Joint physical custody and academic achievement among youth: A population-based study with registry linkage.
In conclusion, we find that youth in JPC have a small but significant academic advantage compared to peers in single-parent families, which is not fully accounted for by objective measures of parental education and income, sibling composition, and family cohesion. Future longitudinal studies are needed to disentangle whether positive outcomes associated with JPC are due to inherent qualities of this living arrangement or better captured by preseparation selection mechanisms. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Journal of Family Psychology)
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - July 28, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The role of strategy-use and parasympathetic functioning in maternal emotion regulation.
This study investigates individual differences in mothers’ emotion regulation during parenting, specifically examining the relation between their subjective negative emotions and observed parenting behaviors and whether this relation is moderated by cognitive (strategies to manage negative emotions) and physiological (resting baseline and reactivity of respiratory sinus arrhythmia; RSA) processes. Data of 157 mothers’ self-reported negative emotions and strategy-use, their RSA, observed maternal responsiveness, and their preschool-age children’s (30–60 months, 49.7% female) challenging behaviors were collected duri...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - July 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Stability and change in newlyweds’ social networks over the first years of marriage.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 37(1), Feb 2023, 20-30; doi:10.1037/fam0001016Marriage sanctifies the relationship between two spouses, but what happens to their relationships with family, friends, and others who comprise their social networks? Scholarly accounts disagree about whether couples’ networks strengthen, weaken, or remain stable in the years after marriage. To reconcile competing perspectives, marriage licenses from lower income communities were used to recruit 462 spouses (231 couples) in their first marriages. Each spouse independently provided data on 24 network members with whom they interact regularly (...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - July 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Helicopter parenting, emotional avoidant coping, mental health, and homophobic stigmatization among emerging adult offspring of lesbian parents.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 36(7), Oct 2022, 1205-1215; doi:10.1037/fam0001020Helicopter parents are highly involved parents who hover over and around their child, applying developmentally inappropriate levels of control and tangible assistance. Previous research with different-sex parent families indicates that helicopter parenting is particularly problematic in emerging adulthood as it may indirectly affect the offspring’s mental health through their use of emotional avoidant coping. Knowledge is lacking, however, on the antecedents and consequences of helicopter parenting in lesbian-parent families. The present ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - July 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Helicopter parenting, emotional avoidant coping, mental health, and homophobic stigmatization among emerging adult offspring of lesbian parents.
Helicopter parents are highly involved parents who hover over and around their child, applying developmentally inappropriate levels of control and tangible assistance. Previous research with different-sex parent families indicates that helicopter parenting is particularly problematic in emerging adulthood as it may indirectly affect the offspring’s mental health through their use of emotional avoidant coping. Knowledge is lacking, however, on the antecedents and consequences of helicopter parenting in lesbian-parent families. The present longitudinal, questionnaire-based study investigated the effect of homophobic stigma...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - July 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Parental monitoring, family conflict, and adolescent alcohol use: A longitudinal latent class analysis.
This study examined relationships among parental monitoring, family conflict, and subgroups of adolescent alcohol use identified through longitudinal latent class analyses (LLCA). Differences in these subgroups across sex and race/ethnicity were also examined. The present study used data (N = 4,067; 51% male, 49% female) collected during a longitudinal study in which adolescents completed questionnaires each semester for seven semesters, beginning in spring of their freshman year of high school until spring of their senior year. LLCA demonstrated three classes of drinking over time (low, increasing, and moderate use). The ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - July 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Parental monitoring, family conflict, and adolescent alcohol use: A longitudinal latent class analysis.
This study examined relationships among parental monitoring, family conflict, and subgroups of adolescent alcohol use identified through longitudinal latent class analyses (LLCA). Differences in these subgroups across sex and race/ethnicity were also examined. The present study used data (N = 4,067; 51% male, 49% female) collected during a longitudinal study in which adolescents completed questionnaires each semester for seven semesters, beginning in spring of their freshman year of high school until spring of their senior year. LLCA demonstrated three classes of drinking over time (low, increasing, and moderate use). The ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - July 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Influence of parental play on Taiwanese 3-year-olds’ executive function: Through the path of motor skills.
This study not only suggests a potential distinct and complementary role of fathers in young children’s EF development but also indicates a unique mediating effect of motor skills in the path from parent–child play to child EF. Implications for parent education are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Journal of Family Psychology)
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - June 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Triangulation and child adjustment after parental divorce: Underlying mechanisms and risk factors.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 36(7), Oct 2022, 1117-1131; doi:10.1037/fam0001008Parental triangulation is a particular risk to healthy child adjustment after divorce. However, detailed knowledge is lacking on how triangulation predicts child adjustment, and whether some children are more vulnerable to triangulation’s effects. Therefore, the present study used a sample of 135 children (Mage = 11.76) and 130 parents from 77 recently divorced families to identify whether intrapersonal processes (loyalty conflicts, self-blame, and self-esteem) underlie the link between postdivorce triangulation and child adjustment over ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - June 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Physical and psychological intimate partner violence: Relations with child threat appraisals and internalizing and externalizing symptoms.
This study examined whether interparental physical and psychological intimate partner violence (IPV) have additive effects on child threat appraisals and internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and whether relations between psychological IPV and child difficulties differ when physical IPV has occurred, as compared to when it has not occurred. Participants were 531 children (51% male) aged 7–10 years and their mothers. Children reported on IPV, and on their threat appraisals; children and mothers both reported on child internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Families participated in three assessments spaced 6 months a...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - June 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Triangulation and child adjustment after parental divorce: Underlying mechanisms and risk factors.
Parental triangulation is a particular risk to healthy child adjustment after divorce. However, detailed knowledge is lacking on how triangulation predicts child adjustment, and whether some children are more vulnerable to triangulation’s effects. Therefore, the present study used a sample of 135 children (Mage = 11.76) and 130 parents from 77 recently divorced families to identify whether intrapersonal processes (loyalty conflicts, self-blame, and self-esteem) underlie the link between postdivorce triangulation and child adjustment over a period of 2 years. We also explored whether these direct and indirect effects were...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - June 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Physical and psychological intimate partner violence: Relations with child threat appraisals and internalizing and externalizing symptoms.
This study examined whether interparental physical and psychological intimate partner violence (IPV) have additive effects on child threat appraisals and internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and whether relations between psychological IPV and child difficulties differ when physical IPV has occurred, as compared to when it has not occurred. Participants were 531 children (51% male) aged 7–10 years and their mothers. Children reported on IPV, and on their threat appraisals; children and mothers both reported on child internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Families participated in three assessments spaced 6 months a...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - June 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Cross-lagged effects between parent depression and child internalizing problems.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 36(8), Dec 2022, 1428-1438; doi:10.1037/fam0001012The bidirectional associations between maternal depression and child psychological functioning are generally well-established. Paternal depression may also share some bidirectional associations with child psychological functioning, but there is limited research in this area. It is unclear how or when one family member’s anxiety or depression might affect another family member’s mental health. The present study tested the bidirectional associations between maternal depression, paternal depression, and children’s internalizing problems ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - June 23, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research