Citation

Al-Fadhli HM, Smith JC. J. Negro Educ. 1996; 65(4): 424-433.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Howard University School of Education)

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Abstract

Using data from the General Social Survey of 1993 and a sample of 1,347 Whites and 179 Blacks, this study examines the hypothesis that societal violence differentially affects Black and White Americans' motivation for parenthood. Across and within races, the relationships between three dimensions of this impetus (number of children, value placed on having children, anomie about having children), violence-related variables (violent and defensive attitudes, violence experience, weapon ownership) and sociodemographic, sex-role ideology, religiosity, and life-satisfaction factors were assessed and compared. Blacks and Whites of similar backgrounds and orientations evidenced similar motivation for parenthood, but significant differences were found between the races in terms of anomie, number of children, and the impact of violence-related variables. (abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Negro Education, 1996. Copyright © 1996 by Howard University)

African American Adult
Adult Witness
Witnessing Violence Effects
Adult Victim
African American Victim
Parenting
Adult Parent
Caucasian Adult
Caucasian Victim
Societal Violence
Exposure to Violence
Black-White Comparison
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