This study examined how different domains of social capital and of social support among caregivers are associated with social-emotional development in children ages 4–6 and how caregiver depressive symptoms modify these associations. Using a stratified random sample of preschools, data included a cross-sectional study of 1147 child-caregiver pairs (543 girls) in a low-income municipality in Brazil. Crude and adjusted linear regression models revealed that all domains of social support and two domains of social capital were associated with less social-emotional development delay in children. Given a significant proportion of children in low- and middle-income countries do not meet developmental milestones, strengthening caregiver social capital and support in these settings may have the potential to improve child social-emotional development.

本研究探讨了看护者的不同社会资本和社会支持领域如何与 4-6 岁儿童的社会情绪发展相关联，以及看护者的抑郁症状如何改变这些关联。使用分层的学前班随机样本，数据包括对巴西一个低收入城市的 1147 对儿童看护人（543 名女孩）的横断面研究。粗略和调整后的线性回归模型显示，社会支持的所有领域和社会资本的两个领域都与儿童社会情感发展延迟的减少有关。鉴于低收入和中等收入国家的很大一部分儿童没有达到发展里程碑，在这些环境中加强照顾者的社会资本和支持可能有可能改善儿童的社会情感发展。