Elaine A Anderson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 73406 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Elaine A Anderson |
| PRENOMES | Elaine A |
| SOBRENOME | Anderson |
| ASSINATURA | ANDERSON E A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 80 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1979 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
A Critique of Repealing the Affordable Care Act
Public health has expanded health disparities research to include the importance of mental health. Minority stress theory provides a framework for contextualizing these disparities. Queer people of color (QPOC), who are studied far less often than other marginalized groups, face unique distal and proximal stressors as a consequence of their social location. Historically, the healthcare system has served as a conduit for these stressors, with bias…
Family Policy
Cultural Competence of Parenting Education Programs Used by Latino Families
The cultural competence of 13 parenting education programs for Latino families with young children was examined in this study. Based on our analyses, we make several recommendations for improving the cultural competence and effectiveness of parenting education programs for Latino families with young children. Specifically, we recommend the following based on this review: (1) consider the importance of context for cultural competence; (2) recogniz…
Child Care and Development Fund
Legislated as part of welfare reform, the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is the main source of child care government funding earmarked for low-income families. As a block grant, with broad federal guidelines, states have significant freedom in implementing this legislation to meet the needs of their citizens. This diverse implementation has challenged legislators and scholars trying to assess the success of CCDF across the United States. …
Implications of China's Open-Door Policy for Families
China's open-door policy (ODP) was created in 1978 as a response to the severe economic depression affecting the country after the Cultural Revolution. The policy was designed to restore China's financial status and lift the nation out of destitution. By all accounts, the ODP has been successful in improving the country's monetary condition. However, the impacts to family structures and values caused by the sudden and massive industrialization of…
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) is a federal program designed to facilitate the employment of persons with dependents. This article uses incremental theory as a framework for outlining the legislative process through which the CDCTC was developed and alterations the tax credit has endured from 1954 to the present. The effect of the CDCTC on families with diverse incomes is explored, revealing inequitable benefits favoring higher i…
Teaching Family Policy
Preparing students to engage in family policy education and advocacy is a challenge and opportunity for departments that teach family studies and family policy courses. Students not only need to know theoretical implications of family policy and how research enhances the theory, but also understand the policy process and how research-based information about family can inform policymaking. These students also need to acquire advocacy skills in ord…
Predictors of Depression Among Low-Income, Nonresidential Fathers
This article investigates the life conditions that contribute to low-income fathers' depression and that may jeopardize their relationships with their children. This work is based on a cultural-ecological framework that emphasizes the need to understand these fathers within their larger familial and social contexts. The sample consisted of 127 predominantly African American participants in two urban and rural responsible fatherhood programs. Of t…
Relationship Constellations and Dynamics of Low-Income Rural Mothers
To address the policy debate surrounding the use of funds from TemporaryAssistance to Needy Families for marriage-promotion activities, this article profiles thenature of low-income rural mothers’ relationships with their partners and thenonresidential fathers of their children. It presents the results of interviews with 35lowincome mothers from two rural Maryland counties. Although the analyses revealedthat the presence of a male partner was not…
Factors related to depression in rural and urban noncustodial, low‐income fathers
Although the past 20 years have seen an increased focus on fatherhood, few studies have examined the relationship between a father's geographic location and his psychological well‐being. To address this gap, this study examined low‐income, noncustodial, predominantly African American fathers' depression in relation to locality, social support, and life stresses. Participants were 96 urban and 31 rural noncustodial fathers. Findings indicate depre…
African-American homeless and low-income housed mothers
The child-rearing practices of homeless and low-income housed mothers of preschool children in Head Start were compared. Overall, homeless mothers provided less learning and academic stimulation, less variety in social and cultural experiences, less warmth and affection, and a less positive physical environment for their children than did housed mothers. Mothers in both living arrangements provided more language stimulation to daughters than to s…
The Dual-Career Commuter Family
