title: Stress in black, low-income, single-parent families: normative and dysfunctional patterns.
abstract: Stressful life events and the effects of demographic and social network variables were explored in a study of 50 clinic-referred and 76 nonclinic, black, low-income, single-parent families. Dysfunctional families evidenced greater stress and social network characteristics were not significant mediators. The family's internal resources may be the most important buffer against stress.
authors.affiliation: Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lindblad-Goldberg
authors.affiliation: Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic.
authors.forename: Joyce Lynn
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dukes
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lasley
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011203:Poverty; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support