An Analysis of Black Partnered and Nonpartnered Mothers' Perceptions of Their Children and Single-Mother Effectiveness

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dc.contributor.authorCook, Jennifer Latrellen
dc.contributor.committeechairHenderson, Tammy L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGooden, Susan T.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAllen, Katherine R.en
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:38:20Zen
dc.date.adate2002-05-29en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:38:20Zen
dc.date.issued2002-05-20en
dc.date.rdate2003-05-29en
dc.date.sdate2002-05-23en
dc.description.abstractUsing the culturally variant perspective and symbolic interaction theory, I examined the perceptions of Black partnered and nonpartnered mothers toward their children and how these perceptions shaped their views toward single-mother effectiveness. I conducted secondary analysis of National Survey of American Families [NSAF] (1999) with a sample of Black, non-Hispanic mothers with children between the ages of 6 to 17 years old. Black mothers significantly differed on age, education, income, and perceptions about their child's psychological and social behaviors, religious service attendance, and mental health. Mothers' age, education level, income, viewing child as having difficulty getting along with others and viewing child as harder to care for were significantly related to mothers' opinions toward single-mother effectiveness. Feeling angry toward their child and mothers' mental health score were moderately and significantly related to single-mother effectiveness.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05232002-212042en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05232002-212042/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33140en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesisFinal.PDFen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBlack mothersen
dc.subjectsingle-mother effectivenessen
dc.subjectperceptions of childrenen
dc.titleAn Analysis of Black Partnered and Nonpartnered Mothers' Perceptions of Their Children and Single-Mother Effectivenessen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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