Mia Brantley
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mia Brantley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mia |
| FAMILY NAME | Brantley |
| SIGNATURE | BRANTLEY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4922-5860 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Re-Envisioning Various Forms of Racialized Stress as a Social Determinant of Black Maternal Health
“I Have to Trust God to Protect My Babies”
This study explores the role of religious coping among Black, predominantly middle class, mothers as a response to motherwork‐related stress. This study considers one broad research question: What is the role of religion in shaping the perceived impact of motherwork‐related stress on Black mothers’ well‐being? To address this question, we utilized theories of motherwork, stress perspective, and vicarious racism to understand religious coping thro…
The Talk I Received From My Parents, I Gave to My Little Brother
While much literature examines racial socialization in Black families, specifically "the Talk," few studies focus on this process during emerging adulthood. Guided by relational communication and racism-related stress theories, this qualitative study examined Black emerging adults' experiences of "the Talk," a specific form of racial socialization that prepares Black individuals for encounters with racism and policing, and its impact on their per…
Can't Just Send Our Children Out
Race and racism play an integral role in shaping mothering practices. Specifically, motherwork examines how Black mothers use strategies and practices to shield children from, as well as help them navigate through, experiences of racism. The necessity of these mothering practices may be fundamental in how motherhood is experienced for Black women. This study used qualitative in-depth semi-structured interviews with 35 predominantly middle-class B…
Grandmothering while Black
Cumulative Disadvantage or Strained Advantage? Remote Schooling, Paid Work Status, and Parental Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents experienced difficulties around employment and children's schooling, likely with detrimental mental health implications. We analyze National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 data (N = 2,829) to estimate depressive symptom changes from 2019 to 2021 by paid work status and children's schooling modality, considering partnership status, gender, and race-ethnicity differences. We draw on cumulative disadvantage t…
Using mixed methods approaches to study families and relationships
Mixed methods research-methodologies that synthesize qualitative and quantitative approaches in the design, collection, analysis, and dissemination of research related to a specific topic or aim-is increasingly common, offering innovative empirical insight into families and relationships. We first elaborate on our definition of mixed methods research, emphasizing that there is significant heterogeneity within mixed methods approaches to studying …
Burdens of the what‐if
Objective Through qualitative in‐depth interviews with Black mothers, this study explores the role of their children's experiences of anti‐Black racism on their own perceived stress—that is, vicarious racism‐related stress. Background Racism is a system of inequality impeding the health and well‐being of Black families. Specifically, because of the interconnected nature of mother–child relationships, vicarious racism is a pathway for Black matern…
Black feminist theory in maternal health research
Black maternal health and well‐being has become a necessary focal point for health researchers due to higher rates of maternal mortality and morbidity for Black women. However, what is often absent from this scholarship within medical sociology is Black Feminist Theory as a framework for understanding Black women's health and well‐being. Drawing on Black feminist and maternal health scholarship, I argue that integrating Black feminist approaches …
Black-White Differences in Parental Happiness
Lower levels of happiness among Blacks compared with Whites are well documented, as are lower levels of happiness among parents compared with nonparents. Yet it remains unclear whether the parenting happiness gap is larger among Blacks compared with Whites. Drawing on the General Social Survey (2010-2018), the authors investigate this question. The authors find that White mothers reported less happiness compared with their White female nonparent …
Racial Disparities in Emotional Well-Being during Pregnancy
In light of persistent racial disparities in maternal and child health, it is important to understand the dynamics shaping outcomes for black mothers. We examine racial patterns in women's emotional well-being regarding pregnancy (i.e., women's reported happiness to be pregnant), which has been shown to have health consequences. Using the 2002-2017 National Survey of Family Growth (N = 6,163 pregnancies ending in birth), we find that black women …
Parent's Just Don't Understand
Research finds that individuals in interracial relationships have poorer mental health than those in same-race relationships. Family support, or lack thereof, may play an important role in explaining the psychological risks for such individuals. Growing attention has focused on the complex interplay between religion, health, and family life, particularly the stress-buffering role of religious involvement. However, little attention has been given …
