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Work Socialization and Adolescents' Work-Related Values in Single-Mother African American Families
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Toyokawa, Teru; McLoyd, Vonnie C. – Journal of Career Development, 2013
This study examined African American mothers' work socialization messages in relation to adolescents' work-related values. Moderation effects of mother-adolescent relation quality on the linkage between maternal socialization messages and adolescents' outcomes were also examined. Participants were 245 single African American mothers and their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, African Americans, Anglo Americans, Socialization
Work Demands, Work-Family Conflict, and Child Adjustment in African American Families: The Mediating Role of Family Routines
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McLoyd, Vonnie C.; Toyokawa, Teru; Kaplan, Rachel – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
Using data from a sample of 455 African American children (ages 10 to 12 years) and their parents, this study tests a hypothesized model linking (a) maternal work demands to family routines through work-family conflict and depressive symptoms and (b) maternal work demands to children's externalizing and internalizing problems through family…
Descriptors: African American Children, Behavior Problems, Mothers, Conflict
Maternal Behavior, Social Support, and Economic Conditions as Predictors of Distress in Children.
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McLoyd, Vonnie C.; Wilson, Leon – New Directions for Child Development, 1990
Single mothers' coping behavior, psychological functioning, and communication to their children about financial matters and personal problems predicted the degree of psychological distress experienced by the children. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Depression (Psychology), Economic Factors
The Influence of Neighborhood Quality on Adolescents' Educational Values and School Effort
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Ceballo, Rosario; McLoyd, Vonnie C.; Toyokawa, Teru – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2004
Interview data from a sample of 262 poor African American single mothers and their 7th-and 8th-grade children were used to investigate the relations between neighborhood conditions and adolescents' educational values and school effort. The model tested incorporates both subjective and objective assessments of neighborhood quality and controls for…
Descriptors: Mothers, Academic Ability, Early Adolescents, Gender Differences
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
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