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Just Doing What They Gotta Do Single Black Custodial Fathers Coping With the Stresses and Reaping the Rewards of Parenting
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For single African American custodial fathers, parenting stress is exacerbated by the cultural expectation that Black fathers are “normally” absent and by the clustering of stresses that Black men are more likely to encounter as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
For single African American custodial fathers, parenting stress is exacerbated by the cultural expectation that Black fathers are “normally” absent and by the clustering of stresses that Black men are more likely to encounter. This sample of African American fathers have used a repertoire of problem-focused and cognitive coping strategies, including some that are frequently considered “culturally specific.” Twenty Black single custodial fathers are interviewed and their narratives are analyzed for concepts and thematic categories related to stress and coping. Their narratives indicate that certain strategies are avoided because (a) these strategies are not available to them and (b) they desire to present themselves as independent and competent, thus resisting stereotypes and building a sense of efficacy.read more
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Parenthood, Childlessness, and Well-Being: A Life Course Perspective.
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Sociological Perspectives on Parenting Stress: How Social Structure and Culture Shape Parental Strain and the Well-Being of Parents and Children
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TL;DR: The authors discuss key sociological perspectives, such as stress process and life course theories, to illuminate the patterning of stressors impinging on parents, the resources they are able to bring to parenting, and ultimately, the well-being of parents and their children.
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Even with the best of intentions: paternal involvement and the theory of planned behavior.
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Fatherhood intervention development in collaboration with African American non-resident fathers.
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Resident Black Fathers’ Involvement A Comparative Analysis of Married and Unwed, Cohabitating Fathers
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A Clarification of the Concept of Psychological Father Presence in Families Experiencing Ambiguity of Boundary.
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Ethnic differences in caregiving duties and burdens among parents and siblings of persons with severe mental illnesses.
TL;DR: The findings indicate that Black and White parents have equivalent caregiving duties, but White parents report substantially more caregiver burden and that ethnicity can be a critical factor affecting levels of informal caretaking for persons with serious mental illnesses.
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Black and White Dementia Caregivers: A Comparison of their Adaptation, Adjustment, and Service Utilization
TL;DR: Black caregivers evidenced less burden and less desire to institutionalize their relatives and were more likely to report more unmet service needs than were whites, but there were few differences in their adaptation to dementia responsibilities.
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Parental Coping Strategies and Strengths in Families of Young Children with Disabilities
Abstract: Parental Coping Strategies and Strengths in Families of Young Children with Disabilities* Sharon Lesar Judge** This study investigated the relationship between parental perceptions of coping strategies and family strengths in families of young children with disabilities. The 69 participants completed the Ways of Coping Questionnaire and the Family Hardiness Index. Results indicated that the use of social supports was highly associated with family strengths. In contrast, wishful thinking, self-blame, distancing, and self-control were negatively related to family strengths. Implications for practice are discussed Key Words: family strengths, children with disabilities, parental coping, parents of disabled children. Proponents of family-centered services for young children with disabilities have advocated a strength-based approach in promoting positive family functioning (Dunst, Trivette, & Deal, 1988, 1994; Powell, Batsche, Ferro, Fox, & Dunlap, 1997; Weissbourd & Kagan, 1989). This approach assumes that all families have strengths they can build on and that the family's strengths, including the social networks and informal supports already available to and within the family, should be the foundation upon which new supports are designed or provided (Dunst et al., 1994). One goal of family-centered early intervention is to identify existing family strengths and capabilities so that interventions are built on things a particular family already does well. By using family strengths as building blocks and tools, the family becomes even stronger and more capable of supporting the well-being of individual family members and the family unit (Trivette, Dunst, Deal, Hamby, & Sexton, 1994). Since current early intervention practices call for strength-based models of family support, there is a pressing need for empirical evidence about the relationship between parental coping and the family system to guide professionals in their development of programs and provision of services for families. Families use a variety of coping strategies that may influence family functioning. The work of Pearlin and Schooler (1978) and Folkman and Lazarus (Folkman & Lazarus, 1980; Folkman & Lazarus, 1985; Folkman & Lazarus, 1986; Lazarus & Folkman, 1984) indicate that coping is a major factor in the relation between stressful events and adaptational outcomes. This body of research is characterized by an interest in the different coping behaviors people employ in response to different life events. Family coping strategies can potentially strengthen or maintain family resources that serve to protect the family from the demands of stressful encounters (McCubbin et al., 1980). The various types of strengths that families possess reflect the way in which families cope and grow (Dunst et al., 1988). Lazarus and Folkman (1984) have defined coping as "constantly changing cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage specific external and/or internal demands that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of the person" (p. 141). According to this definition, coping includes any attempt or effort to manage stress, regardless of how well it works. Coping strategies involve efforts to alter the cause of the stress (problem-focused coping) and efforts to regulate emotional responses to the stressors (emotion-focused coping). For example, problem-focused forms of coping include active problem-solving and seeking social support as well as aggressive interpersonal efforts to alter the situation. In contrast, emotion-focused forms of coping include detaching from the situation, controlling one's feelings, wishing the problem would go away, and blaming oneself for the situation. According to Frey, Greenberg, and Fewell (1989), problem-solving is the preferred style of coping with disability-related problems. Research indicates that emotion-focused coping that involves wishful thinking, denial, or avoidance is positively related to reports of depressed moods (e. …
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Social Stress and the Family: Advances and Developments in Family Stress Therapy and Research
TL;DR: The Double ABCX Model of Adjustment and Adaptation is used in this article to model the family stress process and the double ABCX model of adjustment and adaptation in the family life span.