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Peer reviewedRitchie, Kathy L.; Holden, George W. – Early Education and Development, 1998
Explored ability of parenting stress to predict maternal behaviors among low-income women, about half of whom were residing in a battered women's shelter. Assessed parenting stress, maternal adjustment, marital relationship, and responses to typical child behaviors. Found that parenting stress predicts use of positive behaviors like affection and…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Rearing, Coping, Family Violence Shelters
Peer reviewedHutcheson, Jacqueline; Black, Maureen – Early Education and Development, 1996
Examined psychometric properties of Parenting Stress Index. Subjects were 191 low-income, urban African American mothers. Found acceptable subscale internal consistency and stability over six months. Concurrent validity revealed high convergence across measures among mothers reporting consistent stress. Subjects reported elevated stress levels in…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Blacks, Infants, Longitudinal Studies
