Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 15(4), 2015, pp.394-417.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
This study examined changes in outcomes for women in an outpatient, integrated substance use and parenting program in Toronto, Canada, and tested whether their self-reported treatment readiness at intake predicted changes in substance use and parenting outcomes from intake to 12 months after intake. Although there were improvements in both substance use and parenting outcomes, self-reported treatment readiness only predicted changes in parenting attitudes. In response to the unexpected findings, treatment readiness with respect to substance use and parenting-related goals in the integrated programs was discussed. Rather than being a barrier to treatment, women’s role as caregivers might be an important factor to treatment participation and outcomes. The importance of having a comprehensive focus in treatment for women with substance use problems who are parenting was also highlighted for future research and treatment implications.
This study examined changes in outcomes for women in an outpatient, integrated substance use and parenting program in Toronto, Canada, and tested whether their self-reported treatment readiness at intake predicted changes in substance use and parenting outcomes from intake to 12 months after intake. Although there were improvements in both substance use and parenting outcomes, self-reported treatment readiness only predicted changes in parenting attitudes. In response to the unexpected findings, treatment readiness with respect to substance use and parenting-related goals in the integrated programs was discussed. Rather than being a barrier to treatment, women’s role as caregivers might be an important factor to treatment participation and outcomes. The importance of having a comprehensive focus in treatment for women with substance use problems who are parenting was also highlighted for future research and treatment implications.
KILLMANN Peter R., CARRANZA Laura V., VENDEMIA Jennifer M.C.
Journal article citation:
Journal of Adolescence, 29(1), February 2006, pp.89-102.
Publisher:
Academic Press
This study contrasted offsprings’ attachment patterns and recollections of parent characteristics in two college samples from the United States: 147 females from intact biological parents and 157 females of parental divorce. Secure females from intact or non-intact families rated parents positively, while insecure females rated parents as absent, distant, and demanding. In contrast to females
This study contrasted offsprings’ attachment patterns and recollections of parent characteristics in two college samples from the United States: 147 females from intact biological parents and 157 females of parental divorce. Secure females from intact or non-intact families rated parents positively, while insecure females rated parents as absent, distant, and demanding. In contrast to females from intact families, females of parental divorce reported a less secure attachment, lower self-esteem, a greater fearful avoidance pattern, and rated their biological fathers and mothers more negatively.
The outcry over the sterilisation of women with learning difficulties or mental health problems has brought the debate about who is fit to be a parent into sharp focus. The author asks why our society is so inconsistent in its views of parenthood.
The outcry over the sterilisation of women with learning difficulties or mental health problems has brought the debate about who is fit to be a parent into sharp focus. The author asks why our society is so inconsistent in its views of parenthood.
Subject terms:
parental role, parents, parents with learning disabilities, women;
Journal of European Social Policy, 17(4), November 2007, pp.299-318.
Publisher:
Sage
Using data on seven countries, we estimate trajectories in family incomes for families with and without children following several stylized life-courses. Focusing mainly on women with a medium level of education, we find, in general, that gaps in family income are smallest in the Nordic countries, intermediate in the Anglo-American countries, and largest in the continental European countries. These findings are similar to patterns observed in the literature on family gaps in women's earnings and suggest that differences in earnings and labour market participation between women with different family histories are the major driver in the gaps in gross and disposable incomes that are observed.
Using data on seven countries, we estimate trajectories in family incomes for families with and without children following several stylized life-courses. Focusing mainly on women with a medium level of education, we find, in general, that gaps in family income are smallest in the Nordic countries, intermediate in the Anglo-American countries, and largest in the continental European countries. These findings are similar to patterns observed in the literature on family gaps in women's earnings and suggest that differences in earnings and labour market participation between women with different family histories are the major driver in the gaps in gross and disposable incomes that are observed.
Journal of Adolescence, 29(1), February 2006, pp.73-88.
Publisher:
Academic Press
This study examined the relationships among the childhood discipline styles experienced by 116 female college students in the United States, their perceptions of their parents, and their current functioning. Results of this study indicated that female college students’ report of childhood discipline, their perceptions of their parents, and their outcomes were related uniquely when examining In contrast, fathers’ use of psychologically assaultive discipline and female college students’ positive and negative perceptions of their fathers predicted depression, whereas only their perceptions predicted anxiety and self-esteem. These results suggested the importance of examining discipline and perceptions of parents when examining the functioning of late adolescents and emerging adults.
This study examined the relationships among the childhood discipline styles experienced by 116 female college students in the United States, their perceptions of their parents, and their current functioning. Results of this study indicated that female college students’ report of childhood discipline, their perceptions of their parents, and their outcomes were related uniquely when examining responses for mothers and fathers. Further, regression analyses suggested that negative perceptions of mothers may mediate the relationship between maternal psychologically assaultive discipline and female college students’ depression and self-esteem and mediate partially the relationship between maternal psychologically and physically assaultive discipline and female college students’ anxiety. In contrast, fathers’ use of psychologically assaultive discipline and female college students’ positive and negative perceptions of their fathers predicted depression, whereas only their perceptions predicted anxiety and self-esteem. These results suggested the importance of examining discipline and perceptions of parents when examining the functioning of late adolescents and emerging adults.
The role of caregiving daughters' marital status is examined as it relates to their sharing households with disabled elderly parents. Married daughters fared best in well-being, income, and social support. Never-married women were the most likely to have never moved out of the parental home. Separated/divorced caregivers, more than married and widowed, had moved into the parent's home rather than
The role of caregiving daughters' marital status is examined as it relates to their sharing households with disabled elderly parents. Married daughters fared best in well-being, income, and social support. Never-married women were the most likely to have never moved out of the parental home. Separated/divorced caregivers, more than married and widowed, had moved into the parent's home rather than the reverse and widowed daughters had lived in re-formed joint households longest. The main reason for re-forming shared households was the disability of the parent. Among other reasons were death or withdrawal of previous a caregiver and financial problems, with separated/divorced daughters the most likely to mention finances.
