Children born during the Great Depression experienced differing developmental outcomes depending on cohort and family economic circumstances, showing historical timing shapes adult trajectories.

Evidence

The Life Course as Developmental Theory (Glen H. Elder Jr., Child Development)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The decisive psychological traumatism of the colonial child occurs in grammar school — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 573; Family background splits into financial, human, and social capital that affect achievement differently — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 139; One cohort stayed well-adjusted lifelong while its children grew more distressed — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 907 (+1 more)

Related

• One cohort stayed well-adjusted lifelong while its children grew more distressed (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Family background splits into financial, human, and social capital that affect achievement differently #expands (0.78) — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 139