The Social-Support Systems of Black Families

Social support networks and the crisis of bereavement

Kenneth N. Walker, Arlene MacBride, Mary L. S. Vachon · Social Science & Medicine (1967) · 1977 · 326 citations

Nursing, Counseling, Sociology +12

Growing Up a Little Faster: The Experience of Growing Up in a Single‐Parent Household

Robert S. Weiss · Journal of Social Issues · 1979 · 269 citations

Social Sciences, Human Development, Sociology +12

Extended Kinship Relations in Black and White Families

William C. Hays, Charles H. Mindel · Journal of Marriage and the Family · 1973 · 188 citations

Social Sciences, Social Psychology, Sociology +17

Extended Families Among Black Americans

Joyce Aschenbrenner · Journal of Comparative Family Studies · 1973 · 84 citations

Social Sciences, Anthropology, Sociology +17

Informal Social Ties Among Urban Black Americans

William H. Martineau · Journal of Black Studies · 1977 · 37 citations

Social Sciences, Sociology, Urban Studies +16