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Gjesfjeld, Christopher D.; Greeno, Catherine G.; Kim, Kevin H.; Anderson, Carol M. – Social Work Research, 2010
Maternal depression in low-income women is a significant problem because of its negative consequences for both mothers and their children. Economic stress increases risk for depression; however, mechanisms linking economic stress and depression are not well understood. The social support deterioration model suggests that chronic stressors can…
Descriptors: Mothers, Structural Equation Models, Children, Parent Influence
Jones, Lani V. – Social Work Research, 2009
The emergent psychosocial competence practice model in mental health represents an innovative strengths-based paradigm with potential relevance and applicability to black college women struggling with problems of psychological and social adjustment. Using an experimental design, with pre- and posttest measures, this study investigated the…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Research Design, Intervention, Females
O'Hare, Thomas; Sherrer, Margaret V. – Social Work Research, 2009
Research is limited regarding the role of high-risk behaviors, trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in people with severe mental illnesses (SMI). The current survey of 276 community mental health clients diagnosed with either a schizophrenia spectrum disorder or a major mood disorder examined the mediating role of lifetime…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Schizophrenia, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Coping
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Sales, Esther; Greeno, Catherine; Shear, M. Katherine; Anderson, Carol – Social Work Research, 2004
This study examined whether the general stress--caregiver strain--mental health outcome model may be as appropriate for caregivers of minor-age children as it has been for caregivers of adults with chronic illness. The authors examined whether children's behavioral problems are related to mothers' caregiving strains, which then is related to…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Child Behavior, Check Lists
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Mowbray, Carol; Oyserman, Daphna; Bybee, Deborah; MacFarlane, Peter – Social Work Research, 2002
Examines the effects of mental illness on parenting in a sample of women with serious mental illness. Diagnosis had a small but significant effect on parenting attitudes and behaviors. However, current symptoms mediated the effects of diagnosis and chronicity on parenting stress, and current symptomatology and community functioning partially…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Clinical Diagnosis, Mental Disorders, Mothers
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Mowbray, Carol T.; Bybee, Deborah; Hollingsworth, Leslie; Goodkind, Sara; Oyserman, Daphna – Social Work Research, 2005
This article examines the effects of living arrangements on the well-being of mothers with a serious mental illness. Analyses of data from a National Institute of Mental Health-funded study of an urban, primarily African American sample of 379 mothers with mental illness revealed few differences in parenting or social functioning between mothers…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Child Rearing, Mental Disorders, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Stern, Susan B.; Smith, Carolyn A.; Jang, Sung Joon – Social Work Research, 1999
This study investigates the effects of social and economic disadvantage on parent distress, family processes, and adolescent mental health in a longitudinal, multiethnic sample of 800 urban adolescents and parents. Findings show that poverty, life stressors, and isolation affect parent mood and disrupt family processes, which, in turn, are linked…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Relationship, Locus of Control, Mental Health