This volume brings together leading experts from different disciplines to offer new perspectives on contemporary African American families. A wealth of knowledge is presented on the heterogeneity of Black family life today; the challenges and opportunities facing parents, children, and communities; and the impact on health and development of key cultural and social processes. Comprehensive and authoritative, the book critically evaluates current policies and service delivery models and offers cogent recommendations for supporting families' strengths. Critical Acclaim: "The message of this book is clear and timely: there is no single portrait of the African American family. It highlights the varied ecological circumstances of African American families and the range of historical experiences that continue to produce myriad family types....Deserves a prominent place in the library of all serious students of the contemporary African American family."-Ross D. Parke, PhD, Center for Family Studies and Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside "An excellent text for graduate and advanced undergraduate students seeking the most recent data on this racially, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse population. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling this amazing cadre of contributing authors."-Harriette McAdoo, PhD, Department of Family and Child Ecology, Michigan State University "A very fine book. It brings a fresh approach to the study of African American families....The authors together make it clear that African American families not only grow out of and are shaped by the varied cultural streams in American life, but also make a contribution to the continuing streams of cultural diversity." -Andrew Billingsley, PhD, Department of Sociology and African American Studies Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia "A 'must have' reference....It has been a handy resource in intervention planning for my individual family intervention program that serves fifty African American families who live in an urban area. I have also used it with good success in a training workshop for behavior management staff who provide school intervention to teens....The material also is relevant to the graduate level family therapy and diversity classes that I teach." -The Family Psychologist "I thoroughly enjoyed this book....It challenges you to go beyond conventional thinking and deal with difficult issues."-Doody's Book Review Contents: I. Emergent Issues, Themes, and Conceptualizations 1. Ecological and Cultural Diversity in African American Family Life, Vonnie C. McLoyd, Nancy E. Hill, and Kenneth A. Dodge 2. Sociocultural Contexts of African American Families, Nancy E. Hill, Velma McBride Murry, and Valerie D. Anderson 3. Trends in African American Child Well-Being, 1985-2001, Vicki L. Lamb, Kenneth C. Land, Sarah O. Meadows, and Fasaha Traylor 4. Racial Wealth Inequality and the Black Family, William A. Darity, Jr. and Melba J. Nicholson 5. New Families, New Functions: Postmodern African American Families in Context, M. Belinda Tucker and Angela D. James II. African American Families in Community Contexts 6. Marital Relationships of African Americans: A Contextual Approach, Chalandra M. Bryant and K. A. S. Wickrama 7. Work and African American Family Life, Vonnie C. McLoyd and Noem? Enchautegui-de-Jes?s 8. Homeplace and Housing in the Lives of Low-Income Urban African American Families, Linda M. Burton and Sherri Lawson Clark 9. Religion in African American Family Life, Jacqueline S. Mattis 10. A Model of Extended Family Support: Care of the Elderly in African American Families, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson and Paula Y. Goodwin III. Socialization Processes in African American Families 11. Family Practices and School Performance of African American Children, Oscar A. Barbarin, Terry McCandies, Cheri Coleman, and Nancy E. Hill 12. The Cultural Context of Physically Disciplining Children, Kenneth A. Dodge, Vonnie C. McLoyd, and Jennifer E. Lansford 13. African American Families as a Context for Racial Socialization, Stephanie I. Coard and Robert M. Sellers 14. Beyond the Birth Family: African American Children Reared by Alternative Caregivers, Ellen E. Pinderhughes and Brenda Jones Harden 15. Style Matters: Toward a Culturally Relevant Framework for Interventions with African American Families, Howard C. Stevenson, Donna-Marie Winn, Chanequa Walker-Barnes, and Stephanie I. Coard CONTRIBUTORS Valerie D. Anderson, MA, Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC Oscar A. Barbarin, PhD, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Chalandra M. Bryant, PhD, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Linda M. Burton, PhD, Center for Human Development and Family Research in Diverse Contexts, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Sherri Lawson Clark, PhD, Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Stephanie I. Coard, PhD, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC Cheri Coleman, MSW, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC William A. Darity, Jr., PhD, Department of Economics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, PhD, School of Public Health and Institute on Aging, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Kenneth A. Dodge, PhD, Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC Noem? Enchautegui-de-Jes?s, PhD, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Paula Y. Goodwin, PhD, Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Brenda Jones Harden, PhD, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Nancy E. Hill, PhD, Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC Angela D. James, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA Vicki L. Lamb, PhD, Center for Demographic Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC Kenneth C. Land, PhD, Department of Sociology and Center for Demographic Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC Jennifer E. Lansford, PhD, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC Jacqueline S. Mattis, PhD, Department of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, New York, NY Terry McCandies, PhD, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Vonnie C. McLoyd, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Sarah O. Meadows, MA, Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC Velma McBride Murry, PhD, Department of Child and Family Development, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Melba J. Nicholson, PhD, The Family Institute, Evanston, IL Ellen E. Pinderhughes, PhD, Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA Robert M. Sellers, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Howard C. Stevenson, PhD, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Fasaha Traylor, MA, Foundation for Child Development, New York, NY M. Belinda Tucker, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Center for Culture and Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA Chanequa Walker-Barnes, PhD, private practice, Raleigh, NC K. A. S. Wickrama, PhD, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Institute for Social and Behavioral Research, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Donna-Marie Winn, PhD, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC About the Editors: Vonnie C. McLoyd, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Nancy E. Hill, PhD, Department of Psychology, Duke University; and Kenneth A. Dodge, PhD, Department of Psychology, Duke University |