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Author: Nievar, M. Angela
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1. Nievar, M. Angela
Luster, Thomas
Developmental Processes in African American Families: An Application of McLoyd's Theoretical Model
Journal of Marriage and Family 68,2 (May 2006): 320-331.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00255.x/abstract
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: National Council on Family Relations
Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Behavior Problems Index (BPI); CESD (Depression Scale); Cognitive Development; Family Income; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Marital Conflict; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Parenting Skills/Styles; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Pearlin Mastery Scale; Racial Differences

In accordance with McLoyd's model of African American children's development, we examined the linkages among family income, maternal psychological distress, marital conflict, parenting, and children's outcomes in early and middle childhood, using a sample of 591 African American children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Income during early childhood had a direct effect on behavior problems and reading recognition in middle childhood. Income also had an indirect effect on the child outcomes via maternal psychological distress and parenting. In a comparison of African American and White families, marital conflict predicted children behavior problems only in White families. Findings suggest that family psychological and material resources influence parenting as well as behavioral and cognitive outcomes for African American children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Nievar, M. Angela and Thomas Luster. "Developmental Processes in African American Families: An Application of McLoyd's Theoretical Model." Journal of Marriage and Family 68,2 (May 2006): 320-331.