Marital Status, Household Structure, and Life Satisfaction of Black Women

Black Husbands' Satisfaction with Their Family Life

“…See, for example, Blackwell (1985); Bracey et al (1971); Staples (1976Staples ( , 1978. Ball (1983); Cazenave (1979);McAdoo (1978); and Staples (1981 …”

“…For predominantly white populations, there generally has been a positive relationship between level of contact and life satisfaction (Clemente and Sauer, 1976;Palmore and Luikart, 1972). Studying blacks, Wray (1974) found that this relationship held for women, but not men, as did two studies in which black men and women were considered separately (Ball, 1983;Ball and Robbins, 1984). Studies of satisfaction with children found that level of social participation was highly correlated for both black men and women (Ball, 1984;Ball and Robbins, 1985).…”

“…Older blacks tended to express higher levels of subjective well-being (Alston et al, 1974;Campbell et al, 1976). Studies that investigated life satisfaction separately for black men and women found a positive relationship with age for women but no significant relationship for men (Ball, 1983;Ball and Robbins, 1984). Studies of black parental role satisfaction found it had no significant relationship with age for either black fathers or mothers (Ball, 1984;Ball and Robbins, 1985).4 Thus, no study of related domains that reported findings separately for black men found a significant relationship with age, and therefore, its relationship to family life satisfaction is difficult to predict.…”

From whence cometh their strength: Social support, coping, and well-being of Black women professionals.

“…Previous research on Black samples has found a positive linkage between social participation and well-being for Black women but not for men (Ball, 1983;Ball & Robbins, 1986). Social involvement includes interactions with family, friends, and the church.…”

The relative effects of family factors and opportunity factors on juvenile delinquency

“…Black families have resorted to alternative lifestyles. Therefore, they should be evaluated in terms of their own strengths and weaknesses (Ball, 1983;Berger and Simon, 1974). The tendency for black families to rely upon extended family members for support suggests that a black female-headed family does not necessarily mean the absence of a male role model in the socialization of children (Poussaint, 1986).…”