Maternal Resources, Parenting Practices, and Child Competence in Rural, Single‐Parent African American Families

A family process model was tested that linked maternal education, maternal religiosity, and the adequacy of family financial resources to cognitive and psychosocial competence in the mothers' children. The sample included 156 6‐ to 9‐year‐old African American children living in single‐mother‐headed households in rural areas, 82% of whom lived in poverty. The distal variables of maternal education, maternal religiosity, and adequacy of financial...