Adolescents' perceptions of kinship support and family management practices: Association with adolescent adjustment in African American families.

Taylor, Ronald D.

doi:10.1037/0012-1649.32.4.687

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“…It is not clear why this clustering exists; however, this pattern has been found in other studies, including ones that have used existing measures of family cohesion (Mason et al, 1997;Wentzel and McNamara, 1999). It is also possible that cultural factors such as the high valuing of family and the communalistic orientation that is common in African-American communities (Taylor, 1996;Wilson, 1995) may have created a tendency to focus on and report more positive family impressions. As a third possibility, because study participants faced a high level of risk which is not usually conducive to optimal parenting (McLoyd, 1990), they may have been motivated to inflate their scores by reporting what they would like to be able to do or have rather than what they actually have.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 61%

Family Functioning and School Success in At-Risk, Inner-City Adolescents

Annunziata

Hogue

Faw³

et al. 2006

J Youth Adolescence

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The relation between family functioning and school success was examined in 211 at risk, African American, inner city adolescents attending middle school (grades 6-8). Interviews with adolescents and caregivers yielded data on family cohesion, parental monitoring, and school engagement; school records provided data on grade point average. Results showed that both family cohesion and parental monitoring predicted school engagement, but neither family characteristic predicted GPA. Important gender differences also emerged. For boys only, the relation between family cohesion and school engagement was stronger when parental monitoring was high. For girls only, the effects of cohesion and monitoring on school engagement were additive: girls with both high family cohesion and high parental monitoring were most likely to be engaged in school. These findings extend the research base on family protective factors for antisocial behavior in young adolescents. Implications for future examination of family process characteristics in high-risk adolescents are discussed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 61%

Family Functioning and School Success in At-Risk, Inner-City Adolescents

Annunziata

Hogue

Faw³

et al. 2006

J Youth Adolescence

119

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“…African Americans and Hispanics, particularly those from impoverished backgrounds, have strong linkages with their extended family (Hirsch, Mickus, & Boerger, in press;Martin & Martin, 1978;Stack, 1996;Taylor, 1996;Valenzuela & Dornbusch, 1994;Wilson, 1989). Ties to kin provide important sources of social support and are a prominent feature of the social ecology.…”

Section: Place Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inner-City Youth Development Organizations:

Hirsch¹,

Roffman²,

Deutsch³

et al. 2000

The Journal of Early Adolescence

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The challenges of early adolescence are intensified for girls of color who live in disadvantaged urban communities. One response to the needs of these girls comes from the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), a youth development organization that has a long-standing presence in innercity neighborhoods. A gender equity initiative designed to strengthen programming for minority girls at a BGCA affiliate in a major urban center was examined. Drawing on initial qualitative findings, a conceptual framework is presented for understanding the ways in which the clubs can affect urban early adolescent girls' self-esteem. Several strategic choices confronting this initiative then are considered. The authors emphasize the creation of a "home place" that enables the development of self via organizational responsiveness to girls' voices, strong bonds between girls and staff, adaptive peer friendship cliques, and the development of programs that fuse the interests of girls and adult staff.Factors associated with poverty, minority status, and inner-city life make early adolescence an especially challenging period for many urban girls. Developmental needs must be addressed in an environment often characterized by prejudice, poor schools, limited future job prospects, violence, stressful family life, and fewer positive adult role models

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“…Parental support has been shown to help insulate youth, including inner-city minority youth like the ones studied here, from anxiety and depression (Zimmerman, Ramirez-Valles, Zapert, & Maton, 2000), foster self-esteem (McCreary, Slavin, & Berry, 1996), and buffer the effects of stress and promote psychosocial adjustment (Taylor, 1996). Rohner and Britner (2002) maintain that parental acceptance and support are universal processes necessary to promote development and adjustment.…”

Section: Family Dynamics and Positive Youth Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neighborhood Youth Centers and Families as Supportive Environments for Youth in High Risk Urban Settings

Sabatelli¹,

Anderson²,

Britner³

et al. 2009

JYD

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Highlights of a study which examined the relationship between contextual assets within the lives of urban, poor, minority youth, and youth adjustment are discussed in this article. The assets studied were family support and supportive involvement in neighborhood youth centers. The results indicated that higher levels of family support and youth center involvement were associated with better youth outcomes. An absence of significant interaction effects indicated that strong involvement and support in one setting did not compensate for a low level of support or involvement in the other setting. Family support was found to be the most significant predictor of youth adjustment.

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Adolescents' perceptions of kinship support and family management practices: Association with adolescent adjustment in African American families.

Cited by 115 publications

References 39 publications

Family Functioning and School Success in At-Risk, Inner-City Adolescents

Family Functioning and School Success in At-Risk, Inner-City Adolescents

Inner-City Youth Development Organizations:

Neighborhood Youth Centers and Families as Supportive Environments for Youth in High Risk Urban Settings

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