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Resilience in parenting among young mothers: Family and ecological risks and opportunities

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  • Easterbrooks, M. Ann
  • Chaudhuri, Jana H.
  • Bartlett, Jessica Dym
  • Copeman, Abby

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The present study used a person-centered approach to examine resilience in parenting among a sample of young mothers (under age 21 at childbirth). Resilient functioning as a parent was defined as the lack of perpetration of child maltreatment (substantiated reports of child abuse and neglect) in the context of risk. Risk factors were assessed at multiple levels, including family (e.g., negative childhood histories in family of origin) and ecological (e.g., neighborhood poverty, mother's financial stress) levels. Analyses revealed a group of mothers who demonstrated resilience in parenting despite a context of substantial risks from their childhood histories (e.g., negative family relationships) and current ecologies (e.g., economic and neighborhood conditions). Mothers in the resilient group were less likely to a) live with their families of origin, and b) to rely on their own mothers as sources of emotional or caregiving support. Data also indicated that young mothers' resilient functioning as parents was associated with higher rates of depressive symptoms among these mothers, perhaps suggesting a "cost" or limit to resilient parenting functioning in young mothers. Results are discussed in a resilience framework.

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  • Easterbrooks, M. Ann & Chaudhuri, Jana H. & Bartlett, Jessica Dym & Copeman, Abby, 2011. "Resilience in parenting among young mothers: Family and ecological risks and opportunities," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 33(1), pages 42-50, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:33:y:2011:i:1:p:42-50
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    1. Schreier, Alayna & McCoy, Kelsey & Flood, Mary Fran & Wilcox, Brian L. & Hansen, David J., 2020. "Early Head Start service use by families with court-substantiated maltreatment," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    2. Marije van der Hulst & Rianne Kok & Peter Prinzie & Eric A. P. Steegers & Loes C. M. Bertens, 2022. "Early Maternal Caregiving Capacities in Highly Vulnerable, Multi-Problem Families," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-11, December.
    3. Courtney Kensinger & Dorlisa J. Minnick, 2018. "The Invisible Village: An Exploration of Undergraduate Student Mothers’ Experiences," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 39(1), pages 132-144, March.
    4. Bartlett, Jessica Dym & Easterbrooks, M. Ann, 2012. "Links between physical abuse in childhood and child neglect among adolescent mothers," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 34(11), pages 2164-2169.
    5. van Vugt, Eveline & Versteegh, Pleuntje, 2020. "“She gave me hope and lightened my heart”: The transition to motherhood among vulnerable (young) mothers," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).

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