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" The Impact of Economic Stress on Family Mental Health: "
Schock, Christine Helen
Kia-Keating, Maryam
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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913553
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Schock, Christine Helen
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The Impact of Economic Stress on Family Mental Health:\ Schock, Christine HelenKia-Keating, Maryam
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UC Santa Barbara
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2015
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2015
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Economic stressors put parents and children at risk for changes and disturbances in personal relationships. Fathers’ employment and other factors related to work such as job security and working conditions impact the way in which they behave as parents. Some research has found that fathers who endured heavy financial loss became more irritable, tense, and explosive, which increased their tendency to interact negatively with their children. This often leads to an inability for parents to fulfill their parenting role, placing children at a great risk to be victims of maltreatment. The purpose of the present study was to contribute to our understanding of family functioning and coping through economic hardship with a specific focus on the father experience. Twelve fathers of children and adolescents facing economic hardship were recruited to participate in an in-person semi-structured interview to reflect on their experiences, including how the economic stress has impacted their self-identity, interpersonal relationships, and overall functioning within their fathering role. Fathers were recruited from two regions in the United States: Western and Southern. Participants had a mean age of 31.54 and were 41% White/European American, 23% Black/African American, 23% Hispanic, and 13% Other. Participants received
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Kia-Keating, Maryam
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UC Santa Barbara
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