Caregiver Strain, Social Support, and Mental Health Service Use Among Urban African American Mothers.

Caregiver strain and social support have been identified as both facilitators and deterrents to parental mental health service use on behalf of their children. This study focused on the relationship between caregiver strain, social support, and mental health service use among African American mother...

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Publicado en:Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 30; no. 7; pp. 1633 - 1650
Autores principales: Maríñez-Lora, Ané M., Cua, Grace, Frazier, Stacy L., Shernoff, Elisa S., Atkins, Marc S.
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jul2021
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          Maríñez-Lora, Ané M.
          Cua, Grace
          Frazier, Stacy L.
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          Atkins, Marc S.
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          University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, 969 East 60th Street, 60637, Chicago, IL, USA
          University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
          Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
          Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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        Social support
        Psychology of mothers
        Behavior disorders
        Informed consent (Medical law)
        Income
        Employment
        Burden of care
        Medical care use
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          Social support
          Psychology of mothers
          Behavior disorders
          Informed consent (Medical law)
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          Employment
          Other Individual and Family Services
          Burden of care
          Medical care use
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        African American mothers
        Caregiver strain
        Mental health service use
        Perceived social support
        Urban poverty
        African American mothers
        Caregiver strain
        Mental health service use
        Perceived social support
        Urban poverty
      ab: Caregiver strain and social support have been identified as both facilitators and deterrents to parental mental health service use on behalf of their children. This study focused on the relationship between caregiver strain, social support, and mental health service use among African American mothers of children at-risk or meeting criteria for a disruptive behavioral disorder and living in urban communities of concentrated poverty. Mothers (n = 89), participating in a five-year NIMH funded study of school-based community mental health services, completed measures at baseline of caregiver strain and both perceived and received social support. Service use was calculated as the sum total of services (sessions) received. Associations between caregiver strain and service use were examined, and perceived and received social support were explored as potential moderators. Baseline covariates included child's age, gender, symptom severity, and maternal employment status. Findings highlighted child symptom severity as the strongest predictor of caregiver strain and perceived social support as moderating the association between caregiver strain and service use. Mothers were more likely to utilize services when experiencing relatively high levels of perceived support or high caregiver strain but not both, highlighting the importance of their interrelationship. Received support did not moderate the association between strain and service use. In addition, mothers utilized services more often for sons than daughters and when unemployed. Implications for research and practice are discussed. Highlights: Mothers reporting high caregiver strain or high perceived social support, but not both, were more likely to use services. Received support did not moderate the association between strain and service use. Mothers were more likely to receive services for their sons than their daughters.
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