Grit: A Mediator of Maternal Cumulative Trauma and Later Parenting Stress in Black Single Mothers

The proposed study sought to examined Cumulative Trauma effects on later parenting, and the potential buffering effects of GRIT & Religiosity/Spirituality on parenting among Single Black Mothers (SBM). Collectively, the findings suggested that Cumulative Trauma greatly affected parental incompetency among SBM, with modest buffering effects found regarding GRIT-Perseverance, Spirituality/Religiosity, GRIT-Consistency.