When Mothers Matter

The Effects of Social Class and Family Arrangements on African American and White Women's Perceived Relations with Their Mothers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2369372
AutoresAmy Wharton (0000-0002-9763-1655, Washington State University), Amy S Wharton, Deborah Thorne (Washington State University), Deborah K Thorne (Washington State University)
Año1997
Volumen11
Número5
Páginas656-681
Fecha de publicación1997-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGender & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0891-2432 • E-ISSN: 1552-3977
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/089124397011005007
OpenAlexW2086358374
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas26

Previous studies suggest that social class, class background, and social mobility have important consequences for family life. Exploring hypotheses derived from these studies, as well as the literature on intergenerational relations, the authors focus on one key aspect of family relations: adult daughters' ties to their mothers. Analyzing data from the National Survey of Families and Households, the authors explore how employed women's relations with their mothers are shaped by race, social class memberships and backgrounds, and family arrangements. Their results suggest that social class and mobility exert powerful effects on women's sense of their relations with their mothers, especially among Whites. In addition, however, it is shown that mother-daughter ties among African American and White women are also influenced by family arrangements that operate somewhat independently of social class and mobility

Daughter · Developmental psychology · Family ties · Genealogy · Interpersonal ties · Life chances · Life course approach · Political science · Social class · Social mobility · Social relation · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies