Do Positive Parenting Practices Moderate Parental Mental Health and Child Behavior Among Homeless Families?
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The social interaction learning framework was used to explore whether positive parenting practices (noncoercive discipline, clear expectations, and praise and incentives) mitigated any effects of parent mental health (psychological distress and parenting stress) on child externalizing behaviors in a predominantly African American sample of homeless parents residing in transitional housing (N = 52, 79.6% female). The results showed that the positive relationship between psychological distress and child behavior was attenuated when parents provided high levels of praise and incentives. In addition, a positive relati...
Source: Family Relations - December 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shardé McNeil Smith, Kendal Holtrop, Jamila Reynolds Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
The Role of Race/Ethnicity and Acculturation in the Functioning of Disadvantaged Mothers' Social Support Networks
Informal social support is often necessary among low‐income networks in the post‐welfare reform era when public supports are less available. Using social capital perspective and reciprocity theory, which recognize that social support necessitates positive social relationships and available resources, the author used data from the Welfare, Children, & Families project, a study of primarily low‐income mothers living in disadvantaged neighborhoods (n = 2,215), to examine how excess network burden relates to support availability and to consider how the relationship differs by race, ethnicity, and nativity. The fi...
Source: Family Relations - December 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Melissa Radey Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Parent–Adolescent Conflict, Family Cohesion, and Self‐Esteem Among Hispanic Adolescents in Immigrant Families: A Comparative Analysis
Using data from one wave of the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS), the authors investigated the main and interactive effects of parent–adolescent conflict and family cohesion on self‐esteem among a large and diverse sample of adolescents in Hispanic immigrant families. A comparative analysis of four Hispanic ethnic subgroups (Cubans, Mexicans, Nicaraguans, and Colombians) was conducted. The results indicated that across all subgroups, parent–adolescent conflict was negatively associated with self‐esteem. Family cohesion was positively associated with self‐esteem across all subgroups, but it buffere...
Source: Family Relations - December 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yong Li, Lynn A. Warner Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Is the Gender Gap in College Enrollment Influenced by Nonmarital Birth Rates and Father Absence?
There is considerable academic and popular concern about the increasing gender gap in higher education enrollment in the United States. Males now constitute just 43% of the postsecondary enrollment. This research focused on nonmarital birth and father absence as predictors of lower levels of college enrollment for boys versus girls. The authors present two studies. In Study 1, using population data on college attendance and nonmarital birth rates, they found a strong positive association between nonmarital birth rates and the gender gap in college enrollment 18 years later. In Study 2, they examined individual‐level data...
Source: Family Relations - September 25, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: William J. Doherty, Brian J. Willoughby, Jason L. Wilde Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Father Involvement and Early Intervention: Effects of Empowerment and Father Role Identity
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The family‐centered service delivery model used in early intervention is meant to empower families of children with disabilities. The present analysis examined the effects of empowerment and father identity on father involvement with children with disabilities. Father involvement was measured using three indices: attachment (i.e., feeling a strong connection to the child), engagement (i.e., participating in activities with the child), and responsibility (i.e., meeting the child's needs). Father empowerment and father identity, measured as salience, satisfaction, and reflected appraisals, consistently predicted h...
Source: Family Relations - September 4, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Greer L. Fox, Vey M. Nordquist, Rhett M. Billen, Emily Furst Savoca Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Technology‐Mediated Communication with Siblings During the Transition to College: Associations with Relationship Positivity and Self‐Disclosure
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An important task for emerging adults is the effective maintenance of sibling relationships given their importance for well‐being later in adulthood. However, little is currently known about how siblings maintain communication with one another during this developmental stage when they often live apart for the first time, or about whether different communication patterns have unique relational implications. Using a sample of first‐year college students (n = 250), the present study identified four distinct groups of emerging adults who used information and communication technologies differently in communicat...
Source: Family Relations - September 4, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anna K. Lindell, Nicole Campione‐Barr, Sarah E. Killoren Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
The Role of Pessimistic Attributions in the Association Between Anxious Attachment and Relationship Satisfaction
In this study, an actor–partner interdependence model was tested to examine the relationships among pessimistic attributions, anxious attachment, and relationship satisfaction, using married couples (N = 767) from The German Family Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (pairfam; Huinink et al., 2011). For husbands and wives, higher levels of anxious attachment predicted more pessimistic attributions 2 years later. These pessimistic attributions, in turn, predicted their own later relationship satisfaction. Husbands' pessimistic attributions also predicted lower wives' relationship satisfaction....
Source: Family Relations - September 4, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jonathan G. Kimmes, Jared A. Durtschi, Charity E. Clifford, Darin J. Knapp, Frank D. Fincham Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Prenatal Coparenting Alliance and Marital Satisfaction When Pregnancy Occurs After Assisted Reproductive Technologies or Spontaneously
In this study, the authors compared the prenatal coparenting relationship in 33 couples who conceived through ART with that of 49 couples who conceived spontaneously, and assessed the association between marital satisfaction and the prenatal coparenting alliance. The first‐time parents were met during the second trimester of pregnancy. A validated observational task (the Prenatal Lausanne Trilogue Play) was used to assess their prenatal coparenting relationship, and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale was used to evaluate marital satisfaction. No differences were observed in the two groups' global prenatal coparenting scores, bu...
