title: Unique and protective contributions of parenting and classroom processes to the adjustment of African American children living in single-parent families.
abstract: The unique contributions that parenting processes (high levels of monitoring with a supportive, involved mother-child relationship) and classroom processes (high levels of organization, rule clarity, and student involvement) make to children's self-regulation and adjustment were examined with a sample of 277 single-parent African American families. A multi-informant design involving mothers, teachers, and 7- to 15-year-old children was used. Structural equation modeling indicated that parenting and classroom processes contributed uniquely to children's adjustment through the children's development of self-regulation. Additional analyses suggested that classroom processes can serve a protective-stabilizing function when parenting processes are compromised, and vice versa. Further research is needed to examine processes in both family and school contexts that promote child competence and resilience.
authors.affiliation: Center for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens 30602-4527, USA. gbrody@arches.uga.edu
authors.forename: Gene H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Brody
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dorsey
authors.forename: Rex
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forehand
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Armistead
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012574:Schools; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D012951:Socialization; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D001741:Black or African American