Continuity in hostile family relationships mediated by family psychopathology: An application of systems perspective.
This study elucidated transmission processes of interparental hostility to young adults’ relationship hostility with their parents and offers insights into the unique mediational roles of each family member’s psychopathology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Journal of Family Psychology)
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
From i-coping to we-coping: A retrospective qualitative study on parent–child dyadic coping in widowed families.
This study extends the single I-coping perspective in bereavement coping to a we-coping perspective, provides an interactional- and operational-level knowledge on dual-process coping, acknowledges the bilateral interaction in parent–child relationships, and offers implications for bereavement support practice for widowed families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Journal of Family Psychology)
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Strengths-based spillover models: Constructive interparental conflict, parental supportive problem solving, and development of child executive functioning.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(7), Oct 2023, 1060-1071; doi:10.1037/fam0001109Empirical research examining the Spillover Hypothesis has largely substantiated that interparental conflict comprised of hostility and anger has negative implications for parenting behaviors and cascading effects on children’s development. However, less is known about how constructive forms of interparental conflict may operate in spillover processes. Toward this, the present study examined how interparental supportive and problem-solving approaches to conflict were associated with parental guided learning in the caregiving context and by...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Longitudinal associations between parental reflective functioning and maternal mind-mindedness.
We examined cross-lagged associations between PRF, assessed via interview, and MM, coded from play interactions, over 12 months among 90 parents (86% female; 57% White, 43% Black) of infants (Mage = 10.56 months, SD = 8.20) who were participating in The Michigan Model of Infant Mental Health Home Visiting. Data were collected at study enrollment Time 1 (T1) and at 6-month Time 2 (T2) and 12-month Time 3 (T3) postenrollment. Mind-minded comments were coded as appropriate, reflecting accurate interpretation of mental states or nonattuned, characterizing inaccurate interpretations. PRF and appropriate MM each remained stable ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The effect of adverse childhood experiences on family mealtime frequency: Examining racial and ethnic differences.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(6), Sep 2023, 796-805; doi:10.1037/fam0001107Eating meals as a family is associated with multiple positive nutritional and emotional outcomes for parents and children. Although the benefits of mealtimes extend to all families, families of color and those in poverty face disproportional barriers to eating frequent meals together. No previous study has properly attended to the heterogeneity of racial and ethnic groups in the United States when assessing mealtime barriers. Focusing on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), our analyses tested whether an increased number of adversities, and ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Chinese parents’ marital and coparenting relationships, parental differential treatment of siblings, and adolescents’ sibling relationships.
This study, using a three-wave longitudinal design, explored the associations among parents’ marital and coparenting relationships, parental differential treatment of siblings, and adolescents’ sibling relationships within a theoretical framework of a developmental cascade model of family influence. Adolescents (Mage = 12.88 years, SD = 0.76 at Time 1; 51.2% girls) and their mothers from 260 families in China participated in this research (first data collection in January 2018). Mothers completed questionnaires that assessed marital and coparenting relationship quality, and adolescents completed questionnaires that ass...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Do associations between coparenting relationships and parenting behaviors differ for new mothers and fathers?
