The significance of fathers for inner-city African-American teen mothers

Chadiha, Letha A.; Danziger, Sheldon

doi:10.1007/bf01876206

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“…Zimmerman, Steinman, and Rowe (1998), on the other hand, found that father support helped African American male youth overcome risks associated with violent behavior. Other research has found that perceived father support was related to positive outcomes for African American adolescent girls (Caldwell et al, 1997;Chadiha & Danziger, 1995). These findings suggest that examining the influences of both parents may be vital to understanding family risk and protective factors associated with youth risk behaviors such as alcohol use among African American adolescents.…”

Section: Parental Support and Youth Substance Use Behaviormentioning

confidence: 83%

“…Emphasis has been placed on African American mothers when examining the influence of parental support because of the disproportionate number of female-headed households in African American communities. Recent research, however, has highlighted the role that African American fathers play in the lives of adolescents, even when they do not reside in the same household (Caldwell, Antonucci, Wolford, & Osofsky, 1997;Chadiha & Danziger, 1995;Salem, Zimmerman, & Notaro, 1998;Thomas et al, 1996;Zimmerman, Salem, & Maton, 1995;Zimmerman, Salem, & Notaro, 2000).…”

Section: Parental Support and Youth Substance Use Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Racial Identity, Parental Support, and Alcohol Use in a Sample of Academically At‐Risk African American High School Students

Caldwell

Sellers

Bernat

et al. 2004

American J of Comm Psychol

138

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This study examined racial identity and parental support as predictors of alcohol use in a sample of 488 African American adolescents. Two dimensions of racial identity were investigated: (1) racial centrality (i.e., the significance that one places on race in defining oneself) and (2) private regard (i.e., the extent to which one feels positively about Black people). In addition, perceived support from mothers and fathers was examined. Multivariate results showed that private regard and father support were associated with less self-reported alcohol use after partialling out the effects of age and gender. An interaction between the two racial identity dimensions was also found such that private regard was associated with less alcohol use for adolescents who reported that race was a more central part of their identity.

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Section: Parental Support and Youth Substance Use Behaviormentioning

confidence: 83%

Section: Parental Support and Youth Substance Use Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Racial Identity, Parental Support, and Alcohol Use in a Sample of Academically At‐Risk African American High School Students

Caldwell

Sellers

Bernat

et al. 2004

American J of Comm Psychol

138

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“…The majority of African American teen mothers do not reside with their own fathers and tend to regard their fathers more negatively than do teens without children (Chadiha & Danziger, 1995). Similarly, in the present study, maternal relationships with their own fathers predicted paternal involvement—those mothers who had good relationships with their own fathers were more likely to have father contact in their children's lives.…”

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Fathers' influence in the lives of children with adolescent mothers.

Howard¹,

Lefever²,

Borkowski³

et al. 2006

Journal of Family Psychology

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Little is known about the extent, nature, and impact of fathers of children with adolescent mothers. The current study measured father involvement with 134 children of adolescent mothers over the first 10 years of life. Overall, 59% had consistent father contact across the first 8 years. This contact was associated with better socioemotional and academic functioning at 8 and 10 years of age, particularly in school related areas. Children with greater levels of father contact had fewer behavioral problems and had higher scores on reading achievement; these results held after controlling for maternal risk. The findings showed the important role that fathers play in the lives of at-risk children, even if the father does not reside with the child.

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“…Of the 118 articles, 31 (26%) in this review were about adolescent noncustodial fathers. The authors of these articles described (a) the subjective meaning of adolescent fatherhood (Hendricks & Montgomery, 1983), (b) adolescent parental involvement (Anthony & Smith, 1994;Miller, 1997;Strom et al, 2000), (c) the adolescent father's impact on the psychosocial development of his children (Cervera, 1991;Chadiha & Danziger, 1995), and (d) service needs of the adolescent father (Allen & Doherty, 1996;Resnick, Chambliss, & Blum, 1993).…”

Section: Adolescent Noncustodial Fathersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fathers in the Social Work Literature: Policy and Practice Implications

Strug

Wilmore-Schaeffer

2003

Families in Society

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Fatherhood is a topic of national conversation that is receiving considerable media attention. The number of single and noncustodial fathers is on the rise, and social workers will have increased contact with these men in the future. It is important for social work professionals to learn more about fatherhood, given the growing relevance of this topic. The social work literature is an important source of information where social workers can gather information about fatherhood. In this article, the authors examine how the social work literature describes fathers, especially noncustodial fathers. They note gaps in information about fatherhood in this literature and discuss policy and practice issues related to fathers. They also note that fatherhood has received comparatively little attention in the social work literature and that social workers need more information about fatherhood to develop policy and to implement programs to assist fathers. Information for this article comes from 118 articles about fathers that appeared in 25 social work journals.fatherhood refers to the biological father's commitment to the well-being of his children and to other members of the nuclear family (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2002). Governmental efforts to promote traditional marriage and the nuclear family are the subject of extensive policy debate reflecting official concerns about the breakdown in the structure of the traditional biological nuclear family and about the growth in one-parent families (Marsiglio et al., 1998;Toner, 2002).The number of noncustodial fathers (including adolescents) has increased over the past 2 decades. This is due in part to a growth in the divorce rate and in the number of outof-wedlock births (Coney & Mackey, 1998; U.S. Department of Commerce, 2001). The proportion of births occurring among unmarried women has grown in the 1990s. The number of single fathers raising children alone grew from 393,000 in 1970 to 2 million in 2000 (U.S. Department of Commerce, 2001). Married fathers' participation in childcare activities has steadily increased as more women have entered the workforce (Davis & Perkins, 1996).The growing interest in fatherhood also reflects an expanding body of research that demonstrates the importance of fathers in children's development. Studies show that children can benefit from an involved and nurturing relationship with their fathers (Pruett, 1987;Snarey, 1993;Yogman, Kindlon, & Earls, 1995). Fathers play an important role in the early psychosocial development of their children, in their socialization process, and in routine caregiving activities (

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The significance of fathers for inner-city African-American teen mothers

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

Racial Identity, Parental Support, and Alcohol Use in a Sample of Academically At‐Risk African American High School Students

Racial Identity, Parental Support, and Alcohol Use in a Sample of Academically At‐Risk African American High School Students

Fathers' influence in the lives of children with adolescent mothers.

Fathers in the Social Work Literature: Policy and Practice Implications

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