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Examining the Context of Cannabis Use and Parenting: An Exploratory Ecological Momentary Assessment Study Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Bridget Freisthler, Holly Thurston, Jennifer Price Wolf
Objective. In our pilot exploratory study, we recruited a sample of cannabis-using parents to understand (1) the extent to which parents were using cannabis in the presence of their child(ren); (2)...
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Addressing Children and Families within the National Drug Control Strategy Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-27 Barbara H. Chaiyachati, Emily A. Bosk, Ava Hunt, Davida Schiff
In recognition of the potentially devastating effects on family well-being related to opioids and caregiver substance use in the United-States including increasing rates of overdose among individua...
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Effects of a Baby Carrier Intervention on Fathers’ Sensitivity, Involvement, and Hormonal Levels: Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Study Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Annemieke M. Witte, Marleen H. M. de Moor, Martine W. F. T. Verhees, Anna M. Lotz, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
Objective. Fathers are of great importance for healthy child development. This randomized controlled study investigated the longer-term effects of an intervention using a soft baby carrier on fathe...
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Factors Associated with Father Involvement During Infancy: A Multifactorial and Multidimensional Approach Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Pascale Voyer-Perron, Célia Matte-Gagné, Catherine Levesque
Objective. The goal of the present study was to provide a clearer picture of the correlates of father involvement during infancy using a multidimensional and multifactorial approach. Design. In a s...
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Early Parenting Precursors of Child Developmental Outcomes: What Counts Beyond Parental Sensitivity? Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Mirte L. Forrer, Marleen H. M. de Moor, Carlo Schuengel, Mirjam Oosterman
Objective. Parental sensitivity is a precursor of child developmental outcomes, but other parental behaviors such as warmth, stimulation of cognitive development, intrusiveness, and hostility are a...
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Observations of Positive Parenting from Online Parent–Child Interactions at Age 1 Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Rebecca Waller, Yael Paz, Megan M. Himes, Lauren K. White, Yuheiry Rodriguez, Alesandra Gorgone, Joan Luby, Emily D. Gerstein, Rebecca G. Brady, Barbara H. Chaiyachati, Andrea F. Duncan, Ran Barzilay, Sara L. Kornfield, Heather H. Burris, Jakob Seidlitz, Julia Parish-Morris, Nina Laney, Raquel E. Gur, Wanjikũ F. M. Njoroge
Objective. Brief, reliable, and cost-effective methods to assess parenting are critical for advancing parenting research. Design. We adapted the Three Bags task and Parent Child Interaction Rating ...
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Evaluation of a Couple- and Family-Based Intervention: Implications for the Fathering Vulnerability Hypothesis Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Sarah Hoegler, Savannah Vetterly, E. Mark Cummings
Objective. This study evaluated a preventive intervention to reduce destructive interparental conflict, increase constructive communication, and improve emotional security in interparental, parent-...
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The Interplay Between Maternal and Paternal Senses of Efficacy Moderates the Link Between Perinatal Parental Stress and Family Alliance at 3 Months Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Nicolas Favez, Valentine Rattaz, Nilo Puglisi, Chantal Razurel, Manuella Epiney, Hervé Tissot
Objective. Both parents may report high levels of stress during the perinatal period with possible negative consequences for parental well-being and child development. Parental sense of efficacy mo...
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Measuring Parenting Self-Efficacy from Pregnancy into Early Childhood: Longitudinal Factor Analysis and Measurement Invariance Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Marleen H. M. de Moor, Marije L. Verhage, Mirjam Oosterman
Objective. Parenting self-efficacy is an important and widely examined construct in parenting research. Yet, studies that thoroughly assess the psychometrics properties of scales that assess parent...
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Cognitive and Socioemotional Caregiving in Mothers, Fathers, and Children’s Other Caregivers from 51 Low- and Middle-Income Countries Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 W. Andrew Rothenberg, Marc H. Bornstein
Objective. Cognitive and socioemotional caregiving practices are both important for child development, but little is known about the extent to which children’s different caregivers engage in the tw...
