Overlap of relationship distress and intimate partner violence in community samples.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(1), Feb 2023, 37-44; doi:10.1037/fam0001031Mixed-gender couples presenting for couple therapy are at 2–3 times higher risk for physical intimate partner violence (IPV) than community couples. However, it is unclear if this elevation of relative risk is the same in the general population because relationship distress and treatment-seeking are often confounded. We used archival data from three representative U.S. civilian samples and one representative U.S. Air Force sample to test the hypothesis that clinically significant relationship distress is associated with increased risk of vari...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - September 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Bedtime parenting practices and sensitivity are associated with young children’s sleep.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 36(8), Dec 2022, 1473-1479; doi:10.1037/fam0001027Previous research has utilized naturalistic observations of parent–child interactions at bedtime to identify constellations of specific parenting behaviors and qualities that predict better infant nighttime sleep. Little work, however, has naturalistically examined associations between aspects of bedtime parenting and nighttime sleep among young children. The present study assessed observed parenting practices and sensitivity in the context of bedtime as predictors of 3–6-year-olds’ sleep. Participants were 51 children (53% boys; 80% ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Intergenerational effects of maternal depression and co-occurring antisocial behaviors: The mediating role of parenting-related processes.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(3), Apr 2023, 408-419; doi:10.1037/fam0001021Co-occurring maternal depression and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) are associated with the development of psychopathology in children, yet little is known about risk mechanisms. In a sample of 122 racially diverse and economically disadvantaged families, we prospectively investigated (a) to what extent child socioemotional problems were related to maternal depression-only, ASPD-only, or the co-occurrence of both and (b) specificity in parenting-related mechanisms linking single-type or comorbid maternal psychopathology to child outco...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Dyadic positive and negative religious coping among older Singaporean couples and marital satisfaction.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(2), Mar 2023, 268-274; doi:10.1037/fam0001025Difficulties faced in life can affect marital relationships and such troubles may be dealt with in a multitude of ways, including coping religiously. The present study examined how religious coping, either in a positive or negative manner, may have an impact on marital satisfaction. Importantly, this association was studied dyadically in a sample of religiously diverse (Buddhists, 32.3%; Taoists, 17.6%; protestant Christians, 14.1%; and others who did not identify with a specific religion, 19.1%), married older Singaporean adults (N = 1928; 9...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Linking early head start children’s social–emotional functioning with profiles of family functioning and stress.
This study examined profiles of family functioning, stress, psychological well-being, and social support in families participating in early head start; family characteristics that relate to profile membership; and the relationship of profiles to child social–emotional functioning. Because families’ levels of functioning and well-being vary widely within low-income samples, we used a person-centered approach to understand how variations among families are linked with children’s social–emotional skills. Our latent profile analysis of a sample of 246 families identified three profiles of family functioning and well-be...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The desire for more children among Israeli lesbian, gay, and heterosexual couples who became parents through assisted reproduction.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 36(8), Dec 2022, 1480-1486; doi:10.1037/fam0001024The present online questionnaire-based study compared 72 lesbian mothers by donor insemination (within 36 families), 78 gay fathers by gestational surrogacy (within 39 families), and 72 heterosexual parents by assisted reproduction (without donated eggs and/or sperm; within 36 families), on their desire to have more children and their ideal number of children. All participants self-identified as cisgender, lived in Israel, and had a mean number of two children. The study also explored the predictors of participants’ desire for more childr...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Dynamics of parental criticism and emerging adult emotional functioning: Associations with depression.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 36(8), Dec 2022, 1451-1461; doi:10.1037/fam0001022Perceived parental criticism is an important measure of the family emotional environment, linked to a variety of psychological difficulties in emerging adults (EAs) and traditionally assessed at a single timepoint. Our study is the first to examine perceived parental criticism as a dynamic construct that fluctuates and interacts with emerging adult (EA) affect across daily life. EAs (N = 141; ages 18–22; Mage = 19.94, 84.5% women) completed a measure of baseline depression symptoms and daily assessments of perceived parental criticism, an...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Links of we-talk to caregiver social network systems and health.
