Kinship Support, Family Relations, and Psychological Adjustment among Low-Income African American Mothers and Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Taylor, Ronald D.; Seaton, Eleanor; Dominguez, Antonio
Titel	Kinship Support, Family Relations, and Psychological Adjustment among Low-Income African American Mothers and Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 18 (2008) 1, S.1-22 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2008.00548.x
Schlagwörter	Communication Problems; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Adolescents; Depression (Psychology); Low Income; African Americans; Psychological Patterns; Social Support Groups; Family Relationship; Social Adjustment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kommunikationsbarriere; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Niedriglohn; Afroamerikaner; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Soziale Anpassung
Abstract	The association of kin social support with mothers' adjustment and family relations was assessed among 204 African American mothers and adolescents who were on average 14.45 years of age. Also examined was the association of mothers' adjustment with family relations and adolescents' adjustment. Findings revealed that kin social and emotional support was positively associated with mothers' optimism. Poor relations with kin were positively associated with mothers' depression. Kin advice and counseling and kin social and emotional support were positively linked to family routine. Poor relations with kin were positively associated with parent/adolescent communication problems. Mothers' optimism was positively associated with family routine and mediated the association of kin social and emotional support with family routine. Parent/adolescent communication problems were positively associated with adolescents' depression. The findings were discussed in light of their support for theoretical and empirical work on family processes among poor African American families. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10