Neighborhood Social Capital, Parenting Strain, and Personal Mastery among Female Primary Caregivers of Children

Autor/inn/en	Carpiano, Richard M.; Kimbro, Rachel T.
Titel	Neighborhood Social Capital, Parenting Strain, and Personal Mastery among Female Primary Caregivers of Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 53 (2012) 2, S.232-247 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1465
DOI	10.1177/0022146512445899
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Social Control; Caregivers; Child Rearing; Social Capital; Parents; Well Being; Females; Surveys; Correlation; Parenting Styles; Attachment Behavior; Health; Mothers; Social Support Groups; Mastery Learning; Adults; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Soziale Kontrolle; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Kindererziehung; Sozialkapital; Eltern; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Weibliches Geschlecht; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Korrelation; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Gesundheit; Mother; Mutter; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Kalifornien
Abstract	Neighborhood social capital--resources inherent within community networks--has been identified as a potential facilitator of personal well-being. We test hypotheses concerning how neighborhood social capital moderates the influence of parenting strain on mastery (individuals' understanding of their ability to control personal life circumstances) for female primary caregivers of children. First, we test how different forms of neighborhood social capital--social support, social leverage (information exchange), informal social control, and neighborhood organization participation--modify the association between parenting strain and mastery. Second, we test whether such moderation depends on one's access to these forms via neighbor ties. Analyses of Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey data (N = 765) indicate that the negative relationship between parenting strain and mastery worsens as informal social control increases. Social support and informal social control, however, buffer this parenting strain-mastery relationship when caregivers have stronger ties to neighbors. Our findings implicate mechanisms of "negative social capital" and warrant more nuanced considerations of neighborhood social capital's health-promoting potential. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10