This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Long, N. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Long, N. Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Parenting in the USA: Growing Adversity

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, nlong{at}ddcchild.ach.uams.edu

This article focuses on a discussion of selected social and economic stressors facing an increasing number of US families. The specific stressors discussed are violence, poverty and single-parent families. Such stressors have both a direct and an indirect impact on children. It is asserted that parenting (including parental functioning) is a primary mediating and/or moderating variable in regard to the indirect impact these stressors have on many children, especially young children. It is recommended that programs targeting the impact of adversity on children should take a broad ecological approach including a focus not only on the children but also on their parents.

Key Words: family stress • parenting • poverty • single-parent families • violence

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 1, No. 3, 469-483 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/1359104596013013


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				K. Golding Parent Management Training as an Intervention to Promote Adequate Parenting Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, July 1, 2000; 5(3): 357 - 371. [Abstract] [PDF]

				H. A. Liddle, C. Rowe, G. Dakof, and J. Lyke Translating Parenting Research into Clinical Interventions for Families of Adolescents Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, July 1, 1998; 3(3): 419 - 443. [Abstract]

				N. Long Parent Education/Training in the USA: Current Status and Future Trends Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, October 1, 1997; 2(4): 501 - 515. [Abstract]