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Parents' Management of Their Children's Education within the Home, at School, and in the Community: An Examination of African-American Families Living in Poverty.
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Gutman, Leslie Morrison; McLoyd, Vonnie C. – Urban Review, 2000
Using African American parents' answers to survey questions, researchers examined variation in management of their children's education within the home, school, and community as a function of child academic achievement. Parents of high- and low-achieving students emphasized the importance of education, recognizing their role in helping them…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Blacks, Elementary Education
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
The External Validity of Research Involving American Minorities.
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Washington, Ernest D.; McLoyd, Vonnie C. – Human Development, 1982
Comparative research involving American minorities is examined in terms of external validity. It is proposed that an adequate approach to research would involve cultural, interpretive, population, ecological, and construct validity. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: American Studies, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context
Physical Discipline and Behavior Problems in African American, European American, and Hispanic Children: Emotional Support as a Moderator.
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McLoyd, Vonnie C.; Smith, Julia – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2002
Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth was used to assess whether maternal emotional support of a child moderates the relation between spanking and behavior problems. For each group (European Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans), spanking predicted an increase in the level of problem behavior over time. Maternal emotional…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Blacks, Children, Corporal Punishment
Minority Children: Introduction to the Special Issue.
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McLoyd, Vonnie C. – Child Development, 1990
Briefly describes types of studies included in this special issue on minority children. Discusses issues in research on minority children and ways in which this research can be encouraged. (PCB)
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Child Development
The Impact of Economic Hardship on Black Families and Children: Psychological Distress, Parenting, and Socioemotional Development.
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McLoyd, Vonnie C. – Child Development, 1990
Reviews research on family processes that affect the socioemotional functioning of children in poor families and families in economic decline. (PCB)
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Rearing, Emotional Development, Family Relationship
Economic Pressure in African American Families: A Replication and Extension of the Family Stress Model.
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Conger, Rand D.; Wallace, Lora Ebert; Sun, Yumei; Simons, Ronald L.; McLoyd, Vonnie C.; Brody, Gene H. – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Evaluated applicability of family stress model of economic hardship for understanding economic influences on child development among African American families with a 10- or 11-year-old child. Found that economic hardship positively related to economic pressure in families, and to emotional distress of caregivers, which in turn damaged the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Child Development, Economic Factors
Social Support and Parenting in Poor, Dangerous Neighborhoods.
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Ceballo, Rosario; McLoyd, Vonnie C. – Child Development, 2002
This study investigated how stressful environmental conditions influence the relation between mothers' social support and parenting strategies among poor, African American single mothers and their young adolescent children. Findings indicated that as neighborhood conditions worsened, the positive relation between emotional support and mothers'…
Descriptors: Blacks, Discipline, Early Adolescents, Low Income Groups
Economic Well-Being and Children's Social Adjustment: The Role of Family Process in an Ethnically Diverse Low-Income Sample.
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Mistry, Rashmita S.; Vandewater, Elizabeth A.; Huston, Aletha C.; McLoyd, Vonnie C. – Child Development, 2002
Evaluated a family economic stress model that links economic well-being to child well-being among African American and Hispanic children from low-income families, mostly headed by single mothers. Found that lower economic well-being adversely impacted parent's psychological well-being; these parents felt less effective in disciplinary interactions…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Blacks, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students