Family-Level Factors and African American Children’s Behavioral Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Washington, Tyreasa; Rose, Theda; Colombo, Gia; Hong, Jun Sung; Coard, Stephanie Irby

doi:10.1007/s10566-015-9308-z

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“…Parents' racial and ethnic identity that invokes a sense of belonging to a collective and of cultural pride facilitates positive cultural and racial/ethnic socialization. Positive cultural socialization practices, in turn, facilitate children's healthy ethnic–racial identity and well‐being (Costigan, Taknint, & Miao, ; James et al, ; McBride Murry et al, ; Washington, Rose, Colombo, Hong, & Coard, ). Among Hispanic youth, endorsing a Hispanic identity was associated with more positive appraisals of family functioning and fewer depressive symptoms (Ángel Cano et al, ).…”

Section: Increased Focus On Diversitymentioning

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Family Processes and Children's and Adolescents' Well‐Being

Buehler

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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The primary purpose of this review was to examine theory and research published during the past decade that focused on family processes and children's and adolescents' well‐being. Scholarship focused on family processes and child and adolescent well‐being made significant and exciting advances during this decade based on several key advancements. In addition to a brief introduction and a conclusion, this decade in review is organized into four sections. In the first section, advances made in the literature because of increased attention to complexity and specificity are illustrated. The second section describes advances that were made because of increased attention to family processes in diverse families. Diversity in the samples of families studied, extensions in family process models, and the revisioning of grand theories using a diversity lens that were used to conceptualize family processes are detailed. In the third section, the importance of time in the study of family processes and child and adolescent well‐being is described. The emphasis on families' daily lives is noted. In addition, prospective considerations and studies of change over time are highlighted. Strengths in family functioning are detailed in the fourth section of this article: positivity, regulatory processes, and family organization. These three areas were selected to elaborate the idea that one of the major advancements in the family process literature during the past decade was an emphasis on family strengths. This review concludes with a commentary regarding how conceptual and methodological advancements during the past decade can guide future scholarship.

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Section: Increased Focus On Diversitymentioning

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Family Processes and Children's and Adolescents' Well‐Being

Buehler

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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“…Most often, witnessing or being involved in parental conflict makes it more likely for children to externalize or internalize problems (often associated with behavior) as well as have a negative impact on a child’s overall adjustment [ 31 , 32 , 35 , 36 ]. Since more positive parent–child relationships are associated with fewer child mental health difficulties [ 37 ], the link between healthier couple interactions and fewer child mental health symptoms may be mediated by improvements in parent–child relationship quality.…”

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Changes in Couple Relationship Dynamics among Low-Income Parents in a Relationship Education Program Are Associated with Decreases in Their Children’s Mental Health Symptoms

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Witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV) among parents negatively impacts millions of children in the United States each year. Low-income families are disproportionately affected by IPV compared to middle- and high-income individuals, and are beginning to be the focus of IPV secondary prevention interventions, including relationship education programs. Despite these developments, few studies have examined changes in psychosocial functioning among children of parents participating in relationship education programs. The current study examined the extent to which changes in specific couple dynamics among individuals from low-income backgrounds participating in a couple relationship education program, Within My Reach, were associated with changes in child mental health symptoms. A second purpose of this paper is to examine whether changes in parent–child relationship quality mediates the association between changes in couple dynamics and changes in child mental health difficulties. Participants (n = 347) were parents who participated in Within My Reach as part of programming offered at a large community agency. Decreases in negative couple conflict behaviors, including conflict engagement, withdrawal and compliance, over the course of the program were linked to decreases in child mental health difficulties. In addition, increases in parent–child relationship quality partially mediated the associations between decreases in compliance, as well as increase in overall couple relationship quality, and decreases in child symptoms. Community-based couple relationship education programs for low-income families can potentially have multiple positive impacts throughout the family system, including for children.

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“…Here, prior contributions have noted racial socialization practices associated with increased family cohesion, deference to parental authority, and positive child outcomes ( Elmore & Gaylord-Harden, 2013 ). Extension of these lines of research in a multi-ethnic society creates opportunities for study of contextual influences that can include imbalanced frequencies of official contacts with US police, prosecutors, judiciary, and criminal justice facilities, as well as general and mental health disparities ( Elmore & Gaylord-Harden, 2013 ; Tamis-LeMonda et al, 2008 ; Mooradian, 2010 ; Burgess et al, 2007 ; Washington et al, 2015 ).…”

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Epidemiological research on parent–child conflict in the United States: subgroup variations by place of birth and ethnicity, 2002–2013

Parra‐Cardona

Yeh

Anthony

2017

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BackgroundChronically escalated parent–child conflict has been observed to elicit maladaptive behavior and reduced psychological well-being in children and youth. In this epidemiological study, we sought to estimate the occurrence of escalated parent–child conflict for United States (US) adolescent subgroups defined by (a) ethnic self-identification, and (b) nativity (US-born versus foreign-born).MethodsUS study populations of 12-to-17-year-olds were sampled, recruited, and assessed for the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 2002–2013 (n = 111, 129). Analysis-weighted contingency table analyses contrasted US-born versus foreign-born who self-identified as: (a) Hispanic, (b) non-Hispanic African-American, (c) non-Hispanic Asian, and (c) non-Hispanic White.ResultsFrequently escalated parent–child conflict was most prevalent among US-born non-Hispanic White adolescents, from 18% at age 12 (95% CI [17.6%, 18.9%]) to 29% at age 17 (95% CI [28.3%, 29.7%]), followed by US-born Hispanic and non-Hispanic Asian children. Estimated prevalence proportions were markedly lower for African-American children, from 8% at age 12 (95% CI [6.8, 8.5]) to 16% at age 17 (95% CI [14.3, 16.7]). Broad and sometimes overlapping CI indicate that larger sample sizes are needed for complete evaluation of an apparent excess occurrence of frequent parent-child conflict among US-born versus foreign-born. Nonetheless, in the larger subgroups, the US-born show a clear excess occurrence of frequent parent-child conflict. For example, US-born Mexican children have 1.7 times higher odds of experiencing frequent parent-child conflict than foreign-born Mexican children (OR = 1.7, 95% CI [1.5, 2.0], p-value < 0.001).DiscussionThe main discovery from this multi-ethnic sample investigation is a rank-ordering of parent-child conflict prevalence estimates from high (non-Hispanic White) to low (non-Hispanic African-American). The pattern also suggests a possibly generalizable excess associated with US-born sub-groups. The epidemiological estimates presented here merit attention in future cross-cultural research focused on parent-child conflict.

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Family-Level Factors and African American Children’s Behavioral Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Cited by 26 publications

References 46 publications

Family Processes and Children's and Adolescents' Well‐Being

Family Processes and Children's and Adolescents' Well‐Being

Changes in Couple Relationship Dynamics among Low-Income Parents in a Relationship Education Program Are Associated with Decreases in Their Children’s Mental Health Symptoms

Epidemiological research on parent–child conflict in the United States: subgroup variations by place of birth and ethnicity, 2002–2013

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