Review of African American Single Mothers: Understanding Their Lives and Families.

1996 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-391
Author(s):  
Marcel A. Statsky
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Single Mothers

The Impact of Drugs, Infants, Single Mothers, and Relatives on Reunification

2020 ◽  
pp. 194-214
Author(s):  
Kim Wittenstrom ◽  
Donald J. Baumann ◽  
John D. Fluke ◽  
J. Christopher Graham ◽  
Joyce James
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
African American ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
Proportional Hazards ◽  
African American Children ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Drug Involvement ◽  
American Children ◽  
Post Entry ◽  
Main Effects

Using a Decision-Making Ecology (DME) approach and proportional hazards models, the study reviewed in this chapter isolated four case factor profiles that interacted strongly with race and resulted in disparate reunification outcomes for African American children compared with Anglos. The four interrelated factors were drug involvement, a solo infant case, single mothers, and relative placements. A cohort of 21,763 children from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services who were placed for the first time in care, who were under 13, and were either Anglo or African American were followed for 20 months or more post entry into care. Starting with an initial model consisting of main effects only and consistent with other studies, African American children had a 12% lower hazard rate of reunification compared to Anglo children. However, when a set of case profiles involving combinations of single parents, single infants, drug involvements, and kinship placements were crossed with race, the magnitude of the effect of race on hazard rates fanned out from no difference to as much as 68% that of Anglo children. The results show that racial disparities in outcomes resulting from complex, contextual decision-making cannot be modeled well with simple main effects models.

scholarly journals Coparenting Experiences in African American Families: An Examination of Single Mothers and their Nonmarital Coparents

2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Gonzalez ◽  
Deborah Jones ◽  
Justin Parent
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
African American Families ◽  
American Families

Belief in Personal Control Among Low-Income African American, Puerto Rican, and European American Single Mothers

Affilia ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Sparks ◽  
N. Andrew Peterson ◽  
Kathleen Tangenberg
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
European American

Socializing Positive Emotion: A Qualitative Study of African American Single Mothers and Their Adolescent Youth

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 635-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura G. McKee ◽  
Alyssa L. Faro ◽  
Jessica L. O'Leary ◽  
Kelsey H. Spratt ◽  
Deborah J. Jones
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
Positive Emotion

Protective Factors for African American Children Raised by Single Mothers

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia S. Dixon ◽  
Steven A. Meyers ◽  
Michael C. Helford
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
African American Children ◽  
American Children

Livelihood Strategies of Food-Insecure Poor, Female-Headed Families in Rural Alabama

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1031-1036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew A. Zekeri
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
Single Women ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Cash Assistance ◽  
Difficult Time ◽  
The Family ◽  
Rural Alabama

Previous studies suggest that households headed by single women in general, and particularly those by African-American females, are at greater risk for food insecurity and hunger. However, questions remain about how single mothers cope with food insecurity. This study examined how food-insecure, poor single mothers get food for themselves and their children. 100 African-American single mothers from rural Alabama were recruited and interviewed about their livelihood strategies up to two times during a 1-yr. period. The findings show that most of the mothers used numerous strategies to make sure that there was an adequate amount of food for the family. These strategies included work, government assistance such as food stamps, cash assistance from relatives and friends, food from food banks and churches, cohabiting, coresiding with a friend or relative, eating at a Senior Meal Program, and eating less. Psychological aspects of food insecurity included feeling depressed, feeling sad, feeling lonely, having trouble sleeping, and having trouble concentrating. These results suggest that preventive measures to reduce food insecurity among single mothers should remain a priority, and referrals to psychological counseling might help assist them in coping during this difficult time in their lives.

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