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Social support, parenting and risk in families with young children
Abstract
Analysis of data from the 1987-88 National Survey of Families and Households demonstrated that social support had little effect on parenting practice and outcomes and that poverty and adolescent parents were not significant risk factors for impaired parenting. Among parents (n = 990) of children aged zero to four, cohabitation, preschool-aged children and younger adult parents were found to have the most potential for ineffective parenting. There were no direct risk effects for parental absence, although interactive effects between parental absence and parental age, child's age and income were found for the dimension of parental support. A small, but significant main effect of social support on parental support was noted. There was no evidence of a modifying, or buffering effect of social support on parenting practice or outcomes.
Subject Area
Families & family life|Personal relationships|Sociology
Recommended Citation
Kaiser, Katherine Laux, "Social support, parenting and risk in families with young children" (1993). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9406078.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9406078