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 30(3), 2017, p.501–510.
Publisher:
Wiley
Background: Mothers with intellectual disability are thought to be passive, dependent and in need of protection. This study contributes to a nascent body of research that challenges this schema, revealing how women with intellectual disability who are mothers resist oppression.
Methods: Narrative research methods underpinned by intersectionality theory were used to explore the lives of eight mothers with intellectual disability from various ethnocultural communities in Canada. A total of 33 in-depth interviews were conducted with these eight women over a period of 2 years.
Results: The lives of the women who took part in this study were marked by violence. The women resisted. Their resistance strategies addressed two kinds of relationships: their relationships with others and their relationship with themselves.
Conclusion: The women in this study employed strategies of resistance, sometimes at great personal cost, to provide their children with a better life.
(Publisher abstract)
Background: Mothers with intellectual disability are thought to be passive, dependent and in need of protection. This study contributes to a nascent body of research that challenges this schema, revealing how women with intellectual disability who are mothers resist oppression.
Methods: Narrative research methods underpinned by intersectionality theory were used to explore the lives of eight mothers with intellectual disability from various ethnocultural communities in Canada. A total of 33 in-depth interviews were conducted with these eight women over a period of 2 years.
Results: The lives of the women who took part in this study were marked by violence. The women resisted. Their resistance strategies addressed two kinds of relationships: their relationships with others and their relationship with themselves.
Conclusion: The women in this study employed strategies of resistance, sometimes at great personal cost, to provide their children with a better life.
(Publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
mothers, learning disabilities, needs, black and minority ethnic people, women, parent-child relations, parents;
SEGAL-ENGELCHIN Dorit, ERERA Pauline I., CWIKEL Julie
Journal article citation:
Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 27(4), November 2012, pp.391-405.
Publisher:
Sage
This study investigated a unique subgroup of heterosexual women who chose to conceive and raise their children together with gay men outside marriage and thus to decouple childbearing and parenting from marriage. In-depth interviews with 10 Israeli mothers who had established hetero-gay families revealed their motivations for choosing this family configuration and the characteristics they sought in the fathers. Findings revealed that the women maintained traditional values with respect to the ideal parental model, two-gender parenting, and the attributes they sought for the co-parents of their children. Rather than overtly challenge institutional patriarchy, these women chose to establish an alternative family that circumvented patriarchal impositions.
This study investigated a unique subgroup of heterosexual women who chose to conceive and raise their children together with gay men outside marriage and thus to decouple childbearing and parenting from marriage. In-depth interviews with 10 Israeli mothers who had established hetero-gay families revealed their motivations for choosing this family configuration and the characteristics they sought in the fathers. Findings revealed that the women maintained traditional values with respect to the ideal parental model, two-gender parenting, and the attributes they sought for the co-parents of their children. Rather than overtly challenge institutional patriarchy, these women chose to establish an alternative family that circumvented patriarchal impositions.
Families in Society, 92(1), January 2011, pp.69-76.
Publisher:
The Alliance for Children and Families
Previous studies have shown that growing up with parental alcoholism does not necessarily result in negative outcomes for the offspring. This study aimed to examine whether it would result in negative perceptions of the experience. A community sample of 126 Black women and White women with alcoholic parents rated and described the effect of parental alcoholism on them using standardised measures, conflict, and having no alcohol problem oneself. The article concludes that clinicians should recognise that children of alcoholic parents will be diverse in their psychological and social functioning, and that those who report positive effects from their childhood experiences are not necessarily in denial.
Previous studies have shown that growing up with parental alcoholism does not necessarily result in negative outcomes for the offspring. This study aimed to examine whether it would result in negative perceptions of the experience. A community sample of 126 Black women and White women with alcoholic parents rated and described the effect of parental alcoholism on them using standardised measures, items designed for the study, and face-to-face interviews. The results showed that 65% of the women reported a negative effect, 26% reported a positive effect, and 7% reported a neutral effect. These ratings are examined in relation to the women’s overall adult adjustment. More positive ratings were associated with being Black and with variables such as social support, experiencing lower family conflict, and having no alcohol problem oneself. The article concludes that clinicians should recognise that children of alcoholic parents will be diverse in their psychological and social functioning, and that those who report positive effects from their childhood experiences are not necessarily in denial.
Subject terms:
long term outcomes, parents, user views, women, alcohol misuse, black and minority ethnic people;
Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 52(2), February 2009, pp.135-153.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
This research study examines adult daughters’ measures of copying in their roles as caregivers of ageing parents. It investigates the model devised by Pearlin et al which presents the mental health of caregiver daughters as a function of demographic variables, role burden and stresses resulting from other relationships within the family, as well as personality variables such as mastery
This research study examines adult daughters’ measures of copying in their roles as caregivers of ageing parents. It investigates the model devised by Pearlin et al which presents the mental health of caregiver daughters as a function of demographic variables, role burden and stresses resulting from other relationships within the family, as well as personality variables such as mastery and self-esteem. The study examined 224 working women in Israel, and included questionnaires to measure stresses and burdens of being a caregiver and within the nuclear family, mastery over life, self-esteem, gender role orientation, and mental health. The results provided validation of the assumptions in Pearlin’s stress coping model. Two specific findings were that daughters with masculine traits felt a higher level of mental wellbeing, and also that family support provided a higher level of mental well-being for the daughter.