African American Mother-Daughter Relationships Mediating Daughter's Self-Esteem

Turnage, Barbara F.

doi:10.1023/b:casw.0000022729.07706.fc

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“…This relationship takes a special form for African American girls from low income backgrounds, the vast majority of whom live in single female headed households (Stevens 2002). Since the African American mother is often the primary parent in the home, she frequently has been cited as the most important person to assist her daughter in facing adulthood (Stevens 2002) and coping with the negative messages often directed at African American girls (Turnage 2004). Helping adolescents negotiate adolescence and form a healthy adult identity is a complicated process for any mother, but according to Collins (1997), this sets up a special challenge for African American mothers, who are required to teach their daughters ways to function within the systems of oppression previously discussed.…”

Section: Why Are Mothers So Important? the Mother-daughter Relationshmentioning

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Protecting Our Daughters: Intersection of Race, Class and Gender in African American Mothers’ Socialization of Their Daughters’ Heterosexuality

Townsend

2008

Sex Roles

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Using a framework of intersectionality and Black feminist thought, this paper provides a conceptual exploration of the socialization process among African American mothers and daughters, with special attention given to the ways in which African American girls become aware of their mother's attitudes and beliefs concerning romantic relationships. Edmondson Bell, E. L., Nkomo, S. M. (1998). Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 29, 285-295 labeled this process armoring. I propose a model of sexual risk for low income African American girls in which the armoring process serves as the focal point. I then provide a conceptual discussion, comparing my proposed model to current social cognitive models in its ability to comprehensively explain the correlates and predictors of sexual behavior among this population. Implications concerning sexual risk prevention efforts are also discussed.

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Section: Why Are Mothers So Important? the Mother-daughter Relationshmentioning

confidence: 99%

Protecting Our Daughters: Intersection of Race, Class and Gender in African American Mothers’ Socialization of Their Daughters’ Heterosexuality

Townsend

2008

Sex Roles

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“…As was found in prior research, parents were perceived as playing a key role in socializing their daughters about dating relationship behaviors, including DV (Akers, Yonas, Burke, & Chang, 2011; Arriaga & Foshee, 2004; George et al, 2013). Parenting influences have been shown to directly contribute to Black adolescents’ racial identity and self-image, which protected against common negative responses to racism including succumbing to peer pressure and negative social messages (Stephens et al, 2009; Turnage, 2004; Wilson, Dalberth, & Koo, 2010).…”

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Social Networks Influencing Black Girls’ Interpretations of Chris Brown’s Violence Against Rihanna

Stephens

Eaton

2016

Journal of Black Psychology

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This study identifies the social networks used by urban Black girls to interpret a highly publicized episode of dating violence and ensuing conflicts between hip-hop stars Chris Brown and Rihanna. Forty-three adolescent Black girls (age 11-17 years) were asked how they heard about the relationship conflicts and what they thought about them. The media, school peers, friends, and family members emerged as the key social networks participants relied on when gathering information about and interpreting reported incidents. The mainstream media was seen as portraying Brown, the perpetrator, negatively, whereas school peers, friends, and family were seen as portraying Brown in more mixed or positive ways. The degree to which participants viewed each source as influential depended on whether the source was seen as generally trustworthy and knowledgeable about hip-hop. While the media was a frequently cited source of information, participants did not trust the mainstream media's analyses. In contrast, hiphop media was viewed as the most unbiased and accurate information source. The importance of these networks in supporting healthy relationships for Black girls is discussed.

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“…With respect to body image dissatisfaction, results showed that the intercept due to the effect of BMI was significant for change in percent time spent in sedentary activity (p = 0.001), light PA (p = 0.001), MVPA (p = 0.002), and self-reported activity score (p < self-esteem and their perception of trust in their mother (176). A similar relationship has also been reported in pre-adolescent Caucasian and Latina girls and their mothers (78,100).…”

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Does Change in Physical Activity Predict Mental Health Outcomes in Pre-Adolescent African American Girls?

Burkart

Greever

Ahmadi

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Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

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Pediatric obesity is a significant clinical and public health issue for African American girls in which low physical activity (PA) is a contributor. The mother-daughter relationship (MDR) has rarely been examined in the context of improving health behaviors such as PA and mental health outcomes (MHO) within this population. PURPOSE: To examine if change in PA following a 12-week culturally-tailored motherdaughter PA intervention predicts change in MHO variables (self-esteem, depressive symptoms, body image dissatisfaction) and MDR in pre-adolescent African American girls. METHODS: Mothers (n=27; age=36.0±17.0 years; body mass index (BMI)=34.0±7.4 kg/m 2) and daughters (n=27; age=9.0±1.4 years; BMI=20.3±5.7 kg/m 2 , BMI percentile=73%) randomized to the mother-daughter dance group were examined in this analysis. Physical activity levels were assessed with Actigraph GT3X+ accelerometers for seven days and validated questionnaires. Mental health outcome variables and MDR were assessed using validated questionnaires. Spearman correlations were used to examine associations between variables. MANOVA was used to assess differences in PA levels across three time points. Paired t-tests and ANOVA were used for MHO variables and MDR across two and three time points, respectively. Simple regression was used to assess if PA self-efficacy and MDR mediated changes in PA. v

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African American Mother-Daughter Relationships Mediating Daughter's Self-Esteem

Cited by 20 publications

References 36 publications

Protecting Our Daughters: Intersection of Race, Class and Gender in African American Mothers’ Socialization of Their Daughters’ Heterosexuality

Protecting Our Daughters: Intersection of Race, Class and Gender in African American Mothers’ Socialization of Their Daughters’ Heterosexuality

Social Networks Influencing Black Girls’ Interpretations of Chris Brown’s Violence Against Rihanna

Does Change in Physical Activity Predict Mental Health Outcomes in Pre-Adolescent African American Girls?

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