Massie, Henry. ”The Relationship between
Mothering in Infancy, childhood experience and adult mental health.” The International Journal of Psychoanalysis.
28 Jun 2008. Web. 26 Feb 2012
Summary:
The journal is based on a study
that involved seventy-six individuals that were studied through videos from
birth to age thirty gathering knowledge of mother and child interaction and how
it affected the children throughout their life. The journal focuses on how
children are affected mentally and emotionally based on their mother’s role in
their life early on and then leading into their adult life. This article emphasizes the importance of a
mother-child relationship and has a lot of information to support the
importance for mental health development. The journal states that the mother’s
relationship with their child during infancy and early life shows many
fundamental implications for an individual’s proper mental health.
Evaluation:
This article is credible based on
the amount of elaborate research that the author has done in preparation to
writing this journal. Throughout the journal there are many studies involved in
which both time and money were put into each of them. The author Dr. Henry Massie, is an accredited
Psychiatrist and practices in Berkeley, California. The studies that were conducted were fair and
that they had very few flaws based on the information given. This journal is
useful for my research topic because it shows the results and effects of proper
nurturing from a child’s early life stages throughout their adult life.
Greene, Anthony. “Socialization.” The
Intersections Collection. Boston, MD: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2011.
61-63 78-80. Print.
Summary:
The author states information
about the debate of Nature vs. Nurture explains that throughout the nineteenth
century into early twentieth century the debate leaned towards heredity. He
then goes on to explain that scientists are starting to look at the
environmental side of the nature argument and how it relates to everyday
relationships within the family structure.
This chapter also states the sociobiology perspective stating that it is
neither one nor the other but both have equal influences on how a child is
raised. According to the author there is plenty of information and studies that
have been done to prove both sides of the debate equality correct.
Evaluation:
This source is credible based on
the professors involved in this study and the amount of work that was put into
publishing this book. Every editor of the book has been or is currently a
professor in a University setting. The editors also hold sociology degrees
ranging from masters to doctorates. Dr.
Anthony Greene who compiled the book in a former sociology professor at The
University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I feel that the argument is not
biased after reading the information I would say that the amount of studies
done and information given about both sides, Nature vs. Nurture makes it an
equal argument in the book. It was useful for researching my topic because the
argument of Nature vs. Nurture brings in a perspective that is needed to fully
understand the role of a mother in a child’s life.
Sellers, Katie. “Adolescent
Mothers’ relationships with their own mothers: Impact on parenting outcomes.” Journal
of Family Psychology. Feb 2011. Web. 12 Mar 2012
Summary:
This journal is based on the
facts that prove that the way that we were raised by our mothers will impact
the ways in which we care for our own children. It will impact everything from
the attention that we give them all the way to the amount of nurturing care
that we show to them. This author states that our nurturing instincts do not
only come from ourselves but also from what was instilled in us as young women
based on the ways that our mother nurtured us. The journal states that our
nurturing skills as mother’s can date back through our family tree which is an
interesting idea to consider. In this journal the author looks at a data
analysis to compare grandmother- mother relationships compared to the mother
and their children’s relationships. The
study was conducted n 181 urban African American grandmothers, mothers, and
adolescent mothers. The study showed in general that in general after 13 months
of caring for their child the mother’s became less negative and more nurturing
to their children.
Evaluation:
This source is credible based on
the facts and the studies that were conducted in order to prove that the
information was legitimate and relevant to society. The author has a degree in
psychology which shows that she has a grasp of the information that she is
writing and studying about. This article may be seen as slightly biased based
on the study and data analysis that was analyzed in order to write this journal
because they only used African American’s for the study and no other race. They
chose to study this group of people because they were a high risk group. The
study that was conducted was fair and had few flaws, only a narrow viewpoint of
data.
This journal is useful for my
research because based on this journal I can compare and contrast what affects
us as mother’s to treat our children the way that we do and if it truly affects
children later in their lives in relationships.
Bogels, Susan, Juliette Stevens,
and Mirjana Majdandzic. "Parenting and Social Anxiety: Fathers' Versus
Mothers' Influence On Their Children's Anxiety in Ambiguous Social
Situations." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 52.5
(2011): 599-606. ERIC. Web. 12 Mar. 2012.
Summary:
This journal was based on a study
that examined children and their social anxiety when it came to interacting
with others and playing with other children. They tested children in order to
see which parent was more influential in determining which way that they acted
in a social setting. The study
concentrated on whether the children were social, anxious, or confident in
individual social settings separate from their parents.
Evaluation:
This journal is credible because
it is considered a scholarly piece of writing and the fact that the journal is
based on a legitimate experiment helps show the honesty of the author and her
writing. Other reasons can be supported by the fact that the author is a
Psychology professor at the University of Amsterdam, which makes her credible
in any cases. The results showed that the father’s behavior impacted children of
high socially anxious children and mother’s tended to influence the actions of
low socially anxious children. This study was not biased and showed equal sides
of both results and gave explanations.
This is useful for my research
because the study that was conducted can be a vital part of my argument and
would add emphasis to the question that is being researched. It will have
people think about the question from a different point of view.
Meunier, Jean Christophe, Mark
Wade, and Jennifer M. Jenkins. "Mothers' Differential Parenting and
Children's Behavioral Outcomes: Exploring the Moderating Role of Family and
Social Context." Infant & Child Development 21.1
(2012): 107-133. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 Mar. 2012.
Summary:
This study was conducted to show
how parenting styles affect socio-emotional status of children. The study used
different factors such as neighborhoods and organizational habits in order to
conduct this study. Another variable evaluated was the marital status and
well-being of the parents of the children. There were 920 different children
studied in order to conduct and gain the amount of data that was discovered. The
study shows that throughout decade’s differential parenting has shown to affect
the amount of adverse child outcomes.
Evaluation:
The findings of this study show
that differential outcome is in reality a negative phenomenon. Studies have
shown that poverty has been a significant factor in children’s developmental
skills because in that situation they do not have the same opportunities as
other children. Marriages under stress have proven to be a negative influence
on a child’s development. This journal is not biased because they used 382
different households with different backgrounds which made the study very
broad. This journal can be proven to be credible based on the volume number
that shows the amount of work that has been put into making all 24 volumes.
This study could be useful with my
research because it allows you to look at how the way women in a family setting
act as they are in a mothering role and also see the effects of families
without a mother present.
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