Community Violence, Interpartner Conflict, Parenting, and Social Support as Predictors of the Social Competence of African American Preschool Children

Autor/inn/en	Oravecz, Linda M.; Koblinsky, Sally A.; Randolph, Suzanne M.
Titel	Community Violence, Interpartner Conflict, Parenting, and Social Support as Predictors of the Social Competence of African American Preschool Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Black Psychology, 34 (2008) 2, S.192-216 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-7984
DOI	10.1177/0095798408314142
Schlagwörter	Violence; Disadvantaged Youth; Conflict; Caregivers; Child Rearing; Preschool Children; Cooperation; Child Behavior; Interpersonal Competence; Family Violence; Predictor Variables; African American Children; Parenting Styles; Social Support Groups; Student Behavior; Mothers; Early Intervention; Behavior Problems; Self Control; Parenting Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Konflikt; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Kindererziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Co-operation; Kooperation; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Prädiktor; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Mother; Mutter; Selbstbeherrschung
Abstract	Adopting an ecological framework, this study examines the role of community violence exposure, interpartner conflict, positive parenting, and informal social support in predicting the social skills and behavior problems of low-income African American preschoolers. Participants were 184 African American mothers and female caregivers of Head Start children who completed study measures in a structured interview. Regression analyses revealed that greater community violence exposure predicted more internalizing and externalizing child behavior problems and lower levels of self-control and cooperation. Greater interpartner conflict predicted more internalizing problems. Positive parenting was predictive of fewer internalizing and externalizing problems and higher levels of child self-control and cooperation. Greater informal social support predicted higher levels of all four child social skills, including self-control, cooperation, assertion, and responsibility. Positive parenting and informal social support failed to moderate the relationships between community violence exposure and interpartner conflict and child outcomes. Implications of the findings for intervention and future research are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10