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Title: Ecological Factors and Their Relationship to Maternal Reports of Behavioral Problems in African American Adolescents
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McKinney, Robin Earl |
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Ecological Factors and Their Relationship to Maternal Reports of Behavioral Problems in African American Adolescents Child Study Journal 32,1 (2002): 53-72. Also: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-93657297.html Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Faculty of Applied and Professional Studies (SUNY College - Buffalo) Keyword(s): Behavioral Problems; Black Youth; Family Income; Home Environment; Marital Status; Neighborhood Effects; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study investigated the effect of marital status on maternal reports of behavioral problems in African American adolescents. The data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, collected in 1992, were used for the analyses. Three hundred and eighty African American mothers with children were involved. Of the 380 mothers, 135 were never married, 118 married, and 127 were separated/divorced. The adolescent sample consisted of 216 females and 243 males between the ages of 13 and 17. A similar sample was selected from the 1998 data for comparison. Maternal marital status did not have a significant relationship with maternal reports of behavioral problems. However, maternal marital status had a strong relationship with family income, number of children, neighborhood conditions, home environment, and parent/adolescent relationships. Mothers from married families lived in better neighborhoods, had larger families, more income, positive home environments. Married mothers in poverty had greater maternal reports of behavioral problems than mothers from never married or separated/divorced families in 1992. However, in 1998, married mothers reported fewer behavioral problems than never married and separated/divorced mothers. This may be related to improved economic conditions in many African American families from 1992 to 1998. As income improved, there was an overall decline in maternal reports of behavioral problems. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Copyright: 2002 EBSCO. |
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McKinney, Robin Earl. "Ecological Factors and Their Relationship to Maternal Reports of Behavioral Problems in African American Adolescents." Child Study Journal 32,1 (2002): 53-72.
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