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Low-Wage Maternal Employment and Parenting Style
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Jackson, Aurora P.; Bentler, Peter M.; Franke, Todd M. – Social Work, 2008
This three-year longitudinal study investigated whether low-wage employment was associated with improved psychological and parenting outcomes in a sample of 178 single mothers who were employed and unemployed current and former welfare recipients both before and subsequent to the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity…
Descriptors: Wages, Employment Level, Mothers, Parenting Styles
Single Mothers' Self-Efficacy, Parenting in the Home Environment, and Children's Development in a Two-Wave Study
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Jackson, Aurora P.; Scheines, Richard – Social Work Research, 2005
Using data from a sample of 178 single black mothers and their young children who were ages three to five at time 1 and ages five to eight at time 2, this study examined the links between and among low-wage employment, mothers' self-efficacy beliefs, depressive symptoms, and a constellation of parenting behaviors in the preschool years to…
Descriptors: Parenting Skills, One Parent Family, Self Efficacy, Fathers
New Lives for Poor Families? Mothers and Young Children Move through Welfare Reform. The Growing Up in Poverty Wave 2 Findings: California, Connecticut, and Florida. Technical Report.
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Fuller, Bruce; Kagan, Sharon Lynn; Loeb, Susanna – 2002
This report examines how state welfare-to-work programs have affected young children since the 1996 welfare reform act, which moved millions of women into low-wage jobs. Researchers followed a sample of 948 mothers and young children for 2-4 years after the women entered new welfare programs in California, Connecticut, and Florida. After…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Welfare, Depression (Psychology), Employed Parents
Abstinence Education. Hearing before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session (February 16, 2004). Senate Hearing 108-385
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US Senate, 2004
The focus of this hearing was on funding for abstinence education. Following an opening statement by Subcommittee Chairman Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, witness testimonies were heard from: Dr. Wade F. Horn, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.; Rev. Kenneth Page,…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Coordinators, Pregnancy, Human Services
Empowerment and Public Policy: An Exploration of the Implications of Section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
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Kubiak, Sheryl Pimlott; Siefert, Kristine; Boyd, Carol J. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2004
The ability of individuals to gain mastery over their environment is considered empowerment. However, empowerment often is assessed without attention to the historical, social, or political context the individual is embedded within. This context often is contingent upon social policies that enhance or limit the choices an individual has to behave…
Descriptors: Health Services, Sentences, Family Violence, Females
Promoting Resilience: Helping Young Children and Parents Affected by Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Depression in the Context of Welfare Reform. Children and Welfare Reform Issue Brief 8.
Knitzer, Jane – 2000
As states respond to major welfare legislation in providing assistance and other interventions to help adults on welfare become ready to work, the challenge of helping these adults in their parenting skills and in promoting resilience in their children has often been ignored. This issue brief addresses the challenge of promoting resilience in…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs