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Poverty

Encyclopedia of Adolescence, Page: 417-431
2024
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Book Chapter Description

In this article, we define poverty as a dynamic and complex social phenomenon that impacts individuals, families, and communities and examine how poverty interacts with adolescents' development across contexts (homes, schools, and neighborhoods). Throughout the article, we emphasize three themes: (1) poverty can disrupt healthy adolescent development; (2) the timing of onset and duration of poverty and support services are important for understanding the influence of poverty on adolescent outcomes; and (3) the impact of poverty varies for adolescents with different profiles of risk and protective factors. We introduce a conceptual framework and provide examples to illuminate poverty's effects on adolescents.

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