TY - JOUR AU - Donga, Gift AU - Roman, Nicolette Vanessa AU - Benjamin, Fatiema AU - Sonn, Inge Karla AU - Rich, Edna PY - 2022/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE PARENTING OF ADOLESCENT CHILDREN IN RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED COMMUNITIES JF - Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk JA - SWMW VL - 58 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.15270/58-4-1076 UR - https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1076 SP - 459-477 AB - <p>The study examined barriers to effective parenting of adolescent children in resource-constrained communities. A qualitative approach was adopted for data collection&nbsp;and analysis. Thematic analysis was applied to data acquired from a sample of parents from resource-constrained areas in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Parents interviewed identified the following barriers: financial constraints, peer influence, alcohol and drug abuse, lack of adequate parental time, communication and maturational changes. Given the parental challenges emerging from the findings of the study, greater understanding of the conditions under which effective parenting of adolescent children in resource-constrained societies can be fostered is essential. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> ER -