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(5), Aug 2023, 647-657; doi:10.1037/fam0001112Engaging and high-quality parenting is critical to children’s positive development. At the transition to parenthood, the coparenting relationship serves as an important context for the development of patterns of positive engagement and sensitive parenting. As suggested by the father vulnerability hypothesis, the coparenting relationship may be more critical to fathers’ than to mothers’ development as parents. The present study examined associations between multiple dimensions of coparenting relationships and new mothers’ and fathersâ€...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The role of dependency-oriented parenting in the intergenerational transmission of dependency: An actor–partner interdependence model.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(8), Dec 2023, 1169-1178; doi:10.1037/fam0001105Utilizing an actor–partner interdependence model, this study examined whether dependency was transmitted from parents to their preschool-aged offspring and, if so, whether dependency-oriented parenting (DOP) mediated such transmission. The mothers and fathers of 488 preschool-aged Chinese children (Mage = 42.36 months, SD = 3.62 months) participated first at 1 month before entry into preschool (Time 1) and then 4 months later (Time 2). Positive relations were found between one parent’s dependency and the child’s physical dependency on...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 8, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The spread of political alienation from parents to adolescent children.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(6), Sep 2023, 947-953; doi:10.1037/fam0001098The present study examines the interpersonal circumstances that facilitate the spread of political alienation between parents and adolescent children. A total of 571 German adolescents (314 girls, 257 boys) and their mothers and fathers each completed questionnaires describing their own political alienation at two time points, approximately 1 year apart. In addition, adolescents completed questionnaires describing their perceptions of warmth in relationships with parents. Adolescents were in the sixth (M = 12.24 years old), eighth (M = 13.48 ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 4, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Assessing parenting in racially and ethnically diverse families: A lack of measurement equivalence.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(6), Sep 2023, 753-762; doi:10.1037/fam0001095The present study explored measurement invariance of the Multidimensional Assessment of Parenting Scale (MAPS; Parent & Forehand, 2017) across White, Hispanic, Black, and Asian American parents. Participants included 2,734 parents, 58% of whom were mothers. On average, parents were 36.32 years old (SD = 9.54); the parent sample was 66.9% White non-Hispanic, 10.1% Black, 5.3% Asian, and 17.7% Hispanic regardless of race. Child ages ranged from 3 to 17 years (M = 9.84, SD = 3.71), and 58% were identified as male. Parents completed a demographic...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 4, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Mothers’ resilience and potential for disrupted parenting in COVID-19: The protective effect of cognitive reappraisal.
This study demonstrates the importance of cognitive reappraisal for mothers of young children to resist and thrive against chronic and uncontrollable external stressors, which are crucial to preventing mothers’ child abuse potential and maintaining positive parenting. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Journal of Family Psychology)
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 4, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The buffering effect of family support on the association between weight-based teasing and adolescent weight management outcomes.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(6), Sep 2023, 942-946; doi:10.1037/fam0001084Weight-based victimization (WBV) is associated with poor weight-related outcomes in adolescence. Family support may be one protective factor against the negative impact of WBV. The goal of this study is to examine the moderating effect of family support on the association between WBV and early weight loss for adolescents in a clinical weight management program. Parents of adolescents (N = 78) completed psychosocial measures at baseline. Objective height and weight were measured at baseline and follow-up (Visit 3). The overall model was signif...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Marital status over 28 years of parents of individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities.
We describe the timing of divorce and the factors that contribute to divorce in a longitudinal sample of families of individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities. Participants included parents of 219 children initially referred for autism and other developmental delays followed to age 30 years. Approximately 36% of individuals in our sample experienced a parental divorce by age 30. Higher rates of divorce were associated with lower maternal education and families of color and moderately associated with younger maternal age at child’s birth, autism symptom severity, and ASD diagnosis. Divorces were most co...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - May 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Family functioning, well-being, and mental health among new immigrant families.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(6), Sep 2023, 806-817; doi:10.1037/fam0001092The present study was conducted to identify latent profiles of adolescent-reported and parent-reported family functioning, as well as their links with adolescent and parent well-being and mental health, among recent immigrants from the Former Soviet Union to Israel. A sample of 160 parent–adolescent dyads completed measures of parent–adolescent communication, parental involvement, positive parenting, family conflict, self-esteem, optimism, depressive symptoms, and anxiety. Results indicated four latent profiles—Low Family Functioning, M...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - April 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Interparental conflict, family climate, and threat appraisals: Early adolescent exposure and young adult psychopathology risk.
This study underscores the importance of IPC and threat appraisals during adolescence, and offers new insights into the role of the family climate in protecting against escalating IPC for young adult internalizing risk. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Journal of Family Psychology)
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - April 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
