Inner-city single black mothers' gender-related childrearing expectations and goals

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 656-668

  Sharp, Elizabeth A ^a   Ispa, Jean M ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Black single mothers; Childrearing goals; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349174597     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9567-3     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. Barnett, D., Kidwell, S. L., & Leung, K. H. (1998). Parenting and preschooler attachment among low-income urban African American families. Child Development, 69, 1659-1671. (Pubitemid 128451517)
2. Beauboeuf-Lafontant, T. (2007). "You have to show strength" an exploration of gender, race, and depression. Gender & Society, 21, 28-51.
3. Bussey, K., & Bandura, A. (1999). Social cognitive theory of gender development and differentiation. Psychological Review, 106, 676-103.
4. Clearfield, M. W., & Nelson, N. M. (2006). Sex differences in mothers' speech and play behavior with 6-, 9-, and 14-month old infants. Sex Roles, 54, 127-137.
5. Collins, P. H. (1987). The meaning of motherhood in Black culture and Black mother-daughter relationships. Sage: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women, 4, 3-10.
6. Collins, P. H. (1990). Black feminist thought. Boston: Unwin Hyman.
7. Collins, P. H. (2004). Black sexual politics: African Americans, gender, & the new racism. New York: Routledge.
8. Creswell, J. (1998). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five traditions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
9. Dallas, C., Wilson, T., & Salgado, V. (2000). Gender differences in teen parents' perceptions of parental responsibilities. Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.), 17, 423-433.
10. Delgado, R., & Stefancic, J. (2001). Critical race theory: An introduction. New York: New York University Press.
11. De Reus, L. A., Few, A. L., & Blume, L. B. (2006). Multicultural and critical race feminisms: Theorizing families in the third wave. In V. L. Bengston, A. Acock, K. R. Allen, P. Dilworth-Anderson, & D. M. Klein (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theory & research (pp. 447-463). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
12. Deutsch, F. M. (2007). Undoing gender. Gender & Society, 21, 106-127.
13. DeZolt, D., & Hull, S. (2001). Classroom and school climate. In J. Worell (Ed.), Encyclopedia of gender (pp. 246-264). San Diego: Academic.
14. Edin, K. (2000). What do low-income single mothers say about marriage? Social Problems, 47, 112-133.
15. Edin, K., & Kefalas, M. J. (2005). Promises I can keep: How poor women put motherhood before marriage. Berkeley: University of California Press.
16. Few, A. (2007). Integrating Black consciousness and critical race feminism into family studies research. Journal of Family Issues, 28, 452-473.
17. Franklin, D. L. (2001). What's love got to do with it? Understanding and healing the rift between Black men and women. New York: Simon & Schuster.
18. Goodnow, J. J., & Collins, W. A. (1990). Development according to parents: The nature, sources, and consequences of parents' ideas. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
19. Halgunseth, L., Ispa, J. M., & Rudy, D. (2006). Parental control in Latino families: An integrated review of the literature. Child Development, 77, 1282-1297.
20. Harkness, S., Super, C. M., & Keefer, C. H. (1992). Learning to be an American parent: How cultural models gain directive force. In R. D'Andrade, & C. Strauss (Eds.), Human motives and cultural models (pp. 163-178). New York: Cambridge University Press.
21. Harris-Britt, A., Valrie, C. R., Kurtz-Costes, B., & Rowley, S. J. (2007). Perceived racial discrimination and self-esteem in African American youth: Racial socialization as a protective factor. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17, 669-682.
22. Haskins, R., & Shawhill, I. (2007). Introducing the issue (The next generation of antipoverty policies). The Future of Children, 17, 3-16.
23. Hill, S. A. (1999). African American children: Socialization and development in families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
24. Hill, S. A. (2001). Class, race, and gender dimensions of child rearing in African American families. Journal of Black Studies, 31, 494-508. (Pubitemid 33778826)
25. Hill, S. A. (2002). Teaching and doing gender in African American families. Sex Roles, 47, 493-506. (Pubitemid 36165778)
26. Hill, S. A., & Zimmerman, M. K. (1995). Valiant girls and vulnerable boys: The impact of gender and race on mothers' caregiving for chronically-ill children. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57, 43-53.
27. hooks, b. (2003). We real cool: Black men and masculinity. New York: Routledge.
28. Ispa, J. M., Fine, M. A. & Sharp, E. A. (2006). Chapter 3: Theoretical perspectives and research methods. In J. M. Ispa, K. R. Thornburg, & M. A. Fine (Eds.), Keepin' on: The everyday struggles of young families in poverty (pp. 19-36). Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing.
29. Ispa, J. M., & Halgunseth, L. C. (2006). Raising children. In J. M. Ispa, K. R. Thornburg, & M. A. Fine (Eds.), Keepin' on: The everyday struggles of young families in poverty (pp. 157-201). Baltimore: Brookes.
30. Ispa, J. M., Fine, M. A., Halgunseth, L. C., Harper, S., Robinson, J., Boyce, L., et al. (2004). Maternal intrusiveness, maternal warmth, and mother-toddler relationship outcomes: Variations across low-income ethnic and acculturation groups. Child Development, 75, 1613-1631. (Pubitemid 40004760)
31. Jarrett, R. L. (1994). Living poor: Family life among single parent, African American women. Social Problems, 41, 30-49.
32. Johnson, A. G. (2001). What can we do? Becoming part of the solution. In Power, privilege, and difference (pp. 137-171). Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.
