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Mothers' and Fathers' Racial Socialization in African American Families: Implications for Youth
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McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C.; Kim, Ji-Yeon; Burton, Linda M.; Davis, Kelly D.; Dotterer, Aryn M.; Swanson, Dena P. – Child Development, 2006
Mothers' and fathers' cultural socialization and bias preparation with older (M=13.9 years) and younger (M=10.31 years) siblings were studied in 162 two-parent, African American families. Analyses examined whether parental warmth and offspring age and gender were linked to parental practices and whether parents' warmth, spouses' racial…
Descriptors: Mothers, Fathers, African American Family, Bias
Mother-Child Mutually Positive Affect, the Quality of Child Compliance to Requests and Prohibitions, and Maternal Control as Correlates of Early Internalization.
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Kochanska, Grazyna; Aksan, Nazan – Child Development, 1995
Motivationally distinct forms of child compliance, mutually positive affect, and maternal control were observed as correlates of internalization in 103 mother-toddler dyads. Found that children who shared positive affect with their mothers showed a high level of committed compliance and were also more internalized. Maternal "Do's" appeared more…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Behavior, Compliance (Psychology), Congruence (Psychology)
Social Support, Locus of Control, and Parenting in Three Low-Income Groups of Mothers: Black Teenagers, Black Adults, and White Adults.
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Stevens, Joseph H., Jr. – Child Development, 1988
Among low-income women, Black teenage and White adult mothers' social ties to significant others were found to influence parenting skill. Black adult mothers' parenting skill was predicted only by locus of control. (RH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Blacks, Family Problems