Building on strengths: Intergenerational practice with African American families

Social Work

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 278-286

  Waites, Cheryl ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African american families; Afrocentric; Family life cycle; Intergenerational; Multigenerational families

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; SOCIAL WORK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 67651152722     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/54.3.278     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Bagley, C.A., & Carroll, J. (1998). Healing forces in African-American families. In H. I. McCubbin, E. A. Thompson, A. I. Thompson, & J. A. Farrell (Eds.), Resiliency in African-American families (pp. 117-143). London: Sage Publications.
2. Barnes, S. (2001). Stressors and strengths: A theoretical and practical examination of nuclear single parent, and augmented African American families. Families in Society, 85, 449-460. (Pubitemid 33335588)
3. Bengtson, V. L. (2001). Beyond the nuclear family: The increasing importance of multi-generational bonds. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63, 1-16.
4. Bengtson, V. L., & Mangen, D.J. (1988). Family intergenerational solidarity, revisited. In D.J. Mangen,V. L. Bengtson, & P. H. Landry (Eds.), Measurement of intergenerational relationship (pp. 222-238). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
5. Bengtson, V. L., & Roberts, R.EX. (1991). Intergenerational solidarity in aging families: An example of formal theory construction. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 53, 856-870.
6. Bengtson, V. L., Rosenthal, C. J., & Burton, L. M., (1990). Paradoxes of families and aging. In R. H. Binstock & L. K. George (Eds.), Handbook of aging and the social sciences (4th ed., pp. 253-282). San Diego: AcademicPress.
7. Bengtson, V. L., & Schrader, S., S. (1982). Parent-child relationships. In D. Mangen &W. Peterson (Eds.), Handbook of research instruments in social gerontology (Vol. 2, pp. 115-185). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
8. Billingsley, A. (1992). Climbing Jacob's ladder: The enduring legacy of African-American families. New York: Simon & Schuster.
9. Billingsley, A., & Morrison-Rodriguez, B. (1998).The black family in the 21st century and the church as an action system: A macro perspectiv. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 1(2-3), 31-47.
10. Carter, B., & McGoldrick, M. (1999). The expanded family life (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
11. Christian, C. M. (1995). Black saga: The African American experience. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
12. Denby, R.W. (1996). Resiliency and the African American family: Model of family preservation. In S. L. Logan (Ed.), The black family: Strengths, self-help, and positive change (pp. 144-163). Boulder, CO:Westview Press.
13. Freeman, E. M., & Logan, S. L. (Eds.). (2004). Reconceptualizing the strengths and common heritage of black families: Practice, research and policy issues. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas.
14. Hagestad, G. O. (1996). On-time, off-time, out of time? Reflections on continuity and discontinuity from an illness process. In V. L. Bengtson (Ed.), Adulthood and aging: Research on continuities and discontinuities (pp. 204-222). New York: Springer.
15. Hill, R. (1971). The strength of black families. New York: Emerson-Hall.
16. Hill, R. B. (1993). Research on the African-American family: A holistic perspective. London: Auburn House.
17. Hill, R. B. (1998). Understanding black family functioning: A holistic perspective. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 29, 1-11.
18. Hill, R. B. (1999). The strengths of African American families: Twenty-five years later. New York: University Press of America.
19. King, V (1994).Viriation in the consequences of nonresident father involvement for children's well-being. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 56, 963-972.
20. Logan, S. L. (Ed.). (2001). The black family: Strengths, self-help, and positive change (2nd ed.). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
21. Martin, J., & Martin, E. (1985). The helping tradition in the black family and community. Washington, DC: NASW Press.
22. McAdoo, H. P. (1998). African-American families: Strengths and realities. In H. I. McCubbin, E.A. Thompson, A. I. Thompson, & J. A. Futrell (Eds.), Resiliency in African-American families (pp. 17-30). London: Sage Publications.
23. McCullough-Chavis, A., & Waites, C. (2004). Genograms with African American families: Considering cultural context. Journal of Family Social Work, 8(2), 1-19.
24. McPhatter, A. R. (1997). Cultural competence in child welfare:What is it? How do we achieve it? What happens without it? Child Welfare, 16, 255-278.
25. Miles, T. P. (1999). Living with chronic disease and the policies that bind. In T. P. Miles (Ed.), Full-color aging: Facts, goals, and recommendations for America's diverse elders (pp. 53-63).Washington, DC: Gerontological Society of America.
26. Riley, M. W. (1987). On the significance of age in sociology. American Sociological Review, 52, 1-14.
27. Roberts, R.E.L., Richards, L. N., & Bengtson, V. L. (1991). Intergenerational solidarity in families: Untangling the ties that bind. Marriage & Family Review, 16, 11-46.
28. Ruiz, D., & Carlton-LaNey, I, (1999).The increase in intergenerational African American families headed by grandmothers. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 26(4), 71-86.
29. Schiele, J. H. (1996). Afrocentricity: An emerging paradigm in social work practice. Social Work, 41, 284-294. (Pubitemid 126421853)
30. Schiele, J. H. (2000). Human services and the Afrocentric paradigm. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
31. Silverstein, M., Parrott, T. M., & BengtsonV. L. (1995). Factors that predispose middle-aged sons and daughters to provide social support to older parents. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 51, 465-476.
32. Staples, R. (1999). The black family : Essays and studies. Belmont, CA:Widsworth.
33. U.S. Census Bureau. (2004). People and households. Retrieved February 20,2008, from http://www. usinterimproj/natprojtab02a.pdf
34. Waites, C. (2008). Social work practice with African-American families: An intergenerational perspective. New York: Routledge.
35. Waites, C., Macgowan, M.J., Pennell, J., Carlton-LaNey, I., & Weil, M. (2004). Increasing the cultural responsiveness of family group conferencing. Social Work, 49, 291-300. (Pubitemid 38750857)