Publications by authors named "Jason T Hustedt"
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- This study explored how family functioning, stress, psychological well-being, and social support affect children's social-emotional skills in early head start families.
- Using a person-centered approach, researchers identified three distinct profiles among 246 families: low stress/high functioning (63%), moderate stress/low functioning (25%), and high distress/stress (12%).
- The findings showed that children from families with low stress and high functioning exhibited the best social-emotional skills, emphasizing the need to enhance family support and reduce stress to foster positive behaviors in young children.
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- EHS staff trained to integrate the Promoting First Relationships (PFR) intervention into home visits for mothers and young children, exploring its effectiveness in reducing parenting stress and improving family dynamics.
- A study showed no overall significant impact of PFR on all families, but it revealed that children with higher surgency levels led to decreased stress for mothers and those with negative affect saw increased maternal sensitivity post-intervention.
- Agencies should consider family characteristics when selecting interventions, suggesting that PFR could effectively support families with specific child temperaments.
The federal Early Head Start program provides a relevant context to examine families' experiences with stress since participants qualify on the basis of poverty and risk. Building on previous research that has shown variations in demographic and economic risks even among qualifying families, we examined possible variations in families' perceptions of stress. Family, parent, and child data were collected to measure stressors and risk across a variety of domains in families' everyday lives, primarily from self-report measures, but also including assay results from child cortisol samples.
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