Use of a parenting newsletter series and other child-rearing information sources by mothers of infants

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-172

  Walker, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Infancy; Informational sources; Parenting; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247658485     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X05280661     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Alpert, J., Richardson, M., & Fodarski, L. (1983). Onset of parenting and stressful events. Journal of Primary Prevention, 3, 149–159.
2. Bachu, A., & O'Connell, M. (2000). Fertility of American women: 1998 (Current Population Reports P20-526). Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau.
3. Belsky, J., & Kelly, J. (1994). The transition to parenthood: How a new child affects a marriage. New York: Delacourte.
4. Bornstein, M. H. (1995). Parenting infants. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting: Vol. 1. Children and parenting(pp. 3–39). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
5. Bost, K. K., Cox, M. J., Burchinal, M. R., & Payne, C. (2002). Structural and supportive changes in couples' family and friendship networks across the transition to parenthood. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 64, 517–531.
6. Brown-Lyons, M., Robertson, A., & Layzer, J. (2001). Informal child care: Highlights fromrecent research. New York: National Center for Children in Poverty.
7. Civitas, Zero to Three,& Brio. (2000). What grown-ups understand about child development: Anational benchmark survey. Retrieved April 30, 2004, from http://www.zerotothree.org/fullreport.pdf
8. Clarke-Stewart, A. (1978). Popular primers for parents. American Psychologist, 33, 359–369.
9. Cochran, M. (1990). The network as an environment for human development. In M. Cochran, M. Larner, D. Riley, L. Gunnarsson, & C. Henderson (Eds.), Extending families: The social networks of parents and their children(pp. 265–275). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
10. Cochran, M. & Walker, S. (2005). Parenting and personal social networks. In T. Luster & L. Ogakaki (Eds.), Parenting: An ecological perspective(2nd ed.). (pp. 235–273). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
11. Cotterell, J. (1986). Work and community influences on the quality of child rearing. Child Development, 57, 362–374.
12. Crockenburg, S. (1986). Professional support for adolescent mothers: Whogives it, howadolescentmothers evaluate it, what they would prefer. Infant Mental Health Journal, 7, 49–58.
13. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. (2003). America’s children: Key national indicators of child well-being, 2003. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
14. Fein, G. (1979, March). Home-based intervention studies: Problems and promising strategies. Sociocultural issues: Privacy, needs and benevolence. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, San Francisco.
15. Festinger, L. (1957). A theory of cognitive dissonance. Evanston, IL: Row, Peterson.
16. Gerber, M., & Johnson, A. (1999). Your newborn baby. New York: John Wiley.
17. Gourash, N. (1978). Help-seeking: Areview of the literature. American Journal of Community Psychology, 6, 413–423.
18. Hamner, T., & Turner, P. (2001). Parenting in contemporary society(4th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
19. Hughes, R., Jr., Clark, C., Schaefer-Hernan, P., & Good, E. (1994). An evaluation of a newsletter intervention for divorced mothers. Family Relations, 43, 298–304.
20. Hughes, R., Jr., & Durio, H. F. (1983). Patterns of child care information seeking by families. Family Relations, 32, 203–212.
21. Hulbert, A. (2003). Raising America: Experts, parents and a century of advice about children. New York: Knopf.
22. McGillicuddy-deLisi, A., & Sigel, I. (1995). Parental beliefs. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting. Vol. 3: Status and social conditions of parenting(pp. 333–358). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
23. McKim, M. (1987). Transition to what? Newparents'problems in the first year. Family Relations, 36, 22–25.
24. National Commission on Children. (1991). Speaking of kids: Anational survey of children and parents. Washington, DC: Author.
25. Pew Research Center. (2003). Internet use by region in the United States (Pew Internet and American Life Project). Retrieved February 28, 2004, from http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/pdfs/PIP_Regional_Report_Aug_2003.pdf
26. Powell, D. (1984). Social network and demographic predictors of length of participation in a parent education program. Journal of Community Psychology, 12, 13–20.
27. Richardson, R., Barbour, N. B., & Bubenzer, D. (1991). Bittersweet connections: Informal social networks as sources of support and interference for adolescent mothers. Family Relations, 40, 430–434.
28. Riley, D., Meinhart, G., Nelson, C., Salisbury, M., & Winnett, T. (1991). Howeffective are age-paced newsletters for new parents? A replication and extension of earlier studies. Family Relations, 40, 247–253.
29. Riley, D., Salisbury, M., Walker, S., & Steinberg, J. (1996). Parenting the first year: Wisconsin statewide impact report. Madison: University of Wisconsin Extension
30. Riley, D., & Schattel, D. (1999). Parenting the first year(3rd ed., Central Region Bulletin No. 321). Madison: University of Wisconsin Extension.
31. Ruben, B. (1984). Information reception: Selection, interpretation and retention. Communication and Human Behavior(pp. 162–198). New York: Macmillan.
32. Santrock, J. W., & Yussen, S. R. (1992). Child development(5th ed.). Dubuque, IA: W. C. Brown.
33. Sparling, J., & Lowman, B. (1983). Parent information needs as revealed through interests, problems, attitudes, and preferences. In R. Haskins & D. Adams (Eds.), Parent education and public policy(pp. 304–323). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
34. Stevens, J. H., Jr. (1984). Black grandmothers' and Black adolescent mothers' knowledge about parenting. Developmental Psychology, 20, 1017–1025.
35. Turkewitz, D., & Bastian, C. (1986). Infantand child nutrition: Controversies and recommendations. Postgraduate Medicine, 79(2), 151–154, 159-164.
36. U.S. Census Bureau. (2000). State and county Quick Facts. In Population estimates, 2000, state of Wisconsin. Retrieved from http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/55000.html
37. Vukelich, C., & Kliman, D. (1985). Mature and teenage mothers' infant growth expectations and use of child development information sources. Family Relations, 34, 188–196.
38. Walker, S., & Riley, D. (2001). Involvement of the personal social network as a factor in parent education effectiveness. Family Relations, 50, 186–194.
39. Wolf, M. (1998). Parenting online: The best of the net for moms and dads. Brooklyn, NY: Equinox.
40. Zeskind, P. S., & Marshall, T. R. (1988). The relation between variations in pitch and maternal perception of infant crying. Child Development, 59, 193–196.