Kin Social Undermining, Adjustment and Family Relations Among Low-Income African American Mothers and Adolescents: Moderating Effects of Kin Social Support

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 1271-1284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald D. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African American ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
African American Mothers ◽  
Social Undermining

scholarly journals Social Support, Parenting Competence, and Parenting Satisfaction Among Adolescent, African American, Mothers

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 502-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara G. Brown ◽  
Diane B. Hudson ◽  
Christie Campbell-Grossman ◽  
Kevin A. Kupzyk ◽  
Bernice C. Yates ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African American ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
Role Satisfaction ◽  
Parenting Competence ◽  
African American Mothers ◽  
New Mothers ◽  
Parenting Role

This secondary analysis explored how social support changed during the first 6 months postpartum and examined the relationships among social support, parenting competence, and parenting role satisfaction. Single, low-income, adolescent, new mothers ( N = 34) completed measures of perceived parenting competence, parenting role satisfaction, and four types of received social support (emotional, informational, tangible, problematic) from the entire social network at 1 week, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months postpartum. Results indicated that social support did not change over time. Emotional, informational, and tangible social support were significantly correlated, concurrently and predictively, with perceived competence and satisfaction at most data collection points. Future social support intervention studies using social support as a modifiable variable with this high-risk group of African American adolescent new mothers are advocated. Health care professionals are encouraged to examine existing social support within these mothers’ identified family units.

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