Source: Family Relations - September 4, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joëlle Darwiche, Nicolas Favez, Alessandra Simonelli, Jean‐Philippe Antonietti, France Frascarolo Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Shared Religious Beliefs, Prayer, and Forgiveness as Predictors of Marital Satisfaction
In this study, the authors examined direct effects on marital satisfaction of religious homogamy, prayer for spousal well‐being, and forgiveness. They also examined the degree to which religiosity buffered against risks to marital well‐being. The results indicated significant positive linear relations between each indicator of religiosity and marital satisfaction. Furthermore, religiosity moderated, or buffered against, the negative effects of risk factors; specifically, religious homogamy buffered against previous divorce; prayer buffered against having a high‐stress marriage; and spousal forgiveness buffered agains...
Source: Family Relations - September 4, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jonathan R. Olson, James P. Marshall, H. Wallace Goddard, David G. Schramm Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Examining Social Support Among Adult Children of Incarcerated Parents
This study examined how social support contributed to the resilience of a sample of adult children of incarcerated parents. In‐depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 32 college students who had experienced parental incarceration during their childhoods. Social support from caring adults, including caregivers, incarcerated parents, grandparents, older siblings, teachers, and coaches helped facilitate success in light of parental criminality and incarceration. In particular, these adults promoted resilience in 3 ways: (a) providing access to conventional activities, (b) supporting a vision of a better life, and (...
Source: Family Relations - September 4, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kate Luther Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Parental Incarceration as a Risk Factor for Children in Homeless Families
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The current study aimed to describe the prevalence of children of incarcerated parents (COIP) in a sample of homeless/highly mobile children, examine the relationship between parental incarceration and other risk factors, and investigate the effect of parental incarceration on child academic and mental health outcomes. The authors compared COIP (n = 45) to children whose parents were never incarcerated (n = 93) within a sample of 138, 4‐ to 7‐year‐old ethnically diverse children residing in emergency homeless shelters. Children's caregivers provided information about children's history of parental in...
Source: Family Relations - September 4, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erin C. Casey, Rebecca J. Shlafer, Ann S. Masten Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
The Influence of Father Involvement and Interparental Relationship Quality on Adolescent Mothers' Maternal Identity
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Guided by maternal role attainment and identity theory perspectives, the authors examined the association between prenatal and postbirth father involvement and maternal identity for adolescent mothers and the moderating effects of interparental relationship quality. Mailed surveys were completed by 125 mothers age 14–19 years (67.2% White) who were recruited from a statewide school‐based program. Maternal identity was operationalized as a latent construct composed of three indicators representing role validation, role strain, and identity salience. Analyses revealed that prenatal father involvement was positiv...
Source: Family Relations - September 4, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jacquelyn K. Mallette, Ted G. Futris, Geoffrey L. Brown, Assaf Oshri Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Promoting Resilience Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Application of an Interdisciplinary, Evidence‐Based Model for Intervention
With an increasing instance of traumatic brain injury and little advancement over recent decades in the rehabilitation of brain injury survivors and their family members, focus has shifted toward the establishment of effective whole‐family resilience promotion interventions. Using the Brain Injury Family Intervention as a model, clinicians constructed two curriculum‐based interventions grounded in resilience theory and drawing from the interdisciplinary approaches of neuropsychology and marriage and family therapy: (a) the Resilience and Adjustment Intervention, for individual survivors of traumatic brain jury, and (b)...
Source: Family Relations - June 6, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emilie E. Godwin, Herman R. Lukow, Stephanie Lichiello Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Family Members' Perceptions of How They Benefit When Relatives Living with Serious Mental Illness Participate in Clubhouse Community Programs
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Family members provide a significant source of social support to relatives living with a serious mental health disorder, such as schizophrenia. Few public mental health programs offer families a supportive environment where their relatives can develop independence, life skills, and satisfying relationships that are not dependent on the family's involvement. The Clubhouse is one such model. Although family members are not directly involved, they may experience indirect effects from their relative's participation. Family members with relatives involved in Clubhouse (n = 35) completed an in‐depth semi‐structu...
Source: Family Relations - June 5, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Francesca Pernice‐Duca, David E. Biegel, Heather Renee Hess, Chia‐Ling Chung, Ching‐Wen Chang Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Mothers' and Fathers' Responses to Children's Negative Emotions: Family and Physiological Correlates
Parental physiological regulation and coparenting conflict were examined as correlates of mothers' and fathers' reactions to children's negative emotions. A within‐family design that included 70 families (mother, father, and two siblings between the ages of 2 and 5) was used. Parents completed questionnaires about their reactions to children's negative emotions and the other parent's coparenting. Parents' respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) was measured during a baseline task. Mothers were more emotionally supportive and less negative in response to children's negative emotions than fathers. The results from actor–partn...
Source: Family Relations - June 5, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alysia Y. Blandon Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
