such as parental age, number of children in the home, parental education, and marital status.