Parenting of Young Children in Black Families: A Historical Note

Peters, Marie

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“…In sum, the Fostering a Connected and Competent Self factor focused on the parent-child relational bond, including laying the foundations for key competencies, values and character strengths in children. This outcome may suggest the matrix of behavioral competencies, character strengths and relational skills that Black parents in low-income urban contexts view as interconnected and crucial for the development of young children (Dodge et al, 2005; Peters, 2007). …”

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An Emic, Mixed-Methods Approach to Defining and Measuring Positive Parenting Among Low-Income Black Families

McWayne

Mattis

Wright

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Early Education and Development

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Research Findings This within-group exploratory sequential mixed methods investigation sought to identify how ethnically diverse, urban-residing, low-income Black families conceptualize positive parenting. During the item development phase 119 primary caregivers from Head Start programs participated in focus groups and interviews. These qualitative data were content analyzed using a three-stage iterative process that resulted in the development of a final set of 72 items for a paper-and-pencil measure. In the measure validation phase of the study initial construct validity of the 72-item measure was assessed with an independent sample of 665 respondents. Common factor analyses revealed five dimensions of positive parenting on the Black Parenting Strengths in Context (BPSC) scale that related in expected ways with other parent self-report measures. Practice and Policy BPSC dimensions provide initial support for a more nuanced operationalization of positive parenting than currently exists in any single scale for use with this group, and hold promise for better honoring the culture- and context-specific parenting goals and practices that low-income, Black parents subjectively view as important for producing healthy developmental outcomes for their children.

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An Emic, Mixed-Methods Approach to Defining and Measuring Positive Parenting Among Low-Income Black Families

McWayne

Mattis

Wright

et al. 2016

Early Education and Development

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“…These strengths that have been identified as being important contributors to the functioning of African American families were also seen as being important in allowing families to resolve problems within the therapy setting. Those strengths include strong kinship bonds (Boyd‐Franklin, 1989, 2003; Dodson, 1997; Ford, 1999; Hatchett & Jackson, 1993; Hill, 1971, 1999; Hines & Boyd‐Franklin, 1982; Logan, 1996; Neighbors, 1997; Perkins‐Dock, 2005; Sudarkasa, 1993, 1997; Wilson, 1998), adaptability of family roles (Boyd‐Franklin, 2003; Franklin, 1997; Hill et al., 1993; Hines & Boyd‐Franklin, 1982; McCubbin, Thompson, Pierner, & McCubbin, 1988; McCubbin et al., 1998; Nobles, 1997; Patterson, 2002; Peters, 1997; Taylor, Jackson, & Chatters, 1997; Thornton, 1997), strong work orientation and strong achievement orientation (Billingsley, 1992; Bowman, 1993; Boyd‐Franklin, 2003; Broman, 1991; Hill, 1971, 1999; Hill et al., 1993; Hines & Boyd‐Franklin, 1982; McAdoo, 1997), and strong religious orientation (Boyd‐Franklin, 2003; Chatters & Taylor, 1998; Ellison, 1997a, 1997b, 1998; Ford, 1999; Hill, 1971, 1999; Hines & Boyd‐Franklin, 1982; Perkins‐Dock, 2005; Poole, 1997; Solomon, 1997).…”

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“…Indeed, the effectively functioning African American family appears to be the exception to researchers as well as clinical practitioners. The 1965 report by Daniel Patrick Moynihan is frequently cited as the benchmark for pathologizing the African American family and for predicting that the Black family was deteriorating (Ackerman, Brown, D’Eramo, & Izard, 2002; Dodson, 1997; Hare & Hare, 1986; Moynihan, 1965/1999; Peters, 1997).…”

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African American Therapists Working With African American Families: An Exploration of the Strengths Perspective in Treatment

Bell-Tolliver

Burgess

Brock³

2009

J Marital Family Therapy

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With the exception of Hill's (1971, 1999) work, historically much of the literature on African American families has focused more on pathology than strengths. This study used interviews with 30 African American psychotherapists, self-identified as employing a strengths perspective with African American families, to investigate which strengths they identified in the families and how they use those strengths in therapy. Themes emerging from data analysis confirmed the continued importance of the five strengths Hill noted. In addition, two new strengths were identified by the participants: a willingness of a greater number of families to seek therapy, and the importance of family structure. Strategies used in engaging the families in therapy and practice implications for family therapists are discussed.

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“…Note, however, our general result of the lowest perchild allocation in households with single mothers out of all the nonethnicity subgroups examined (see Table 4). Peters's (1997) review of research on parenting in Black families highlights principal findings, including parents' individualistic approach toward each child and emphasis on building children's self-esteem, partly as a brace against racism. One manifestation of these practices may be a strong orientation toward directing monetary resources to children, despite circumstances to suggest otherwise.…”

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Child‐Adult Expenditure Allocation by Ethnicity

Plassmann

2004

Family & Consum Sci Res J

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Resource distribution within households is an important issue for family economists, policy makers, agents of the courts, and others interested in individual and family welfare. This research examines the monetary distribution in U.S. households who have children and are of four different ethnic groups. Intrahousehold expenditure allocations between children and adults are estimated, using 1994 and 1995 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey data and a method developed by Lazear and Michael. The results indicate that the overall average expenditure per child is less than that per adult in households with children. The sample households' estimated allocations vary considerably, however. Further analysis according to household ethnicity and other characteristics helps explain the variation and leads to the conclusion that the four ethnic groups examined differ in their child‐adult expenditure allocations, which may be due to the groups' differences in characteristics other than ethnicity.

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Parenting of Young Children in Black Families: A Historical Note

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An Emic, Mixed-Methods Approach to Defining and Measuring Positive Parenting Among Low-Income Black Families

An Emic, Mixed-Methods Approach to Defining and Measuring Positive Parenting Among Low-Income Black Families

African American Therapists Working With African American Families: An Exploration of the Strengths Perspective in Treatment

Child‐Adult Expenditure Allocation by Ethnicity

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