Antecedents and Concomitants of Parenting Stress in Adolescent Mothers in Foster Care

Autor/inn/en	Budd, Karen S.; Holdsworth, Michelle J. A.; HoganBruen, Kathy D.
Titel	Antecedents and Concomitants of Parenting Stress in Adolescent Mothers in Foster Care
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 30 (2006) 5, S.557-574 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.11.006
Schlagwörter	Foster Care; Mothers; Adolescents; Anxiety; Child Rearing; Parent Child Relationship; Predictor Variables; Correlation; Longitudinal Studies; Child Abuse; Depression (Psychology); Adjustment (to Environment); Disadvantaged Youth; At Risk Persons; Stress Variables; Educational Attainment; Social Support Groups; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflegehilfe; Mother; Mutter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Angst; Kindererziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Prädiktor; Korrelation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Risikogruppe; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung
Abstract	Objective: This study's aim was to examine variables associated with different short-term trajectories in multiply disadvantaged adolescent mothers by investigating antecedents and concomitants of parenting stress. Method: We followed 49 adolescent mothers (ages 14-18 at study outset) who were wards in Illinois foster care using a longitudinal correlational design. We examined whether parenting variables (childrearing beliefs, quality of parent-child interactions, and child abuse risk) and personal adjustment variables (emotional distress and social support) at initial assessment predicted parenting stress measured at follow-up (a mean of 22.5 months later). We also examined concurrent relationships between parenting stress and mothers' adaptive functioning in educational, social support, and childbirth areas at follow-up. Results: We found that parenting variables, but not personal adjustment variables, predicted later parenting stress. Results also showed that current adaptive functioning was significantly related to parenting stress. Specifically, educational status and social support predicted concurrent parenting stress, whereas number of childbirths did not. Conclusions: These findings extend the small literature on the link between parenting difficulties and parenting stress to adolescent mothers in foster care. Parenting challenges, particularly as reflected in unrealistic childrearing expectations, appear to be markers for later parenting stress. Considering the longitudinal relationships observed, early and periodic assessment of adolescent mothers' parenting knowledge, skills, and interactions is recommended. Also, given that this study found concurrent social support and educational status to covary with current parental stress, these variables, and others for which they may serve as proxy, are implicated for careful monitoring. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10