The Resilience and Strengths of Low‐Income Families

Orthner, Dennis K.; Jones-Sanpei, Hinckley; Williamson, Sabrina

doi:10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00006.x

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“…Assets are an especially important economic resource. However, most family research has overemphasized income as the source of economic well-being or does not adequately measure assets (Mistry, Lowe, Benner, & Chien, 2008;Orthner, Jones-Sanpei, & Williamson, 2004). For example, Werner and Smith's (2001) seminal Kauai study focused on chronic poverty as measured by household income as the indicator of economic resources.…”

Section: The Family Adjustment and Adaptation Response (Faar) Modelmentioning

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Exploring the Relationship Between Assets and Family Stress Among Low‐Income Families

Rothwell

Han

2010

Family Relations

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The “hard times” resulting from the 2008 Great Recession represent an opportunity to re-examine the theoretical framework for how families use economic resources to manage stress. M. Sherraden's (1991) theory of assets and H. I. McCubbin and J. Patterson's (1983) family adjustment and adaptation response model informed this study of how assets relate to family demands among 839 low-income families. Structural equation modeling found that assets were directly related to a reduced sense of family demands and that assets were indirectly related to demands via economically stressful events. Findings suggest that social welfare policies that promote assets among low-income families may positively influence family relations. Future family research would benefit from measuring assets as economic resources and testing how assets affect family functioning

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Exploring the Relationship Between Assets and Family Stress Among Low‐Income Families

Rothwell

Han

2010

Family Relations

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“…Social support has been linked to a variety of positive outcomes, including adaptive coping, parental competence, and better psychological adjustment. Supportive relationships with family members and significant others are seen as particularly relevant for individuals with high levels of life stress and can be viewed as an important protective factor because support buffers persons from the otherwise adverse impact of negative experiences (Orthner, Jones-Sanpei, & Williamson, 2004;Wills, Blechman, & McNamara, 1996). It has been suggested that the perception of social support is an important element of one's appraisal of and subsequent coping with stress.…”

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Mothers' Reentry into Family Life Following Incarceration

Arditti

Few

2006

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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The experiences of a group of mothers reentering the community after a period of incarceration are explored. The authors are particularly interested in how incarceration and subsequent reentry influence mothers' family relationships and primary risk and protective factors. Eighty-min interviews are conducted with 28 women probationers who had at least one minor child and had undergone incarceration at least 2 months prior to release. Descriptive analyses reveal that mental health risks characterize many mothers in this study, resource adequacy and parenting stress are significantly related, and family support is an important factor in successful reentry. It also appears that incarceration, even for short periods, is associated with shifts in family configuration on mothers' release by increasing the likelihood of divorce and decreasing the likelihood that mothers will reside with the father of at least one of their biological children. Implications for intervention and directions for future research are discussed.

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“…According to Simon, Murphy, and Smith (2005), determination to overcome their difficulties makes them feel strengthened and more confident. Thus, children of poor but resilient families are capable of accomplishing both academic and social-psychological achievements despite the lack of economic resources in their homes (Orthner et al, 2004). This is supported by the finding of www.ccsenet.org/ies International Education Studies Vol.…”

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Mapping their Road to University: First-Generation Students’ Choice and Decision of University

Kutty¹

2014

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This paper describes a qualitative case study that investigated the aspirations and decision-making process of first-generation students concerning university education. The participants comprised of 16 first-generation students at a research university. Data were obtained through interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis method. The analyses centered on extracting meaning from factors behind students' university decisions. The student accounts highlight five factors in the process of negotiating their decision to enter the university: personal motivation i.e. individual perceptions of their intellectual ability to meet their expectation of entering university; family-based motivation particularly the parents' socio-economic status and involvement in students education; the role played by siblings and extended family; characteristics and context of the school attended; social networks as a medium where the information of university was transferred. The paper suggests that students' decisions on university education are contextualized as part of a web of complex interactions. Decisions about university education involved interaction between an individual's agency and strong influences of third parties which provide suggestions for the school and higher education institutions to consider the best medium by which they can help to increase students' awareness of university education.

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The Resilience and Strengths of Low‐Income Families

Cited by 184 publications

References 23 publications

Exploring the Relationship Between Assets and Family Stress Among Low‐Income Families

Exploring the Relationship Between Assets and Family Stress Among Low‐Income Families

Mothers' Reentry into Family Life Following Incarceration

Mapping their Road to University: First-Generation Students’ Choice and Decision of University

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