Intergenerational Correlates of Daily Coping Behavior in Single-Parent Mothers of Young Children.

Autor/inn/en	Banyard, Victoria L.; Olson, Sheryl L.
Titel	Intergenerational Correlates of Daily Coping Behavior in Single-Parent Mothers of Young Children.
Quelle	(1991), (7 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; Child Caregivers; Child Rearing; Coping; Discipline; Home Visits; Low Income; Mothers; One Parent Family; Parent Background; Parent Child Relationship; Poverty; Preschool Children; Stress Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Kinderbetreuung; Kindererziehung; Bewältigung; Disziplin; Hausbesuch; Niedriglohn; Mother; Mutter; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Elternhaus; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Armut; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule
Abstract	This study examined the relationship between mothers' recollections of those who cared for them during their childhood and mothers' ability to cope with the daily stress of being a single parent living in poverty. Subjects were 52 low-income, single mothers of preschool-age children. Mothers' recollections of caregiving were assessed by means of a structured interview. Mothers' perceptions of their ability to cope successfully with the stress of childrearing was assessed by means of rating scales and a daily diary, which the mothers kept for 2 weeks after the interview. Mothers' perceptions of their ability to cope was significantly related to their recollections of the quality of their relationships with their parents during their own childhood. Mothers who described maltreatment by their caregivers and mothers who experienced high rates of other negative childhood stressors tended to report more unsuccessful attempts to cope with child stress and espoused less confidence in their parenting abilities than did other mothers. Appended are four references and related materials. (Author/GLR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC