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Beliefs about Expressing Love to Adolescents among Ethnically and Economically Diverse Mothers
Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0097-4035
Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Reagan High School, Pfafftown, NC, USA.
2021 (English)In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, ISSN 0047-2891, E-ISSN 1573-6601, Vol. 50, no 3, p. 536-549Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Parental love promotes positive developmental outcomes among adolescents, yet knowledge about how context might influence the behaviors parents deem as loving is limited. This study examined mothers' beliefs about expressing love to adolescent children in diverse ethnic and socioeconomic groups. Participants were 60 European American, 63 African American, and 60 Latina mothers. Household income (the indicator of socioeconomic status) varied within each ethnic group. Beliefs about the most important ways to express love differed by ethnicity more so than income. Latina mothers were more likely than other mothers to emphasize behaviors that involve family togetherness and practical help and guidance, and less likely to emphasize verbal affection or promoting independence. Mothers from all groups believed that "correction and discipline" was an important expression of love. The findings contribute to an ecologically sensitive understanding of parenting during adolescence, highlighting similarities as well as differences across ethnic and income groups.

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Plenum Publishing, 2021. Vol. 50, no 3, p. 536-549
Keywords [en]
Adolescents, Beliefs, Ethnicity, Parenting, Socioeconomic status
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Pediatrics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-87368DOI: 10.1007/s10964-020-01347-2ISI: 000588613700001PubMedID: 33175347Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85095987087OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-87368DiVA, id: diva2:1500800
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Wake Forest University's Cross-Campus Collaborative Research Fund 

Available from: 2020-11-13 Created: 2020-11-13 Last updated: 2022-02-02Bibliographically approved

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