Parenting Practices Among Low-income Parents/Guardians of Academically Successful Fifth Grade African American Children

West-Olatunji, Cirecie; Sanders, Tiffany D.; Mehta, Sejal; Behar‐Horenstein, Linda S.

doi:10.1080/15210960.2010.504475

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“…Although mothers across different racial groups all adopt IM ideology, the underlying mechanisms may be different. Asian mothers have been found to focus more on how to train their children to be accepted by society, whereas White mothers teach their children independence, and Black mothers focus more on setting boundaries and structure for their children (West-Olatunji et al, 2010). Verduzco-Baker (2017) noted that, while White mothers use extracurricular activities to make their children more socially competitive, low-income Black mothers living in disadvantaged neighborhoods implement these activities to keep their children from falling into drug use, criminal behavior, and young parenthood.…”

Section: Intensive Parentingmentioning

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Measurement invariance of the Intensive Parenting Attitudes Questionnaire across gender and race.

Long¹,

Prikhidko²,

Bendeck³

et al. 2021

Journal of Family Psychology

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Intensive parenting attitudes describe parents' views on child-rearing. Currently, Intensive Parenting Attitudes Questionnaire (IPAQ) is the only measure widely used in the field of family psychology and counseling to assess intensive parenting attitudes. However, it was developed from and validated with samples of predominately White mothers, which raises questions about its validity and generalizability to fathers and parents of other racial groups. The purpose of this study was to address this issue and assess the measurement invariance of the IPAQ with the data collected from both mothers and fathers of three racial groups (White, Black, and Asian Americans). Results indicated that measurement invariance of the IPAQ scale was not supported across gender and race, suggesting that the scale should be used with caution with different gender and racial groups. Recommendations were made to improve the scale and future studies to enhance the psychometric properties of the IPAQ were discussed.

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Section: Intensive Parentingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measurement invariance of the Intensive Parenting Attitudes Questionnaire across gender and race.

Long¹,

Prikhidko²,

Bendeck³

et al. 2021

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…Traumatic stress and psychological distress have been shown to be evident in several studies. Some of the outcomes of systemic oppression are noted in physical/psychological health [1][2][3] and education disparities [2,5].…”

Section: The Effects Of Historical Trauma On Marginalized Populationsmentioning

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Use of Falun Gong to Address Traumatic Stress among Marginalized Clients

Trey¹,

West-Olatunji²

2020

Psychosomatic Medicine

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Although mental health service providers have focused on the effects of trauma and related interventions for decades, little is known about pervasive and historic trauma, particularly for socially marginalized individuals. Thus, clinical issues associated with sociopolitical oppression have been under-investigated. Coupled with the lack of sufficient cultural competence when working with diverse clients, mainstream clinicians frequently lack adequate case conceptualization skills and culturally sensitive interventions to assist clients from diverse backgrounds. Using traumatic stress as a framework for exploring evidence-based interventions to address long-term, pervasive marginalization and its psychological effects, the authors propose that mindfulness techniques are particularly beneficial to this client population. The authors reviewed culture-centered interventions to address traumatic stress for marginalized client populations, focusing on the mindfulness practice of Falun Gong. Recommendations for practice include the inclusion of traumatic stress theory and techniques in pre-service training, professional development training for practitioners focusing on mindfulness techniques with clients assessed with historical trauma, and Web-based training for clinical faculty to enhance their knowledge about traumatic stress, historical trauma, and associated interventions for clients from marginalized communities. The authors offer recommendations for future research that focuses on studies exploring the usefulness of Falun Gong in working with clients with traumatic stress.

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“…SARC's selling point was its emphasis on using art and the "Responsive Classroom Approach" to address the learning needs of individual students. This school, established about a decade ago, had been serving mostly K-8 students who cannot succeed in D.C. public schools (see Brandon & Brown 2010;West-Olatunji, et al 2010).All but a few of the 140 or so students enrolled at SARC were African Americans. The few exceptions were Latino and a couple of immigrants from Central America and Africa.…”

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The Impact of Teachers’ Communication Approach on Children’s Co-Cultural Adaptation

Ngai

2015

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Classrooms, where power, class, and/or cultural differentiations exist among children and their teachers, offer a rewarding setting for intercultural communication research. This case study (1) investigates how teachers in an urban elementary school, use “positive communication” to bring about hope amidst chaos in both the classroom literally and in the lives of inner city children fundamentally and (2) explores the impact of the selected classroom-communication strategies in terms of students’ co-cultural adaptation. The study findings prompt us to consider how teachers can facilitate healthy co-cultural adaptation among children, who are seldom the focus of intercultural communication research.

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Parenting Practices Among Low-income Parents/Guardians of Academically Successful Fifth Grade African American Children

Cited by 13 publications

References 24 publications

Measurement invariance of the Intensive Parenting Attitudes Questionnaire across gender and race.

Measurement invariance of the Intensive Parenting Attitudes Questionnaire across gender and race.

Use of Falun Gong to Address Traumatic Stress among Marginalized Clients

The Impact of Teachers’ Communication Approach on Children’s Co-Cultural Adaptation

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