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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2011
Association of demanding kin relations, depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and optimism was assess... more Association of demanding kin relations, depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and optimism was assessed among 130 low-income African American women. Demanding relations with kin were positively associated with depressive symptoms and negatively linked to self-esteem and optimism. Self-esteem and optimism were negatively associated with depressive symptoms and mediated the association of demanding relations with kin and women's depressive symptoms. Findings were discussed in terms of the detrimental effects of demanding social relations with kin and the possible role that other relationships may play in compensating for poor relations with extended family.
Journal of Black Psychology, 2011
... Ahijevych & Wewers, 1993; Lacey et al., 1993), and sin-gle African American women with ch... more ... Ahijevych & Wewers, 1993; Lacey et al., 1993), and sin-gle African American women with children had a risk of smoking similar to that of their childless counterparts, even though having children is normally associated with a decline in smoking (Hee-Jin & Acevedo-Garcia, 2007 ...
Psychological Methods, 2012
Journal of Child and Family Studies
Association of socially demanding kin relations, mother’s emotional support, behavioral control/m... more Association of socially demanding kin relations, mother’s emotional support, behavioral control/monitoring, family organization and psychological control with adolescent’s internalizing and externalizing problems were assessed in 200 economically disadvantaged, African American mothers and adolescents. Demanding kin relations and mother’s psychological control were positively associated with adolescent’s internalizing problems. Demanding kin relations also moderated the association of control/monitoring, family organization, and psychological control, with internalizing. For mothers with more demanding kin relations, increased control/monitoring was associated with increased adolescent internalizing. In comparison, increased control/monitoring was associated with decreased adolescent internalizing for mothers with less demanding kin relations. Negative association of family organization with internalizing was more apparent for mothers with more compared to less demanding kin relations. Positive association of mother’s psychological control with internalizing was more apparent for mothers with more compared to less socially demanding kin relations. Demanding kin relations and mother’s psychological control were positively associated with adolescent’s externalizing problems. Mother’s emotional support and family organization were negatively associated with externalizing. Also, negative association of family organization with externalizing was more apparent for families with more compared to less demanding kin relations. The need for research on the factors associated with negative relation with kin was discussed.
Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2011
Association of demanding kin relations, depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and optimism was assess... more Association of demanding kin relations, depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and optimism was assessed among 130 low-income African American women. Demanding relations with kin were positively associated with depressive symptoms and negatively linked to self-esteem and optimism. Self-esteem and optimism were negatively associated with depressive symptoms and mediated the association of demanding relations with kin and women's depressive symptoms. Findings were discussed in terms of the detrimental effects of demanding social relations with kin and the possible role that other relationships may play in compensating for poor relations with extended family.
Journal of Black Psychology, 2011
... Ahijevych & Wewers, 1993; Lacey et al., 1993), and sin-gle African American women with ch... more ... Ahijevych & Wewers, 1993; Lacey et al., 1993), and sin-gle African American women with children had a risk of smoking similar to that of their childless counterparts, even though having children is normally associated with a decline in smoking (Hee-Jin & Acevedo-Garcia, 2007 ...
Psychological Methods, 2012
Journal of Child and Family Studies
Association of socially demanding kin relations, mother’s emotional support, behavioral control/m... more Association of socially demanding kin relations, mother’s emotional support, behavioral control/monitoring, family organization and psychological control with adolescent’s internalizing and externalizing problems were assessed in 200 economically disadvantaged, African American mothers and adolescents. Demanding kin relations and mother’s psychological control were positively associated with adolescent’s internalizing problems. Demanding kin relations also moderated the association of control/monitoring, family organization, and psychological control, with internalizing. For mothers with more demanding kin relations, increased control/monitoring was associated with increased adolescent internalizing. In comparison, increased control/monitoring was associated with decreased adolescent internalizing for mothers with less demanding kin relations. Negative association of family organization with internalizing was more apparent for mothers with more compared to less demanding kin relations. Positive association of mother’s psychological control with internalizing was more apparent for mothers with more compared to less socially demanding kin relations. Demanding kin relations and mother’s psychological control were positively associated with adolescent’s externalizing problems. Mother’s emotional support and family organization were negatively associated with externalizing. Also, negative association of family organization with externalizing was more apparent for families with more compared to less demanding kin relations. The need for research on the factors associated with negative relation with kin was discussed.