Changes in the Lives of Rural Low-Income Mothers
Do Resources Play a Role in Stress
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2429307 |
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| Authors | Sharon B Seiling (a Department of Consumer Sciences , Ohio State University , 1787 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210-1295, USA) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-41 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-08 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j137v13n01_02 |
| OpenAlex | W1557427977 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
Low-income mothers often experience many and varied changes over a relatively short period of time. Resulting resource losses may trigger progressive, chronic stress. Using longitudinal qualitative data, this study focused on low-income mothers (N = 23) who had many changes in health, work, family, personal, and/or financial categories during the first year of the study. The analysis used the Recent Life Changes Questionnaire to rank families' changes. Hobfoll's Conservation of Resources Theory was then used to assess the gain/loss of resources. Two contrasting cases illustrate the interplay between life changes and depletion or restoration of resources, linking changes to loss spirals
Conservation of resources theory · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Longitudinal study · Low income · Qualitative research · Rank (graph theory · Resource (disambiguation · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Working Hard and Making Do
Resources, coping strategies, and emotional exhaustion
The Influence of Culture, Community, and the Nested‐Self in the Stress Process
Social Relationships and Health
Chronic stress, acute stress, and depressive symptoms
Conservation of resources
The meaning and measurement of social support
The Relationship between Social Support and Life Satisfaction as a Function of Family Structure
The Contagion of Stress across Multiple Roles
The Sociological Study of Stress
Life Events and Mental Status
The Structure of Coping
Class and Psychological Vulnerability Among Women
The Structure of Intergenerational Exchanges in American Families
| Highly cited | No |
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