This paper presents a comprehensive review of research linking single-parent family
structure to parenting processes, maternal well-being, and child developmental outcomes …

During the 1990s, poverty rates in the United States remained relatively stable despite a
robust economy in which unemployment and inflation were at their lowest points in many …

The book is as comprehensive as possible within the confines of one text. The adolescent is
discussed within the context of contemporary society. Material includes both theory and life …

Direct and indirect precursors to parents' harsh discipline responses to hypothetical
vignettes about child misbehavior were studied with data from 978 parents (59% mothers; …

The association between parent racial socialization and child competence was examined in
a socioeconomically diverse sample of African American preschoolers living in an urban …

We present a rationale for the inclusion of culture-based parenting practices (ie, racial
socialization) in the design and implementation of empirically based parenting programs …

The present concurrent study combined developmental and ecological considerations to
examine the unique contribution of multiple preschool competencies to an indicator of early …

The socialization of children is the primary responsibility of families, with a general goal
being to make children familiar with social roles and prescribed behavior. It is also through …

Most studies of Black families have had aproblem focus', offering a narrow view of important
issues such as out-of-wedlock births, single-parent families and childhood poverty. Family …

This study examined the construct and concurrent validity of the Parenting Behavior
Questionnaire-Head Start (PBQ-HS), a modification of the PBQ (Hart, Nelson, Robinson …