In the last 15 years, we have observed women entering the labor force in increasing numbers. This change has forced some families to adopt a commuting relationship where the spouses main- tain separate residences in different cities and reunite regularly. Although more families are attempting this alternative, relatively little research has examined this family pattern. This study assesses role strain, division of labor, and decision making for d…
The Reconstruction of Family Policy
The Reconstruction of Family Policy
Introduction: Thinking about Family Policy by Richard C. Hula The Normative Context of Family Policy Balancing the Policy Interests of Children and Adults by John Scanzoni A Feminist Approach to National Family Policy by Patricia Spakes Linking Ideology to Action The Policy Functions of Family Policies in Three States: A Comparative Analysis by Shirley L. Zimmerman State Initiatives in Family Policy by Steven R. Wisensale Latchkey Children and Af…
Coping with employment and family stress
Responsibility for Children
Using a sample of 60 two-income couples, this study examines the role of gender in taking responsibility for children, testing the effect of spouses' employment hours, wife's relative income, and couple's employment profile. Results indicate that women carry a larger share of the responsibility for children than do men. Only one characteristic of women's employment, the number of hours they are engaged in paid work, affected their level of respon…
Implications for Public Policy
No abstract available for this article
The Health Care Marketplace; Perspectives on a System in Transition
Within the last 35 years health care expenditures have increased from $12 billion t o over $350 billion. Recent concern over these costs have led to a reevaluation of the health care delivery system in the United States. This paper reviews four emerging cost containment models. The discussion focuses on the “market‐likell incentives introduced in to the health care delivery system by such strategies
Treatment of Delinquent Youth
This article examines the relative influences of the juvenile probation officer's perceptions of self and work on his or her opinions of delinquency and decisions made about juveniles. Self‐administered questionnaires were completed by 255 juvenile probation officers. Results indicate that the officer who is treatment‐service oriented is less likely to label juvenile acts delinquent than the officer who responds to lawyer role models. Officers wh…
Dissolution
The Impact of the Legal System on Adjustment to Marital Separation
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of divorced persons in the United States during the last decade, resulting in a need for close examination qf the factors associated with the adjustment to marital separation. This paper reports the efft'ct qf the legal process in one state-Pennsylvania--on adjustment to marital separation. Two hundred and five individuals separated no longer than 26 months completed indepth, face-to-face interview…
Responsibility for Children
Using a sample of 60 two-income couples, this study examines the role of gender in taking responsibility for children, testing the effect of spouses' employment hours, wife's relative income, and couple's employment profile. Results indicate that women carry a larger share of the responsibility for children than do men. Only one characteristic of women's employment, the number of hours they are engaged in paid work, affected their level of respon…
Coping with employment and family stress
Predictors of Depression Among Low-Income, Nonresidential Fathers
This article investigates the life conditions that contribute to low-income fathers' depression and that may jeopardize their relationships with their children. This work is based on a cultural-ecological framework that emphasizes the need to understand these fathers within their larger familial and social contexts. The sample consisted of 127 predominantly African American participants in two urban and rural responsible fatherhood programs. Of t…
The Dual-Career Commuter Family
In the last 15 years, we have observed women entering the labor force in increasing numbers. This change has forced some families to adopt a commuting relationship where the spouses main- tain separate residences in different cities and reunite regularly. Although more families are attempting this alternative, relatively little research has examined this family pattern. This study assesses role strain, division of labor, and decision making for d…
Factors related to depression in rural and urban noncustodial, low‐income fathers
Although the past 20 years have seen an increased focus on fatherhood, few studies have examined the relationship between a father's geographic location and his psychological well‐being. To address this gap, this study examined low‐income, noncustodial, predominantly African American fathers' depression in relation to locality, social support, and life stresses. Participants were 96 urban and 31 rural noncustodial fathers. Findings indicate depre…
The Impact of the Legal System on Adjustment to Marital Separation
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of divorced persons in the United States during the last decade, resulting in a need for close examination qf the factors associated with the adjustment to marital separation. This paper reports the efft'ct qf the legal process in one state-Pennsylvania--on adjustment to marital separation. Two hundred and five individuals separated no longer than 26 months completed indepth, face-to-face interview…
Implications of China's Open-Door Policy for Families
