Despair by Association? The Mental Health of Mothers with Children by Recently Incarcerated Fathers

By Christopher Wildeman, Jason Schnittker, Kristin Turney. 2012

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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Parental Incarceration, Child Homelessness, and the Invisible Consequences of Mass Imprisonment (2014, background): “…consequence of stigma among families of prisoners . . . is the distortion, diminution, and even severance of social ties.” diminished maternal capacities also play a role, as quantitative and qualitative research strongly suggests (Braman 2004; Comfort 2008; Wildeman, Schnittker, and turney 2012).”
Liminal Men: Incarceration and Relationship Dissolution (2015, background): “…2004; Comfort 2008; Geller et al. 2011; Geller and Franklin 2014; Schwartz-Soicher et al. 2011; Sugie 2012; Turney 2014a; Turney et al. 2012; Wildeman et al. 2012) and children (Geller et al. 2012; Murray and Farrington 2008; Turney and Haskins 2014; Wakefield and Wildeman 2013) connected…”
What Percentage of Americans Have Ever Had a Family Member Incarcerated?: Evidence from the Family History of Incarceration Survey (FamHIS) (2019, unknown): “Email: christopher.wildeman@cornell.edu Keywords mass incarceration, family, inequality, survey data and Patterson 2016; Lee, Porter, and Comfort 2014; Roberts 2004; Western 2018; Wildeman, Schnittker, and Turney 2012).”
Parenthood and Well-Being: A Decade in Review. (2020, methodology): “Using data from the FFCWS, Wildeman, Schnittker, and Turney (2012) found that fathers’ recent incarceration increased mothers’ risk of experiencing major depressive symptoms and life dissatisfaction even after economic hardship and relationship instabilities were controlled for.”
Those They Leave Behind: Paternal Incarceration and Maternal Instrumental Support (2012, background): “A growing literature suggests that incarceration has detrimental consequences for the women and families attached to currently or previously incarcerated men (Braman, 2004; Comfort, 2008; Murray et al., 2009; Murray & Farrington, 2008; Schwartz-Soicher et al., 2011; Wakefield & Uggen, 2010; Wildeman”
Falling Behind? Children’s Early Grade Retention after Paternal Incarceration (2014, background): “…consequences for families, including increased economic insecurity (Schwartz-Soicher, Geller, and Garfinkel 2011), family instability (Lopoo and Western 2005), and mental health problems (Wildeman, Schnittker, and Turney 2012), all of which may have cascading penalties for young children.”