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Peer reviewedLuster, Tom; Rhoades, Kelly – Family Relations, 1989
Examined quality of child care provided by adolescent mothers vs. older mothers and whether maternal child-rearing beliefs predict supportive care mothers. Administered inventory to adolescent mothers (N=20) and older mothers (N=65). Found higher supportive care scores among older mothers and found both supportive-care older and adolescent mothers…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Early Parenthood, Emotional Adjustment, Mother Attitudes
Peer reviewedQuinn, Peggy; Allen, Katherine R. – Family Relations, 1989
Qualitative study of 30 employed single mothers replicated previous findings of challenges in managing shortages of time, money, and energy. Revealed serious concerns about failure to meet perceived family and societal expectations for living in "normal" family with 2 parents. Behavior subjects perceived to be expected of single parents…
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employed Women, Family Attitudes, Fatherless Family
Peer reviewedRichards, Leslie N. – Family Relations, 1989
Examined interviews with 43 White single mothers for thematic content relating to economics of single parenthood, feelings about single parenting, the children's fathers, and stigmatization. Results showed that these women had developed coping strategies and were proud of their ability to survive under adverse circumstances, but that they felt…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Coping, Fatherless Family, Low Income Groups
Peer reviewedLuster, Tom; And Others – Family Relations, 1996
Examined factors related to the quality of home environments that 83 teenage mothers provided for their 12-month-old infants. Findings show that teens who fostered supportive environments were less depressed and more empathic, had infants who were heavier at birth, received more support from the father, and lived in relatively safe neighborhoods.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Child Rearing, Early Parenthood
Peer reviewedLetiecq, Bethany L. – Family Relations, 1996
Compared the social support of 92 homeless and 115 permanently housed low-income mothers. Results reveal that homeless mothers had less contact with their friends/relatives, could count on fewer people for help and child care in times of need, and felt their social networks were less helpful than housed mothers. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Family Environment, Homeless People
Peer reviewedWhiteside-Mansell, Leanne; And Others – Family Relations, 1996
Assessed the parenting behaviors of 193 white and African American mothers 15-24 years of age when their children were 12 and 36 months old. Cluster analysis of three dimensions of parenting was used to identify five types of parenting patterns. The strongest discriminating factor--maternal IQ--was associated with more positive parenting behavior…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis
