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Type of Document Dissertation Author Stevens, Xuan Orali Minh Author's Email Address xstevens@nd.edu URN etd-07202007-151826 Title RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN AT-RISK MOTHERS' AND CHILDREN’S SOCIOEMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT Degree Doctor of Philosophy Department Psychology Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title John G. Borkowski, Ph.D. Committee Chair Cindy Bergeman, Ph.D. Committee Member Scott Maxwell, Ph.D. Committee Member Thomas Merluzzi, Ph.D Committee Member Thomas Whitman, Ph.D. Committee Member Keywords
- Maternal Adjustment
- Protective Factors
- Support Resources
- Adolescent Parenting
- Children's Socio-emotional Development
Date of Defense 2006-12-14 Availability restricted Abstract This project examined relationships between maternal resources and the socioemotional development for 129 14-year old children born to adolescent mothers. Based on data from the Notre Dame Adolescent Parenting Project, key variables assumed to mediate the relationship between parenting practices and children’s socioemotional development were included as well as potential variables that might protect against risks associated with poor maternal adjustment. The primary hypothesis was supported:Parental attitudes at age 14 mediated high levels of maternal adjustment and children’s emotional adjustment during early adolescence. The hypotheses that examined protective factors - financial resources, religiosity, parenting support, father involvement, and parenting attitudes - as moderators were not supported by the data. The current study examined risk and protective factors in the lives of adolescent mothers combined with models of family processes and parenting that contributed to successful socio-behavioral outcomes in their adolescent children. Such a model advocates for psycho-educational interventions that yield improved parent- focused interventions that are designed to lower the risk of these problems in children.
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