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13-02-2018 | Original Paper

Perceptions of Adequate Personal Time and Wellbeing among African American Families with Adolescents

Auteurs: Mia Budescu, Amanda Sisselman-Borgia, Ronald D. Taylor

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 6/2018

Abstract

The current study examines the perception of adequate personal or leisure time, and its association with family and caregiver functioning, among a sample of low-income African American families. The investigation is grounded in Conservation of Resources (COR) theory which predicts that caregivers who perceive more adequate personal time will also report higher levels of optimism and lower levels of depressive symptoms, and will have adolescents who report more household routines and less psychologically controlling parenting. A total of 115 caregiver-adolescent (age 14–18) dyads were recruited from a low-income, predominantly African American neighborhood in a major metropolitan center in the United States as part of a larger survey on African American family life. Results indicate that caregivers report perceiving inadequate amounts of time to sleep, get enough exercise, and relax. Caregivers also report comparatively less adequate personal time than time with children. Analyses reveal that caregivers who perceive having more adequate leisure or personal time, report fewer depressive symptoms and higher levels of optimism, after controlling for perceptions of adequate financial resources. Alternatively, there was no association between perceptions of free or leisure time and parenting behaviors, including maintenance of household routines and the use of psychological control. The results underscore the need to examine non-material resources, and their association with wellbeing.

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Titel: Perceptions of Adequate Personal Time and Wellbeing among African American Families with Adolescents
Auteurs: Mia Budescu
Amanda Sisselman-Borgia
Ronald D. Taylor
Publicatiedatum: 13-02-2018
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 6/2018
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1014-7

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