Maternal cigarette smoking and invasive meningococcal disease
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the association between maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and the risk of invasive meningococcal disease during early childhood. METHODS: Using a retrospective cohort study design, cases from an active surveillance project monitoring all invasive meningococcal disease in the metropolitan Atlanta area from 1989 to 1995 were merged with linked birth and death certificate data files. Children who had not die…
Can't Just Send Our Children Out
Race and racism play an integral role in shaping mothering practices. Specifically, motherwork examines how Black mothers use strategies and practices to shield children from, as well as help them navigate through, experiences of racism. The necessity of these mothering practices may be fundamental in how motherhood is experienced for Black women. This study used qualitative in-depth semi-structured interviews with 35 predominantly middle-class B…
Grandmothering while Black
Racial Disparities in Emotional Well-Being during Pregnancy
In light of persistent racial disparities in maternal and child health, it is important to understand the dynamics shaping outcomes for black mothers. We examine racial patterns in women's emotional well-being regarding pregnancy (i.e., women's reported happiness to be pregnant), which has been shown to have health consequences. Using the 2002-2017 National Survey of Family Growth (N = 6,163 pregnancies ending in birth), we find that black women …
Parent's Just Don't Understand
Research finds that individuals in interracial relationships have poorer mental health than those in same-race relationships. Family support, or lack thereof, may play an important role in explaining the psychological risks for such individuals. Growing attention has focused on the complex interplay between religion, health, and family life, particularly the stress-buffering role of religious involvement. However, little attention has been given …
The Talk I Received From My Parents, I Gave to My Little Brother
While much literature examines racial socialization in Black families, specifically "the Talk," few studies focus on this process during emerging adulthood. Guided by relational communication and racism-related stress theories, this qualitative study examined Black emerging adults' experiences of "the Talk," a specific form of racial socialization that prepares Black individuals for encounters with racism and policing, and its impact on their per…
Cumulative Disadvantage or Strained Advantage? Remote Schooling, Paid Work Status, and Parental Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents experienced difficulties around employment and children's schooling, likely with detrimental mental health implications. We analyze National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 data (N = 2,829) to estimate depressive symptom changes from 2019 to 2021 by paid work status and children's schooling modality, considering partnership status, gender, and race-ethnicity differences. We draw on cumulative disadvantage t…
Using mixed methods approaches to study families and relationships
Mixed methods research-methodologies that synthesize qualitative and quantitative approaches in the design, collection, analysis, and dissemination of research related to a specific topic or aim-is increasingly common, offering innovative empirical insight into families and relationships. We first elaborate on our definition of mixed methods research, emphasizing that there is significant heterogeneity within mixed methods approaches to studying …
Black-White Differences in Parental Happiness
Lower levels of happiness among Blacks compared with Whites are well documented, as are lower levels of happiness among parents compared with nonparents. Yet it remains unclear whether the parenting happiness gap is larger among Blacks compared with Whites. Drawing on the General Social Survey (2010-2018), the authors investigate this question. The authors find that White mothers reported less happiness compared with their White female nonparent …
Maternal cigarette smoking and invasive meningococcal disease
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the association between maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and the risk of invasive meningococcal disease during early childhood. METHODS: Using a retrospective cohort study design, cases from an active surveillance project monitoring all invasive meningococcal disease in the metropolitan Atlanta area from 1989 to 1995 were merged with linked birth and death certificate data files. Children who had not die…
Maternal cigarette smoking and invasive meningococcal disease
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the association between maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and the risk of invasive meningococcal disease during early childhood. METHODS: Using a retrospective cohort study design, cases from an active surveillance project monitoring all invasive meningococcal disease in the metropolitan Atlanta area from 1989 to 1995 were merged with linked birth and death certificate data files. Children who had not die…