China's open-door policy (ODP) was created in 1978 as a response to the severe economic depression affecting the country after the Cultural Revolution. The policy was designed to restore China's financial status and lift the nation out of destitution. By all accounts, the ODP has been successful in improving the country's monetary condition. However, the impacts to family structures and values caused by the sudden and massive industrialization of…
Cultural Competence of Parenting Education Programs Used by Latino Families
The cultural competence of 13 parenting education programs for Latino families with young children was examined in this study. Based on our analyses, we make several recommendations for improving the cultural competence and effectiveness of parenting education programs for Latino families with young children. Specifically, we recommend the following based on this review: (1) consider the importance of context for cultural competence; (2) recogniz…
Child Care and Development Fund
Legislated as part of welfare reform, the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is the main source of child care government funding earmarked for low-income families. As a block grant, with broad federal guidelines, states have significant freedom in implementing this legislation to meet the needs of their citizens. This diverse implementation has challenged legislators and scholars trying to assess the success of CCDF across the United States. …
Relationship Constellations and Dynamics of Low-Income Rural Mothers
To address the policy debate surrounding the use of funds from TemporaryAssistance to Needy Families for marriage-promotion activities, this article profiles thenature of low-income rural mothers’ relationships with their partners and thenonresidential fathers of their children. It presents the results of interviews with 35lowincome mothers from two rural Maryland counties. Although the analyses revealedthat the presence of a male partner was not…
Treatment of Delinquent Youth
This article examines the relative influences of the juvenile probation officer's perceptions of self and work on his or her opinions of delinquency and decisions made about juveniles. Self‐administered questionnaires were completed by 255 juvenile probation officers. Results indicate that the officer who is treatment‐service oriented is less likely to label juvenile acts delinquent than the officer who responds to lawyer role models. Officers wh…
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) is a federal program designed to facilitate the employment of persons with dependents. This article uses incremental theory as a framework for outlining the legislative process through which the CDCTC was developed and alterations the tax credit has endured from 1954 to the present. The effect of the CDCTC on families with diverse incomes is explored, revealing inequitable benefits favoring higher i…
Implications for Public Policy
No abstract available for this article
Dissolution
The Impact of the Legal System on Adjustment to Marital Separation
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of divorced persons in the United States during the last decade, resulting in a need for close examination qf the factors associated with the adjustment to marital separation. This paper reports the efft'ct qf the legal process in one state-Pennsylvania--on adjustment to marital separation. Two hundred and five individuals separated no longer than 26 months completed indepth, face-to-face interview…
Treatment of Delinquent Youth
This article examines the relative influences of the juvenile probation officer's perceptions of self and work on his or her opinions of delinquency and decisions made about juveniles. Self‐administered questionnaires were completed by 255 juvenile probation officers. Results indicate that the officer who is treatment‐service oriented is less likely to label juvenile acts delinquent than the officer who responds to lawyer role models. Officers wh…
The Health Care Marketplace; Perspectives on a System in Transition
Within the last 35 years health care expenditures have increased from $12 billion t o over $350 billion. Recent concern over these costs have led to a reevaluation of the health care delivery system in the United States. This paper reviews four emerging cost containment models. The discussion focuses on the “market‐likell incentives introduced in to the health care delivery system by such strategies
Implications for Public Policy
No abstract available for this article
Coping with employment and family stress
Responsibility for Children
Using a sample of 60 two-income couples, this study examines the role of gender in taking responsibility for children, testing the effect of spouses' employment hours, wife's relative income, and couple's employment profile. Results indicate that women carry a larger share of the responsibility for children than do men. Only one characteristic of women's employment, the number of hours they are engaged in paid work, affected their level of respon…
The Reconstruction of Family Policy
The Reconstruction of Family Policy
Introduction: Thinking about Family Policy by Richard C. Hula The Normative Context of Family Policy Balancing the Policy Interests of Children and Adults by John Scanzoni A Feminist Approach to National Family Policy by Patricia Spakes Linking Ideology to Action The Policy Functions of Family Policies in Three States: A Comparative Analysis by Shirley L. Zimmerman State Initiatives in Family Policy by Steven R. Wisensale Latchkey Children and Af…
