African American caregivers' resources for support: Implications for children's perceived support from their caregiver

Kenigsberg, Tat'Yana A.; Winston, Willie; Gibson, Priscilla A.; Brady, Sonya S.

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.01.008

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“…In addition, youth most commonly used the words “anger,” “control,” and “blame” to label manifestations of caregiver stress, which were more likely to comprise of externalizing behaviors. These findings build upon previous work that elucidated children's perceptions of parenting behaviors through questionnaires ( Kenigsberg et al, 2016 ; Smith et al, 1999 ; Young et al, 2011 ), and provide greater insight into how children perceive and label caregiver stress, and particularly how caregivers' responses to acute and chronic stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic have immediate impacts on children in the home. Patrick and colleagues' study surveying perceptions by caregivers, taken together with our study assessing perceptions by children, both demonstrate that family stress is related to financial constraints (such as increased experience of food insecurity and loss of medical insurance coverage), interpersonal issues (related to child behavioral issues), and associated mental health concerns of parents ( Patrick et al, 2020 ).…”

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confidence: 66%

“…These results help illuminate the impacts of early COVID-19 on families, particularly in how caregiver stress has been amplified and experienced by children, and suggest a few possible areas for intervention. Caregivers must be well-supported and feel connected in order to be perceived by their children as emotional and instrumental support ( Kenigsberg et al, 2016 ), and children's negative perceptions of parental neglect and control are correlated with an increased risk of subsequent diagnosis of psychiatric disorders ( Young et al, 2011 ). Given the dynamic interplay between caregiver distress and child well-being ( Babore et al, 2021 ; Bate et al, 2021 ; Kerr et al, 2021 ; Vaterlaus et al, 2021 ), policies and programs that aim to improve children's mental and behavioral health should include family-based therapies that address caregiver stress and promote mental health of the family, rather than treat children in isolation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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In their own words: Child and adolescent perceptions of caregiver stress during early COVID-19

Ortiz

Kishton

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Child Abuse & Neglect

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Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated multiple stressors for caregivers of children in the United States, raising concern for increased family conflict, harsh parenting, and child maltreatment. Little is known regarding children's perceptions and experiences of caregiver stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective To examine how children and adolescents identify and experience caregiver stress during the early COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We analyzed 105 de-identified helpline text and online chat transcripts from children under age 18 who submitted inquiries to the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline from March to June of 2020, with COVID-19 as a presenting issue. Inductive, thematic analysis was used to identify how child helpline users: 1) perceived and experienced drivers of caregiver stress and 2) used words to describe manifestations of caregiver stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results Children experienced multiple drivers of caregiver stress during COVID-19, including intrapersonal (e.g. caregiver health concerns), interpersonal (e.g. parental discord, perceived dislike of child), and extrapersonal (e.g. financial insecurity, sheltering in place) stressors. Regardless of the driver, caregivers' stress was internalized by children. “Anger,” “control,” and “blame” were most commonly used to label manifestations of caregiver stress, which were often externalizing behaviors, including yelling, name calling, and blaming of others. Conclusion In text and online chat inquiries to a national child helpline during the COVID-19 pandemic, children described multiple drivers of caregiver stress, often feeling as though they were to blame. Providers serving children should address household stress spillover effects by including caregivers and directly acknowledging children's concerns using their own words.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 66%

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confidence: 99%

In their own words: Child and adolescent perceptions of caregiver stress during early COVID-19

Ortiz

Kishton

et al. 2022

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…Although caregivers’ perceived support from others was not associated with children’s internalizing or externalizing symptoms in the present study, caregivers’ resources for support may nonetheless be important to foster. Among the present sample of families, caregivers who felt better supported by their social network had children who felt better supported by their caregivers (Kenigsberg, Winston, Gibson, & Brady, 2016). Thus, well-supported caregivers may be better equipped to protect children from the negative impact of stressors that family members experience.…”

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confidence: 95%

Stressful Life Circumstances, Resources for Support, and African American Children’s Psychological Symptoms

Woerpel

Winston

Brady

2016

Journal of Black Psychology

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This brief report examines African American children's and caregivers' exposure to stressors and perceived support in relation to children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Forty-six children aged 8 to 12 years and their primary caregivers were recruited from an urban school in the Midwestern United States and interviewed separately. Adjusting for child's age and gender, caregiver's gender, and number of caregivers in the family, child-reported stressful life events were associated with child-reported internalizing and externalizing symptoms. When children reported greater support from caregivers, children reported fewer externalizing symptoms and caregivers reported fewer oppositional behaviors and ADHD symptoms on the part of their child. Caregivers' health-and relationship-related stressors were associated with child-reported externalizing symptoms, as well as caregiver-reported ADHD symptoms. Family-based mental health services within schools and communities may improve caregiver and child

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“…Much of the work and family literature centers work expectations, family caregiving demands, and perceptions of family supportiveness at work in tandem with biological parenting duties (Bianchi & Milkie, 2010). Not only are women having fewer children later in life (Cohen, 2015;Karas Montez et al, 2014), but extended and kinship families care for children (Burton & Hardaway, 2012;Dorius, 2011;Tat'Yana et al, 2016). Moreover, as the population ages, elder caregiving within mutigenerational homes has increased (Jacobsen et al, 2011) along with the expectation of formal wageworkers to provide eldercare (Lahaie et al, 2012;Skira, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

Family stress and coping in the experience of employment precarity: A theoretical framework

Goldberg

Solheim

2021

J of Family Theo & Revie

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Employment stability has been the experience for many wage-labor participants in the United States, characterized by wage adequacy, scheduling certainty, and work autonomy. However, employment contracts increasingly include precarious work factors such as short-term work arrangements, nonstandard hours, and decreased access to healthcare and family supportive benefits. Prior family stress research theorized economic hardship as an emergent crisis or a one-time event that affects dyadic relationships between parents and children or intimate partners. In this paper, we define employment precarity as a chronic condition caused by multiple precarious work factors shaped by social stratification in the labor market. We propose a new theoretical model, the employment precarity family stress model, to understand how diverse families experience precarious work factors, use resources to cope, make meaning of their work situations, and practice resilience amid cyclical or chronic economic hardships.

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African American caregivers' resources for support: Implications for children's perceived support from their caregiver

Cited by 5 publications

References 67 publications

In their own words: Child and adolescent perceptions of caregiver stress during early COVID-19

In their own words: Child and adolescent perceptions of caregiver stress during early COVID-19

Stressful Life Circumstances, Resources for Support, and African American Children’s Psychological Symptoms

Family stress and coping in the experience of employment precarity: A theoretical framework

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