Analysis Paper Instructions:

"There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land." Deuteronomy 15:11

Jesus said that there will always be poor among us, but, as Christians, we are called to seek to relieve the suffering of those around us who are struggling to take care of even those basic needs of food, clothing and shelter. Nearly 1 in 4 children and adolescents in America grow up in poverty, according to Evans and Kim (2013). Poverty is an overarching risk factor across all systems in the Ecological Model. Poverty influences socioeconomic, psychosocial, cognitive, behavioral, and physical development of children and adolescents. The Ecological Model provides a way of analyzing how varied dimensions of the environment support or decrease the likelihood of risk and risk category behaviors.

Read the following article:

Evans, G. W. & Kim, Pilyoung. (2013). Childhood poverty, chronic stress, self-regulation, and coping. Child Development Perspectives, The Society for Research in Child Development, 7, (1), pps. 43-48. DOI: 10.111/cdep.12013

Provide a discussion and analysis of the impact of chronic stress and coping on development throughout childhood and adolescence. You will use the framework of the Ecological Model as the basis and include at least 4 peer-reviewed scholarly resources (no older than 5 years).