Resilience across contexts: family, work, culture, and community

821 Pages·2000·1.91 MB·English

by  Margaret C. Wang

Resilience Across Contexts : Family, Work,
title:
Culture, and Community
author: Wang, Margaret C.
publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
isbn10 | asin: 0805833471
print isbn13: 9780805833478
ebook isbn13: 9780585340753
language: English
subject Family--United States.
publication date: 2000
lcc: HQ535.R47 2000eb
ddc: 306.85/0973
subject: Family--United States.
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Resilience Across Contexts:
Family, Work, Culture, and Community
Edited by
Ronald D. Taylor
and
Margaret C. Wang
Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and
Education
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Copyright © 2000 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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Resilience across contexts: family, work, culture, and community /
edited by Ronald D. Taylor and Margaret C. Wang.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface vii
Part I: Economic Resources, Family Adjustment, and
Student Achievement
1. The Well-Being of Children in a Changing Economy: 3
Time for a New Social Contract in America
Leslie S. Gallay and Constance A. Flanagan
2. Stressful Experiences and the Psychological 35
Functioning of African-American and Puerto Rican
Families and Adolescents
Ronald D. Taylor, Leanne Jacobson, Antoinette U.
Rodriguez, Antonio Dominguez, Rafael Cantic, Janice
Doney, Amy Boccuti, Jessica Alejandro, and Catalina
Tobon
3. The Economic and Psychological Dynamics of 55
Nonresident Paternal Involvement
Paul Florsheim
Part II: Employment, Family Functioning, and Child and
Adolescent Outcomes
4. Another Look at the Elephant: Child Care in the 91
Nineties
Deborah Lowe Vandell, Kim Dadisman, and Kathleen
Gallagher
5. Maternal Employment Influences on Early Adolescent 121
Development: A Contextual View
Jacqueline V. Lerner and E. Ree Noh
6. Maternal Employment: Effects of Social Context 147
Lois Wladis Hoffman
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Part III: Family Structures, Parental Involvement, and the
Psychological Functioning of Children and Adolescents
7. The Impact of Divorce on Adjustment during 179
Adolescence
Christy M. Buchanan
8. The Myths and Realities of African-American 217
Fatherhood
Edmund W. Gordon
9. Make Room for Daddy II: The Positive Effects of 233
Fathers' Role in Adolescent Development
Marc A. Zimmerman, Deborah A. Salem, and Paul C.
Notaro
Part IV: Culture, Immigration, Acculturation, and Family
Relations and Achievement
10. Profiles in Resilience: Educational Achievement and 257
Ambition among Children of Immigrants in Southern
California
Rubén G. Rumbaut
11. Agency and School Performance among Urban Latino 295
Youth
Leslie Reese, Kendall Kroesen, and Ronald Gallimore
12. Cultural Explanations for the Role of Parenting in the 333
School Success of Asian-American Children
Ruth K. Chao
Author Index 365
Subject Index 381

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PREFACE
Margaret C. Wang
Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and
Education
A number of societal risks pose serious challenges to the well-being of
families, many of which cut across divisions of class and race. These
challenges include changes in the labor market and economy, the
increasing participation of mothers in the labor force, the changing
nature of family structure and the composition of households, and the
increase in the number of immigrant families. Key institutions in the
lives of families can play a significant role in fostering families'
capacity to adapt to the potential challenges they face. Places of
employment, schools, community agencies, and other educational and
social services providing institutions have resources and expertise to
provide supportive mechanisms that foster resilience in children and
families with multiple and highly adverse life circumstances that place
them at risk.
The concept of resilience-promoting interventions has emerged from
research indicating the prospect of some children and families
surviving serious life-threatening adversities without lasting damage.
Such children and families tend to be motivated, independent,
resourceful, and self-determined, and possess good interpersonal and
cognitive problem-solving skills. Research focusing on furthering our
understanding of the factors that influence resilience development can
contribute to our capacity for designing interventions and public
policies that will

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ultimately benefit all children and families. Much is known from
research and practical applications of what works to promote
resilience of children and families who live in a variety of high-risk
life situations. It is in the context of broadening our understanding of
how to magnify the circumstances known to enhance healthy
development and educational success of children and youth in at-risk
circumstances that this volume was conceived.
The chapters included in this volume are written by leading scholars
in varied disciplines, including economics, developmental and
educational psychology, education, and sociology. Their research
focuses on emerging issues that have significant implications for
policy and practice in such areas as employment and new
technologies; maternal employment and family development; family
structure and family life; immigration, migration, acculturation, and
education of children and youth; and social and human services
delivery. The overall goal of this publication is to take stock of what is
known from research and practice to improve our capacity for
improvement of practices and policies that promote resilience
development of children and families faced with some of the most
challenging life circumstances. Some of the major questions discussed
at the conference centering on families' efforts to cope with
contemporary challenges to their functioning include:
What are the mechanisms through which families' economic prospects
influence children's or adolescents' psychological well-being? What
impact does parent participation and experience in the labor market
have on family functioning and children's adjustment?
How does maternal employment influence children's and adolescents'
adjustment? What moderating variables might lessen any negative
effects?
What is the current state of parents' knowledge and perceptions of