33. Jones, L. (1994). Bulletproof diva: Tales of race, sex, and hair. New York: Double-Day.
34. Landis, J. R., & Koch, G. G. (1977). The measurement of observer agreement for categorical data. Biometrics, 33, 159-174.
35. Lausell-Bryant, L., Gonzalez-Ramos, G., Zayas, L., & Cohen, E. (1998). Maternal child-rearing values and behaviors inventory. Unpublished manuscript, New York University.
36. Leaper, C., & Friedman, C. K. (2007). The socialization of gender. In J. E. Grusec, & P. D. Hastings (Eds.), Handbook of socialization. New York: Guilford.
37. Leventhal, T., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2000). The neighborhoods they live in: The effects of neighborhood residence on child and adolescent outcomes. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 309-337.
38. Liebow, E. (1967). Tally's corner: A study of Negro streetcorner men. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co.
39. Mandara, J., Murray, C. B., & Joyner, T. N. (2005). The impact of fathers' absence on African American adolescents' gender role development. Sex Roles, 53, 207-220. (Pubitemid 41521328)
40. Martin, K. A. (2003). Becoming a gendered body. Practices of preschools. American Sociological Review, 63, 495-511. (Pubitemid 128769035)
41. McAdoo, J. L. (1988). The roles of Black fathers in the socialization of Black children. In H. P. McAdoo (Ed.), Black families (pp. 257-269). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
42. McCall, L. (2005). The complexity of intersectionality. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 30, 1771-1800.
43. McCollum, V. J. (1997). Evolution of the African American family personality: Considerations for family therapy. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 25, 219-229. (Pubitemid 127171902)
44. McGroder, S. (2000). Parenting among low-income, African American single mothers with preschool-age children: Patterns, predictors, and developmental correlates. Child Development, 71, 752-771.
45. Miles, M. B., & Huberman, A. M. (1984). Qualitative data analysis: A sourcebook of new methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
46. Morse, J. (1998). Editorial: What's wrong with random selection? Qualitative Health Research, 8, 733-735.
47. Morse, J., & Richards, L. (2002). Readme first for a user's guide to qualitative research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
48. Osmond, M. W., & Thorne, B. (1993). Feminist theories: The social construction of gender in families and society. In P. Boss, W. J. Doherty, R. LaRossa, W. R. Schumm, & S. K. Steinmetz (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theories and methods: A contextual approach (pp. 591-622). New York: Plenum.
49. Pomerantz, E. M., & Ruble, D. N. (1998). The role of maternal control in the development of sex differences in child self-evaluative factors. Child Development, 69, 458-478. (Pubitemid 128453720)
50. Randolph, S. M. (1995). African American children in single-mother families. In B. J. Dickerson (Ed.), African American single mothers: Understanding their lives and families (pp. 117-145). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
51. Roy, K., & Burton, L. (2007). Mothering through recruitment: Kinscription of nonresidential fathers and father figures in low-income families. Family Relations, 56, 24-39.
52. Sakalh-Ugurlu, N., & Glick, P. (2003). Ambivalent sexism and attitudes toward women who engage in premarital sex in Turkey. The Journal of Sex Research, 40, 296-302. (Pubitemid 37129248)
53. Sampson, R. J., Morenoff, J. D., & Gannon-Rowley, T. (2002). Assessing "neighborhood effects: Social processes and new directions in research. Annual Review of Sociology, 28, 442-478.
54. Sharp, E. A., & Ispa, J. M. (2006a). The children's fathers. In J. M. Ispa, K. R. Thornburg, & M. A. Fine (Eds.), Keepin' on: The everyday struggles of young families in poverty (pp. 203-226). Baltimore: Brookes.
55. Sharp, E. A., & Ispa, J. M. (2006b). Matters of the heart: Romantic relationships. In J. M. Ispa, K. R. Thornburg, & M. A. Fine (Eds.), Keepin' on: The everyday struggles of young families in poverty (pp. 133-155). Baltimore: Brookes.
56. Sharp, E. A., SoRelle-Miner, D., Bermudez, M., & Watson, W. (2007). Teaching Undergraduate Women about Gender Inequity throughout the Lifespan: Lessons from the Trenches. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Southwestern Women's and Gender Studies Association, Albuquerque, NM, March.
57. Shelton, J. N., & Sellers, R. M. (2000). Situational stability and variability in African American racial identity. Journal of Black Psychology, 26, 27-51.
58. Springer, K. (2002). Third wave Black feminism? Signs, 27, 1059-1082.
59. Staples, R., & Johnson, L. B. (1993). Black Families at the crossroads: Challenges and prospects. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
60. Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
61. Tenenbaum, H. R., & Leaper, C. (2002). Are parents' gender schemas related to their children's gender-related cognitions?: A meta-analysis. Developmental Psychology, 38, 615-630.
62. Tolman, D. L. (2006). In a different position: Conceptualizing female adolescent sexuality development within compulsory heterosexuality. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 112, 71-89.
63. U.S. Census Bureau (2007). Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements. Retrieved September 26, 2008 from http://www.census.gov/ hhes/www/poverty/histpov/hstpov3.html .
64. West, C. M., & Rose, S. (2000). Dating aggression among low income African American youth: An examination of gender differences and antagonistic beliefs. Violence Against Women, 6, 470-494.
65. Wilson, W. J. (2003). The woes of the inner-city African American father. In O. Clayton, R. B. Mincy, & D. Blankenhorn (Eds.),Black fathers in contemporary American society: Strengths, weaknesses, and strategies for change (pp. 9-29). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.