%0 Journal Article %T Power in North Carolina Parents: Is There a Relationship Between Family Structure and Adolescent Self-Efficacy? %A Angela Lewellyn Jones %A Stephen N. Jolly %J Sociation Today %D 2003 %I North Carolina Sociological Association %X Jones and Jolly publish here a null finding, namely that there is zero relationship between family structure and adolescent self-efficacy. However, they do find there is a negative relationship between self-efficacy and income. Low income persons have higher levels of stress than those of higher incomes. The good news in this study is that the correlation between income and self-efficacy is weak. %K poverty %K family %K adolescent self-efficacy %U JonesandJollypublishhereanullfinding,namelythatthereiszerorelationshipbetweenfamilystructureandadolescentself-efficacy.However,theydofindthereisanegativerelationshipbetweenself-efficacyandincome.Lowincomepersonshavehigherlevelsofstressthanthoseofhigherincomes.Thegoodnewsinthisstudyisthatthecorrelationbetweenincomeandself-efficacyisweak.