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Compared poor, highly stressed African-American and White, 2nd-6th grade ur
ban parents and their children on: a) three parent-child relationship, clus
ters (i.e., positive attitudes, involvement, and discipline practices); b)
nine child adjustment variables; and c) patterns of relationships between t
hese two sets of variables. There were no significant racial group differen
ces on any parent-child relationship cluster. Although White children excee
ded African-American children on social problem solving and realistic contr
ol variables, few group differences were found in the relationships between
parenting and child test-variables. In both groups, the parent attitude cl
uster, reflecting overall warmth and soundness of the parent-child relation
ship, was the strongest predictor of positive child outcomes on teacher and
child self-ratings of adjustment. (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.