Vital Defenses: Social Support Appraisals of Black Grandmothers Parenting Grandchildren

Autor/inn/en	Stevenson, Michelle L.; Henderson, Tammy L.; Baugh, Eboni
Titel	Vital Defenses: Social Support Appraisals of Black Grandmothers Parenting Grandchildren
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 28 (2007) 2, S.182-211 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X06293852
Schlagwörter	African American Family; Child Rearing; Economically Disadvantaged; Family Structure; Grandchildren; Grandparents Raising Grandchildren; Integrity; Personal Narratives; Social Capital; Welfare Services; African Americans; Females; Welfare Recipients; Self Esteem; Family Relationship; Stereotypes; Poverty; Family Role; Social Support Groups; Social Bias + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindererziehung; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Enkel; Großeltern-Enkel-Beziehung; Integrität; Erlebniserzählung; Sozialkapital; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Afroamerikaner; Weibliches Geschlecht; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Klischee; Armut; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung
Abstract	Guided by the conceptual frameworks of social support appraisal mechanisms and cultural variant perspectives, the reported experiences of 23 Black grandmothers parenting grandchildren who receive cash assistance under the current welfare program, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), were used to integrate macro- and micro-level perspectives by exploring mechanisms used to appraise social support resources within a historical context. Mechanisms of social support appraisals included personal esteem (i.e., adaptive pride, self-reliance, and personal resources) and social penetration (i.e., family respect and responsibility, reaction to myths or stereotypical views held about poor people, and normative child-centered activities) as economically poor grandmothers demonstrated strong personal integrity and familial responsibility. Grandmothers relied on a wide range of sources for formal and informal support to provide for their grandchildren. Recommendations for future research are discussed to fortify established family defenses. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10