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Source: Family Relations - March 21, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wendy Middlemiss Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
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The Interdependence of Relationships with Adult Children and Spouses
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Researchers have documented the interrelatedness of parent–child and marital relationships during the early parenting years, but little is known about how these two family subsystems are associated once children reach adulthood. The authors of the current study addressed this gap by examining parents' relationships with their adult children and their marital satisfaction using an actor–partner interdependence model. Participants included 197 married other‐sex couples (N = 394 individuals; range: 40–69 years of age) who had a child over age 18 years. A spillover effect was found among fathers, indicating th...
Source: Family Relations - January 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeong Eun Lee, Steven H. Zarit, Michael J. Rovine, Kira Birditt, Karen L. Fingerman Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Temporal Ordering of Supportive Dyadic Coping, Commitment, and Willingness to Sacrifice
Drawing from interdependence theory and focal participants (anchors) and their intimate partners who remained coupled at Waves 1, 3, and 5 of the German Family Panel (pairfam; N = 1,543), the authors examined the temporal ordering between anchor and partner supportive dyadic coping with anchor commitment and willingness to sacrifice for an intimate partner. Autoregressive cross‐lagged modeling analyses revealed that anchor and partner supportive dyadic coping predicted higher levels of commitment and willingness to sacrifice, and willingness to sacrifice predicted less supportive dyadic coping only for anchors. There...
Source: Family Relations - January 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matthew D. Johnson, Rebecca M. Horne Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Why Donor Insemination and Not Adoption? Narratives of Female‐Partnered and Single Mothers
Both female couples and single women who seek to become parents theoretically have several family‐building options available, including, most prominently, donor insemination or adoption. In the current study the authors explored how 50 women (36 female partnered, 14 single) explained their decision to use donor insemination and not adoption. The findings revealed that although 60% of women had considered adoption, only 12% took steps toward adopting. Reasons for not considering or pursuing adoption centered on attractive features of biological parenthood (the desire to be pregnant, desire for a genetic link to the child)...
Source: Family Relations - December 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Abbie E. Goldberg, Joanna E. Scheib Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Role of Institutional Climate on Underrepresented Faculty Perceptions and Decision Making in Use of Work–Family Policies
The authors examined the institutional challenges that underrepresented minority (URM) faculty perceive in higher education with use of family support workplace policies. Evidence reveals that faculty encounter differences in access to information and explanations of how to use workplace–family statutes. A qualitative study of 58 URM faculty members highlighted five particularly notable themes: (a) faculty perceptions of how the institution views their family caregiving responsibilities, (b) inadequate compensation matters in the utilization of formal policies, (c) informal policies are often inaccessible and invisible, ...
Source: Family Relations - December 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mari Castañeda, Ruth Enid Zambrana, Kris Marsh, William Vega, Rosina Becerra, Debra Joy Pérez Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
The Unique Role of Parents and Romantic Partners on College Students' Financial Attitudes and Behaviors
Extending a theoretical framework combining consumer socialization and planned behavior theories, the authors examined the influences that parents and romantic partners exert on college students' financial attitude and behavior using two waves of data collected from a sample of students in their first year (Wave 1) and fourth year (Wave 2) of college who were in a committed relationship at Wave 2 (N = 693 individuals). Using structural equation modeling, a positive relationship was found between the concurrent financial behavior of the parents and romantic partners and students' financial behavior (direct effects). Af...
Source: Family Relations - December 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joyce Serido, Melissa J. Curran, Melissa Wilmarth, Sun Young Ahn, Soyeon Shim, Jaime Ballard Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Do Family Assets Mediate the Relationship Between Community Assets and Youths' Perceived Spirituality?
With increasing interest in the role of spirituality in youth development, and recent findings linking it to positive development, the authors investigated contextual factors that are potentially linked to youths' perceived spirituality. Using parent–child data from the 4‐H Study of Positive Youth Development, they took a social ecological approach to investigate the links between family and community factors and youths' self‐ratings of spirituality; specifically, they tested whether family factors mediated the relationship between community factors and youths' perceived spirituality. The results indicated that the p...
Source: Family Relations - December 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anthony G. James, Mark A. Fine, Linda Jo Turner Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Measuring Multidimensional Parental Self‐Efficacy of Mothers and Fathers of Children Ages 1.5 and 3 Years
This study aimed to analyze the factor structure of Coleman and Karraker's (2003) Self‐Efficacy of the Parenting Task Index Toddlers Scale, which assesses mothers' and fathers' parental self‐efficacy (PSE) at child ages 1.5 and 3 years. A 5‐factor model consisting of Presence, Emotional Support, Routines, Playing, and Teaching was found to have good measurement validity. All PSE dimensions were at least moderately stable between child ages 1.5 and 3 years. Except for Playing, mothers evaluated their PSE stronger than did fathers. Overall, parents evaluated their PSE dimensions stronger while their child was 1.5 than...
Source: Family Relations - December 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Niina Junttila, Minna Aromaa, Päivi Rautava, Jorma Piha, Hannele Räihä Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Maternal Perspectives on Deployment and Child–Mother Relationships in Military Families
Using survey data from 292 mothers married to members of the U.S. military, the authors examined relations among military deployment factors, quality of maternal care, and child attachment behavior with the mother. The results revealed that maternal perceptions of quality of care, mothers' depressive symptoms, and fathers' involvement when not deployed were significantly associated with children's attachment behavior. In addition, fathers' combat exposure was negatively associated with children's attachment behavior. Mothers' quality of care partially mediated the association between fathers' involvement and children's att...
Source: Family Relations - December 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Germán Posada, David Walker, Jean‐François Cardin, Dan Nyaronga, Rona Schwarz, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Socializing Positive Emotion: A Qualitative Study of African American Single Mothers and Their Adolescent Youth
This study addressed limitations of emotion socialization (ES) research and is the first to explore socialization of positive emotion (PE) in 20 single African American (AA) mothers and their adolescents. Considering the dearth of research on ES with AA adolescents, an inductive, qualitative approach was warranted. A portion of mothers reported elevated depressive symptoms, which is important given their prevalence in AA women and that very few studies of ES have considered parental mental health. Although PE is gaining warranted attention in the scientific community based on recent data linking it to mental and physical h...
Source: Family Relations - December 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laura G. McKee, Alyssa L. Faro, Jessica L. O'Leary, Kelsey H. Spratt, Deborah J. Jones Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Intraparental Inconsistency: The Influence of Parenting Behaviors on Aggression and Depression in Children
The authors examined several different predictive and mediation models of longitudinal parental inconsistency over a 3‐year time span. They hypothesized that parental behavior (communication/affection, kindness, and positive control) mediated the relationship between parental inconsistency (mother or father) and two emotional problems in children: (a) aggression and (b) depression. Data were obtained from a 3‐wave study (2007, 2008, and 2009) of 523 Spanish families with children ranging from 9–15 years of age at the beginning of Wave 1 (41.3% boys). Structural equation models revealed that multiple dimensions of par...
Source: Family Relations - December 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Miguel Á. Carrasco, Francisco Pablo Holgado‐Tello, Miguel Ángel RodrÍguez Serrano Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
