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[https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ero](https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ero)  \nHead Start, Household Instability, and Children’s Externalizing  \nBehavior Problems  \nElise Chor  \nTemple University  \nThis study uses experimental and nationally representative Head Start Impact Study data to document the high incidence of multidomain household instability experienced by children eligible for the federal two-generation Head Start early childhood education program for low-income households. The study finds that household instability experienced during the preschool year is associated with higher levels of children’s classroom inattentive/hyperactive, aggressive, and oppositional externalizing behavior problems at the end of kindergarten. This relationship is reduced and even eliminated by access to Head Start. Exploratory evidence suggests that Head Start’s buffering effect may operate by reducing exposure to household instability—including the incidence of high levels of multidomain household instability and the use of parental care—as well as parent–child relationship conflict.  \nKeywords: child development, early childhood, educational policy, equity, parents and families, poverty, experimental research, policy analysis, regression analyses, secondary data analysis  \nInstability, such as a parent unexpectedly losing a job and earnings income, residential relocation due to eviction or foreclosure, or the end of a marriage, is prevalent among households with young children, particularly those with low levels of income (McCoy & Raver, 2014) . Over and above income poverty, household instability has negative effects on children’s socioemotional development and behavior—particularly externalizing behavior problems—compared with more limited evidence of effects on cognition (Cavanaugh & Huston, 2006; Fomby & Cherlin, 2007; Lee & McLanahan, 2015; Schmitt & Lipscomb, 2016). Although the literature emphasizes the risks associated with cumulative instability characterized by multiple markers of transition, change, and chaos in the household, far less attention has been paid to multidomain instability that affects multiple aspects of the child’s home life (Adams & Rohacek, 2010; Fomby & Mollborn, 2017) . Incidences of household instability tend to co-occur in part because instability begets instability (Cavanaugh & Huston, 2008; Hill et al., 2013; Sandstrom & Huerta, 2013b). At the same time, it is possible that stability begets stability: as one facet of family life steadies, other facets also may stabilize.  \nThe federal Head Start public preschool program for 3-to 5-year-olds—most from low-income families—takes a twogeneration approach in its effort to boost school readiness among vulnerable children by offering a comprehensive set of services for children and parents in the same family. Supportive early childhood education (ECE) programs such  \nas Head Start could buffer children against the harms associated with household instability if access to safe and secure ECE allows families to experience decreased household instability and settle into positive patterns and practices (Berry et al., 2016) . In contrast, if Head Start is itself unstable, or if it is ineffective for children from unstable households, program access instead could exacerbate the negative consequences of household instability.  \nThis study explores these potential benefits or limitations of Head Start with regression analysis using experimental data on Head Start–eligible children from the national Head Start Impact Study. The study finds that household instability experienced during the Head Start preschool year is associated with higher levels of children’s classroom externalizing behavior problems atthe end of kindergart","cbCaicdBX2qVXi0x","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicdBX2qVXi0x","pdf",480980,"English","# Overview\n## Research approach and main findings\n# Background and concepts\n## Household instability and externalizing behavior\n## Head Start as potential buffer","[{\"question\":\"What data and design does the study use?\",\"answer\":\"The study uses experimental and nationally representative Head Start Impact Study data.\"},{\"question\":\"How does preschool-year household instability relate to later behavior?\",\"answer\":\"Preschool-year household instability is associated with higher levels of externalizing behavior problems by the end of kindergarten.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Head Start affect the relationship between instability and behavior?\",\"answer\":\"Access to Head Start reduces and may even eliminate the link between household instability and children’s externalizing behavior problems.\"}]","Head Start, Household Instability, and Children’s Externalizing Behavior Problems | PDF",1792069158,48]