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1 HOW CAN POVERTY AFFECT CHILDREN MENTAL HEALTH? How Can Poverty Affect Children Mental Health? Brianna Wilneshia Watson Middle Georgia State University ONLINE Senior Capstone PSYC 4100 Session ll Dr. Elizabeth Walker May 2, 2023 I stopped providing specific feedback when I read on and never found where you introduced your hypothesis or purpose of writing the literature review. I also noted that you did not summarize any studies. This was written as an essay with some reference citations. However, you are attempting to persuade a reader. That is NOT what a literature review is. A literature review states a hypothesis or research question and then summarizes studies pertaining to that question; it uses the culmination of results from those studies reviewed and addresses the hypothesis. You did not do any of this. You also did not properly cite many of the statements made. You must credit the original authors of these ideas, as well as substantiate the statements made – sort of provide expert or scientific proof of their accuracy. To not do so is called plagiarism and is quite serious. I do not think you intentionally plagiarize; I believe that you may not fully comprehend the purpose of, and perhaps, methods of scientific writing, research purposes, and APA format. * This particular paper would ordinarily receive a 0 score; however, I looked back over the rough draft submissions and realized that I did not provide

2 HOW CAN POVERTY AFFECT CHILDREN MENTAL HEALTH? feedback for your last submission. I mistakenly thought I had, but I did not – I apologize for that. I would have noted many of these errors in the feedback for the last submission of your rough draft. Even though I did provide feedback for one submission, it was not for this one. Therefore, I will take that into consideration. Poverty has been an ongoing issue for decades because of its impact on society, especially children. Poverty not only affects a child’s mental health, but it stems from social and economic issues. Mental health can start in childhood and go into adulthood. When children are raised in poverty it can lead to anxiety and depression. Children in poverty vs children not affected by poverty pexperience higher levels of behavior problems (Mcleod & Shanahan, 1993 ). Poverty stems from a lack of nutrition and stability. Poverty is very important in America because it is associated with health risks. As the years pass by the number of families associated with poverty increases. There are many policies and programs for families to get their basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter (Edelman, 2014). These programs are to lower the impact of mental health disorders and poverty . There are many children of different races, and all have childhood poverty. Some rac ial and ethnic groups are more affected impacted by poverty more than others ; The Blacks a larger

3 HOW CAN POVERTY AFFECT CHILDREN MENTAL HEALTH? percentage of African Americans and Hispanic Americans races are poorer experience than whites and poverty, as well as lack resources to reach out to (Mcleod & Shanahan, 1993 ). There are few improvements in economics for blacks and Hispanics. This means they will have more than normal teen pregnancy and high school dropouts (Mcleod & Shanahan, 1993). Adults with major depressive disorders are more than likely to get a high school diploma (Heflin & Iceland, 2009). Children who lack education and experience teen pregnancy can increase their chances of poverty as adults. Poverty affects children's mental health by decreasing their chances of social relationships with others. Mental health is very important today because it is taken lightly. Most families experience disorders every day in their household. When families have lost jobs and lost benefits this can lead to depression. In some cases, this can be temporary for a short period (Heflin & Iceland, 2009). To determine poverty the United States looks at thresholds such as goods and services. The thresholds are also looked at by family size and the age of the members of the household. A family's resources use gross annual cash income from earnings, cash welfare, and other incomes. Families are considered poor when their income falls below the poverty threshold (Heflin & Iceland, 2009). There are many resources for families in need to prevent children's anxiety and depression. Families with low income and below the poverty line are eligible for assistance. The assistance they can receive is food stamps, WIC vouchers, TNAF, Medicaid, Child Tax Credit, Section 8, and some get Social Security. These resources are to meet the needs of housing, medical and financial support (Edelman, 2014). Food stamps are under a program called SNAP and it is for mothers and children. SNAP comes in money form for items that are not considered food items. Many houses and apartments in different countries in the United States accept

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