Intro -- Parenting in Poor Environments: Stress, Support and Coping -- Contents -- Disclaimer -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part I Introduction and Background -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology and Demographic Characteristics of the Sample -- Part II Parents under Stress -- 3. Stress Factors at the Individual Level -- 4. Stress Factors at the Family Level -- 5. Stress Factors at the Community and Neighbourhood Level -- Part III Social Support to Parents in Poor Environments -- 6. Informal Support -- 7. Semi-formal Support -- 8. Formal Support -- 9. Support Deficits in Poor Environments -- Part IV Risk, Support and Coping -- 10. Coping and Not Coping -- 11. Coping Strategies -- 12. Social Support and Coping: Does Support Make a Difference? -- Part V Summary of Key Findings, Implications and Messages for Policy and Practice -- 13. Patterns of Need and Support: Priority Groups for Policy and Practice Attention -- 14. What Do Parents Want from Support? Messages for Policy and Practice -- Appendix 1: Glossary of key terms -- Appendix 2: Sampling for the Survey of Parenting in Poor Environments -- Appendix 3: The Data Collection Instruments -- Appendix 4: Analysis of Survey Data -- References and Further Reading -- Subject index -- Author index.

With a unique focus on the effects of poverty on parenting in Britain, this book explores what professionals and policy makers can do to support families living in poverty. The authors examine community-level poverty and its relationship to family and individual problems such as low income, poor mental health and child behavioural difficulties.

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