In this study, we examined one common measure of communal coping—first person plural pronouns or “we-talk”—in caregivers of either (a) children with rare or undiagnosed diseases or (b) typically developing children. We sought to examine how we-talk is linked to (a) caregiver health and well-being and (b) social network involvement in caregiving. Caregivers (n = 311) participated in (a) survey questionnaires (b) a network enumeration interview and (c) a semistructured interview of caregiving. Results indicated we-talk was unrelated to stress or self-rated health, but was linked to more benefit-finding; greater indiv...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Teacher– and parent–child relationships and children’s adjustment behaviors in grade 1: The role of temperament.
This study aimed at investigating the reciprocal longitudinal associations between teacher– and parent–child relationships and children’s adjustment behaviors during Grade 1, and the role of the child’s temperament in this interplay. The longitudinal study followed Lithuanian children (229 in kindergarten [T0], 337 at the beginning of Grade 1 [T1], 341 at the end of Grade 1 [T2]), their parents, and their Grade 1 teachers (n = 24). The parents and teachers reported on the quality of their relationship with the children during Grade 1. In addition, parents reported on the children’s temperament in kindergarten, an...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The desire for more children among Israeli lesbian, gay, and heterosexual couples who became parents through assisted reproduction.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 36(8), Dec 2022, 1480-1486; doi:10.1037/fam0001024The present online questionnaire-based study compared 72 lesbian mothers by donor insemination (within 36 families), 78 gay fathers by gestational surrogacy (within 39 families), and 72 heterosexual parents by assisted reproduction (without donated eggs and/or sperm; within 36 families), on their desire to have more children and their ideal number of children. All participants self-identified as cisgender, lived in Israel, and had a mean number of two children. The study also explored the predictors of participants’ desire for more childr...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Dynamics of parental criticism and emerging adult emotional functioning: Associations with depression.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 36(8), Dec 2022, 1451-1461; doi:10.1037/fam0001022Perceived parental criticism is an important measure of the family emotional environment, linked to a variety of psychological difficulties in emerging adults (EAs) and traditionally assessed at a single timepoint. Our study is the first to examine perceived parental criticism as a dynamic construct that fluctuates and interacts with emerging adult (EA) affect across daily life. EAs (N = 141; ages 18–22; Mage = 19.94, 84.5% women) completed a measure of baseline depression symptoms and daily assessments of perceived parental criticism, an...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Links of we-talk to caregiver social network systems and health.
In this study, we examined one common measure of communal coping—first person plural pronouns or “we-talk”—in caregivers of either (a) children with rare or undiagnosed diseases or (b) typically developing children. We sought to examine how we-talk is linked to (a) caregiver health and well-being and (b) social network involvement in caregiving. Caregivers (n = 311) participated in (a) survey questionnaires (b) a network enumeration interview and (c) a semistructured interview of caregiving. Results indicated we-talk was unrelated to stress or self-rated health, but was linked to more benefit-finding; greater indiv...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Teacher– and parent–child relationships and children’s adjustment behaviors in grade 1: The role of temperament.
This study aimed at investigating the reciprocal longitudinal associations between teacher– and parent–child relationships and children’s adjustment behaviors during Grade 1, and the role of the child’s temperament in this interplay. The longitudinal study followed Lithuanian children (229 in kindergarten [T0], 337 at the beginning of Grade 1 [T1], 341 at the end of Grade 1 [T2]), their parents, and their Grade 1 teachers (n = 24). The parents and teachers reported on the quality of their relationship with the children during Grade 1. In addition, parents reported on the children’s temperament in kindergarten, an...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Pakistani preschoolers’ number of older siblings and cognitive skills: Moderations by home stimulation and gender.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(1), Feb 2023, 132-142; doi:10.1037/fam0001018The present study examines the link between children’s number of older siblings and their cognitive development, as measured by executive function (EFs) skills and verbal skills (VIQ) in a sample of 1,302 4-year-old children (54% boys) living in rural Pakistan. Specifically, we investigate whether the links between the number of older siblings and preschoolers’ EFs and VIQ are moderated by preschoolers’ quality of home stimulation and gender. Multivariate regressions revealed that the number of older siblings was positively associated w...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - August 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
