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Perceived Discrimination among African American Adolescents and Allostatic Load: A Longitudinal Analysis with Buffering Effects
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Brody, Gene H.; Lei, Man-Kit; Chae, David H.; Yu, Tianyi; Kogan, Steven M.; Beach, Steven R. H. – Child Development, 2014
This study was designed to examine the prospective relations of perceived racial discrimination with allostatic load (AL), along with a possible buffer of the association. A sample of 331 African Americans in the rural South provided assessments of perceived discrimination from ages 16 to 18 years. When youth were 18 years, caregivers reported…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, African Americans, Adolescents, Social Support Groups
Sibling Relationships in Rural African American Families.
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Brody, Gene H.; Stoneman, Zolinda; Smith, Trellis; Gibson, Nicole Morgan – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1999
A family process model was used to link mothers' and fathers' psychological functioning to sibling relationship quality in a sample of 9- to 12-year-old African American youth (N=85) living in the rural Southeastern United States. Better parental psychological functioning was linked to more supportive relationships in the family, and youth in…
Descriptors: Blacks, Family Influence, Fathers, Mothers
Child Temperaments, Maternal Differential Behavior, and Sibling Relationships.
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Brody, Gene H.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Examined the influence of maternal differential behavior and child temperament on sibling relationships. Forty pairs of four-to-nine-year-old siblings and their mothers were observed playing in sibling dyads and mother-children triads in their homes. Mothers provided temperament ratings of their children's activity, emotional intensity, and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Children, Interpersonal Relationship, Mothers
Parental Nonverbal Behavior within the Family Context.
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Brody, Gene H.; Stoneman, Zolinda – Family Relations, 1981
Examines how parents use nonverbal behaviors in family situations. Results revealed that nonverbal behaviors which parents model for their children vary with the number of family members interacting, the gender of the offspring, and the gender of the parent. Results were discussed in terms of family dynamics. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Family Characteristics, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Learning
Unique and Protective Contributions of Parenting and Classroom Processes to the Adjustment of African American Children Living in Single-Parent Families.
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Brody, Gene H.; Dorsey, Shannon; Forehand, Rex; Armistead, Lisa – Child Development, 2002
Examined contributions parenting and classroom processes make to 7- to 15-year-olds' self-regulation and adjustment among single-parent Black families. Found that parenting and classroom processes contributed uniquely to children's adjustment through the development of self-regulation, and that each process could serve a protective or stabilizing…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Blacks, Children
The Links of Family Processes with Children's Academic and Psychosocial Competence in Rural Single-Parent African American Families.
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Brody, Gene H. – 1997
A study examined the links among mothers' endorsement of developmental goals, use of competence-promoting parenting practices, youth self-regulation, and academic and psychosocial outcomes. A sample of 175 single-mother-headed African American families with a 6- to 9-year-old child was recruited from nonmetropolitan counties in Georgia. Interviews…
Descriptors: Blacks, Family Environment, Home Management, Money Management
Parental Religiosity, Family Processes, and Youth Competence in Rural, Two-Parent African American Families.
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Brody, Gene H.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Tested a model linking parental formal religiosity to early adolescents' academic competence and socioemotional adjustment. Found that greater parental religiosity led to more cohesive family relationships, less interparental conflict, and fewer externalizing and internalizing problems in adolescents. Found that religiosity indirectly influenced…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents