Stress, marital satisfaction, and child care provision by mothers of adolescent mothers: Considerations to make when providing services

    Authors

    A. M. Culp; R. E. Culp; D. Noland;J. W. Anderson

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Child. Youth Serv. Rev.

    Keywords

    MaM; stress; marital satisfaction; child care; AFRICAN-AMERICAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; FAMILIES; INTERVENTION; HOUSEHOLDS; ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY; BEHAVIOR; Family Studies; Social Work

    Abstract

    When communities provide parenting service programs for adolescent women, many times the mothers of the adolescent mothers become involved in the intervention sessions. Many service providers acknowledge the mothers knowing they influence their daughters' parenting practices. However, very few programs or studies know much about the mothers of the adolescent mothers (Malls); few studies have interviewed them directly. In this descriptive study, Malls reported demographics, stress, marital satisfaction, and child care support given to their daughters. The sample's mean age is 41 years, most were Caucasian, and half had incomes below federal poverty levels. Most reported marital satisfaction lower than a national sample; and over half provided child care weekly or daily for grandchildren. Stress and marital satisfaction related negatively to amount of child care MaM provided. Provision of child care related negatively to their daughters' parenting attitudes. Age of adolescent mother did not differ between groups of high and low child care support. Implications are discussed for community parenting service programs. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Children and Youth Services Review

    Volume

    28

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    673

    Last Page

    681

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000237553100006

    ISSN

    0190-7409

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