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Unemployment and Work Interruption among African American Single Mothers: Effects on Parenting and Adolescent Socioemotional Functioning.
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McLoyd, Vonnie C.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Using interview data from 241 single African American mothers and their seventh- and eighth-grade children, this study tested a model of how 2 economic stressors, maternal unemployment and work interruption, influenced adolescent socioemotional functioning. Found that current unemployment, but not past work interruption, contributed to depressive…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Black Mothers, Blacks
Race and Gender Influences on Adjustment in Early Adolescence: Investigation of an Integrative Model.
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DuBois, David L.; Burk-Braxton, Carol; Swenson, Lance P.; Tevendale, Heather D.; Hardesty, Jennifer L. – Child Development, 2002
Investigated the influence of racial and gender discrimination and difficulties on adolescent adjustment. Found that discrimination and hassles contribute to a general stress context which in turn influences emotional and behavioral problems in adjustment, while racial and gender identity positively affect self-esteem and thus adjustment. Revealed…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Blacks, Coping
The Effect of Subject Race, Model Race, and Vicarious Praise on Vicarious Learning
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Thelen, Mark H. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Aggression, Blacks, Grade 1, Imitation
Single Mothers in Low-Wage Jobs: Financial Strain, Parenting, and Preschoolers' Outcomes.
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Jackson, Aurora P.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Huang, Chien-Chung; Glassman, Marc – Child Development, 2000
Examined how maternal education, economic conditions, and instrumental support influenced maternal psychological functioning, parenting, and child development among single Black mothers. Found that maternal education positively related to earnings, which, with instrumental support, negatively related to financial strain. Financial strain related…
Descriptors: Black Family, Blacks, Child Development, Depression (Psychology)
Toward Cultural/Ecological Perspectives on Schooling and Achievement in African- and Asian-American Children.
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Slaughter-Defoe, Diana T.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Addresses the influence of cultural and ecological backgrounds, as mediated by the family, on children's achievement. Contrasts models used to explain academic successes and failures of African-American and Asian-American children. (PCB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Differences
Ethnic Differences in the Effect of Parenting on Gang Involvement and Gang Delinquency: A Longitudinal, Hierarchical Linear Modeling Perspective.
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Walker-Barnes, Chanequa J.; Mason, Craig A. – Child Development, 2001
Examined relative influence of peer and parenting behavior on changes in adolescent gang involvement and gang-related delinquency among ninth-graders. Found that gang involvement decreased over the school year, with average levels of gang delinquency remaining constant. Gang involvement and gang-related delinquency were most strongly predicted by…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency, Early Adolescents
Maternal Resources, Parenting Practices, and Child Competence in Rural, Single-Parent African American Families.
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Brody, Gene H.; Flor, Douglas L. – Child Development, 1998
Tested a model linking maternal/family characteristics to child cognitive and psychosocial competence in African-American 6- to 9-year olds in rural single-mother-headed households. Found that maternal education, religiosity, and financial resources were linked with parenting style, mother-child relationship, and maternal school involvement.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Black Family, Black Youth, Child Development
Financial Resources, Parent Psychological Functioning, Parent Co-Caregiving, and Early Adolescent Competence in Rural Two-Parent African-American Families.
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Brody, Gene H.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined relationships between family financial resources, academic competence, and socioemotional adjustment during early adolescence. Subjects were 90 African American youths and their married parents in the rural South. Found that parents with greater financial resources were less depressed and more optimistic, and their children were better…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Black Youth, Child Rearing
The Influence of Neighborhood Disadvantage, Collective Socialization, and Parenting on African American Children's Affiliation with Deviant Peers.
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Brody, Gene H.; Ge, Xiaojia; Conger, Rand; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Murry, Velma McBride; Gerrard, Meg; Simons, Ronald L. – Child Development, 2001
Used a hierarchical linear model to examine contributions of neighborhood disadvantage, collective socialization, and parenting to African American 10- to 12-year-olds' affiliation with deviant peers. Found that community disadvantage had a significant positive effect on deviant peer affiliations. Nurturant/involved parenting and collective…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Black Youth, Community Characteristics, Delinquency
Kinship Support and Maternal and Adolescent Well-Being in Economically Disadvantaged African-American Families.
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Taylor, Ronald D.; Roberts, Debra – Child Development, 1995
Tested a conceptual model developed explaining the link between kinship support and the psychological well-being of economically disadvantaged African American families. Found that kinship social support to mothers or female guardians was positively associated with adolescent psychological well-being, maternal well-being, and more adequate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Rearing
Childhood Aggression and Peer Relations in the Context of Family and Neighborhood Factors.
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Kupersmidt, Janis B.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Tested four different theoretical models (risk, protective, potentiator, and person-environment fit) describing ways that geographical neighborhoods might be associated with aggression and peer relationship problems in 1,271 elementary school children. Results suggest a protective effect of middle-SES neighborhoods on the aggressive behavior among…
Descriptors: Aggression, At Risk Persons, Blacks, Elementary School Students
Growing or Just Getting Along? Technical and Adaptive Competence in Coping among Adolescents.
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Fournet, Denise L.; Wilson, Kenneth L.; Wallander, Jan L. – Child Development, 1998
Examined technical and adaptive competence in coping among 97 African-American adolescents with learning disabilities. Findings indicated that short-term, reactive, technical competence was a better predictor of feelings of efficacy, and longer-term, developmental adaptive competence was a better predictor of behavioral problems. Gender subsample…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents
Financial Strain, Parenting Behaviors, and Adolescents' Achievement: Testing Model Equivalence between African American and European American Single- and Two-Parent Families.
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Gutman, Leslie Morrison; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Child Development, 1999
Tested equivalence of theoretical model of parenting behaviors linking financial strain to adolescents' achievement for African American and European American families and single- and two-parent families. Found no significant differences in structural equation models between ethnic/racial groups or between family types. Negative parent-adolescent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Black Youth, Family Financial Resources
Educational Risk and Resilience in African-American Youth: Context, Self, Action, and Outcomes in School.
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Connell, James Patrick; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined the empirical validity of a model of human motivation as it applies to school success and failure, assessing how indicators of context, self, and action related to measures of risk and resiliency. Subjects were 10- to 16-year-old African American youth in 3 independent samples. Found that parental engagement predicted school performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Black Youth