Parent's Just Don't Understand
Research finds that individuals in interracial relationships have poorer mental health than those in same-race relationships. Family support, or lack thereof, may play an important role in explaining the psychological risks for such individuals. Growing attention has focused on the complex interplay between religion, health, and family life, particularly the stress-buffering role of religious involvement. However, little attention has been given …
Racial Disparities in Emotional Well-Being during Pregnancy
In light of persistent racial disparities in maternal and child health, it is important to understand the dynamics shaping outcomes for black mothers. We examine racial patterns in women's emotional well-being regarding pregnancy (i.e., women's reported happiness to be pregnant), which has been shown to have health consequences. Using the 2002-2017 National Survey of Family Growth (N = 6,163 pregnancies ending in birth), we find that black women …
Burdens of the what‐if
Objective Through qualitative in‐depth interviews with Black mothers, this study explores the role of their children's experiences of anti‐Black racism on their own perceived stress—that is, vicarious racism‐related stress. Background Racism is a system of inequality impeding the health and well‐being of Black families. Specifically, because of the interconnected nature of mother–child relationships, vicarious racism is a pathway for Black matern…
Black feminist theory in maternal health research
Black maternal health and well‐being has become a necessary focal point for health researchers due to higher rates of maternal mortality and morbidity for Black women. However, what is often absent from this scholarship within medical sociology is Black Feminist Theory as a framework for understanding Black women's health and well‐being. Drawing on Black feminist and maternal health scholarship, I argue that integrating Black feminist approaches …
Black-White Differences in Parental Happiness
Lower levels of happiness among Blacks compared with Whites are well documented, as are lower levels of happiness among parents compared with nonparents. Yet it remains unclear whether the parenting happiness gap is larger among Blacks compared with Whites. Drawing on the General Social Survey (2010-2018), the authors investigate this question. The authors find that White mothers reported less happiness compared with their White female nonparent …
Grandmothering while Black
Cumulative Disadvantage or Strained Advantage? Remote Schooling, Paid Work Status, and Parental Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents experienced difficulties around employment and children's schooling, likely with detrimental mental health implications. We analyze National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 data (N = 2,829) to estimate depressive symptom changes from 2019 to 2021 by paid work status and children's schooling modality, considering partnership status, gender, and race-ethnicity differences. We draw on cumulative disadvantage t…
Using mixed methods approaches to study families and relationships
Mixed methods research-methodologies that synthesize qualitative and quantitative approaches in the design, collection, analysis, and dissemination of research related to a specific topic or aim-is increasingly common, offering innovative empirical insight into families and relationships. We first elaborate on our definition of mixed methods research, emphasizing that there is significant heterogeneity within mixed methods approaches to studying …
The Talk I Received From My Parents, I Gave to My Little Brother
While much literature examines racial socialization in Black families, specifically "the Talk," few studies focus on this process during emerging adulthood. Guided by relational communication and racism-related stress theories, this qualitative study examined Black emerging adults' experiences of "the Talk," a specific form of racial socialization that prepares Black individuals for encounters with racism and policing, and its impact on their per…
Can't Just Send Our Children Out
Race and racism play an integral role in shaping mothering practices. Specifically, motherwork examines how Black mothers use strategies and practices to shield children from, as well as help them navigate through, experiences of racism. The necessity of these mothering practices may be fundamental in how motherhood is experienced for Black women. This study used qualitative in-depth semi-structured interviews with 35 predominantly middle-class B…
Re-Envisioning Various Forms of Racialized Stress as a Social Determinant of Black Maternal Health
“I Have to Trust God to Protect My Babies”
This study explores the role of religious coping among Black, predominantly middle class, mothers as a response to motherwork‐related stress. This study considers one broad research question: What is the role of religion in shaping the perceived impact of motherwork‐related stress on Black mothers’ well‐being? To address this question, we utilized theories of motherwork, stress perspective, and vicarious racism to understand religious coping thro…
Sociology (9 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (7 works) · Racism (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (4 works)