The Dual-Career Commuter Family
In the last 15 years, we have observed women entering the labor force in increasing numbers. This change has forced some families to adopt a commuting relationship where the spouses main- tain separate residences in different cities and reunite regularly. Although more families are attempting this alternative, relatively little research has examined this family pattern. This study assesses role strain, division of labor, and decision making for d…
African-American homeless and low-income housed mothers
The child-rearing practices of homeless and low-income housed mothers of preschool children in Head Start were compared. Overall, homeless mothers provided less learning and academic stimulation, less variety in social and cultural experiences, less warmth and affection, and a less positive physical environment for their children than did housed mothers. Mothers in both living arrangements provided more language stimulation to daughters than to s…
Relationship Constellations and Dynamics of Low-Income Rural Mothers
To address the policy debate surrounding the use of funds from TemporaryAssistance to Needy Families for marriage-promotion activities, this article profiles thenature of low-income rural mothers’ relationships with their partners and thenonresidential fathers of their children. It presents the results of interviews with 35lowincome mothers from two rural Maryland counties. Although the analyses revealedthat the presence of a male partner was not…
Factors related to depression in rural and urban noncustodial, low‐income fathers
Although the past 20 years have seen an increased focus on fatherhood, few studies have examined the relationship between a father's geographic location and his psychological well‐being. To address this gap, this study examined low‐income, noncustodial, predominantly African American fathers' depression in relation to locality, social support, and life stresses. Participants were 96 urban and 31 rural noncustodial fathers. Findings indicate depre…
Predictors of Depression Among Low-Income, Nonresidential Fathers
This article investigates the life conditions that contribute to low-income fathers' depression and that may jeopardize their relationships with their children. This work is based on a cultural-ecological framework that emphasizes the need to understand these fathers within their larger familial and social contexts. The sample consisted of 127 predominantly African American participants in two urban and rural responsible fatherhood programs. Of t…
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) is a federal program designed to facilitate the employment of persons with dependents. This article uses incremental theory as a framework for outlining the legislative process through which the CDCTC was developed and alterations the tax credit has endured from 1954 to the present. The effect of the CDCTC on families with diverse incomes is explored, revealing inequitable benefits favoring higher i…
Teaching Family Policy
Preparing students to engage in family policy education and advocacy is a challenge and opportunity for departments that teach family studies and family policy courses. Students not only need to know theoretical implications of family policy and how research enhances the theory, but also understand the policy process and how research-based information about family can inform policymaking. These students also need to acquire advocacy skills in ord…
Implications of China's Open-Door Policy for Families
China's open-door policy (ODP) was created in 1978 as a response to the severe economic depression affecting the country after the Cultural Revolution. The policy was designed to restore China's financial status and lift the nation out of destitution. By all accounts, the ODP has been successful in improving the country's monetary condition. However, the impacts to family structures and values caused by the sudden and massive industrialization of…
Child Care and Development Fund
Legislated as part of welfare reform, the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is the main source of child care government funding earmarked for low-income families. As a block grant, with broad federal guidelines, states have significant freedom in implementing this legislation to meet the needs of their citizens. This diverse implementation has challenged legislators and scholars trying to assess the success of CCDF across the United States. …
Cultural Competence of Parenting Education Programs Used by Latino Families
The cultural competence of 13 parenting education programs for Latino families with young children was examined in this study. Based on our analyses, we make several recommendations for improving the cultural competence and effectiveness of parenting education programs for Latino families with young children. Specifically, we recommend the following based on this review: (1) consider the importance of context for cultural competence; (2) recogniz…
Family Policy
A Critique of Repealing the Affordable Care Act
Public health has expanded health disparities research to include the importance of mental health. Minority stress theory provides a framework for contextualizing these disparities. Queer people of color (QPOC), who are studied far less often than other marginalized groups, face unique distal and proximal stressors as a consequence of their social location. Historically, the healthcare system has served as a conduit for these stressors, with bias…
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