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Maternal Stress: The First 14 Months Postpartum Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Sarah E. Maylott, Zabin Patel-Syed, Mendel Lebowitz, Tiffany S. Leung, Elizabeth A. Simpson
Objective. Maternal stress is a psychological response to the demands of motherhood. A high level of maternal stress is a risk factor for maternal mental health problems, including depression and a...
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Mothers with Neuroticism: Parenting When Faced with Challenges Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Robert H. Bradley, Robert F. Corwyn
Objective. The study documents how the personality trait of neuroticism is implicated in two aspects of parenting under two forms of challenge, low income and rearing a difficult child. Design. Rel...
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Being Cared for and Growing Up Slowly: Parenting Slows Human Life History Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Hui Jing Lu, An Ting Yang, Yuan Yuan Liu, Nan Zhu, Lei Chang
Objective. For most animals, extrinsic mortality risks drive a fast life history (LH) strategy in which animals disregard risks and accelerate reproduction. Instead of perpetuating mortality drivin...
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Ecological Predictors of Maternal Nurturance to Distress and Beliefs About Infant Crying: Examining the Roles of Household and Neighborhood Resources Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Yukihiro Kitagawa, Daneele Thorpe, Kristin Bernard
Objective. Maternal nurturance to infant distress is associated with positive child developmental outcomes including greater attachment security, emotion regulation skills, and social and behaviora...
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Young Puerto Rican Mothers’ Cultural Orientation and Parenting Behaviors: Associations with Subsequent Child Emotion Dysregulation Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-11-01 Jordan Weith, Aimee Hammer, Josefina Grau
SYNOPSIS Objective. Children of Latinx adolescent mothers are at risk for regulatory difficulties. However, a paucity of research has examined parenting behaviors and children’s early emotional development in such families. Design. Longitudinal associations between observed parenting behaviors (sensitivity, directiveness, child-directed language) at 18 months and children’s emotion dysregulation at
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Increases in Language Input are Sustained among Mothers of Low SES: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 Christy Y.Y. Leung, Jose Eos Trinidad, Dana L. Suskind
SYNOPSIS Objective. This randomized controlled trial examined whether the quantity and quality of maternal language input were increased through the 3Ts Home Visiting (3Ts-HV) intervention early in toddlerhood and whether increases in maternal language input were sustained over time among families of low SES, controlling for maternal education level, language skill, depressive symptoms, family adversity
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The Future of Parenting Programs: An Introduction Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Marc H. Bornstein, Jennifer A. Kotler, Jennifer E. Lansford
SYNOPSIS Human children do not and cannot survive and grow in a solitary way to achieve responsible adult maturity. They require caregiving and support from parents. Reciprocally, good parenting calls for attentive, nurturant, and constructive action with children. Therefore, scholars and practitioners who work with families are invested in optimizing child development through parenting, and programs
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The Future of Parenting Programs: I Design Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Marc H. Bornstein, Lucie Cluver, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Nancy E. Hill, Justin Jager, Sonya Krutikova, Richard M. Lerner, Hirokazu Yoshikawa
SYNOPSIS Parenting programs worldwide (and especially in low- and middle-income countries) support parents in their caregiving roles. Parenting programs are popular and prolific, but many outright fail to deliver meaningful effects or eventuate in only small effects. Incomplete consideration and execution of many design features of programs can account for these shortfalls. This article delimits several
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The Future of Parenting Programs: II Implementation Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Jennifer E. Lansford, Theresa S. Betancourt, Kimberly Boller, Jill Popp, Elisa Rachel Pisani Altafim, Orazio Attanasio, Chemba Raghavan
SYNOPSIS This article examines the role that implementation science can play in evidence-based parenting programs. Although parenting programs can support parents in their caregiving roles, adapting and taking an evidence-based approach from one place to another without attending to implementation factors may contribute to poor impact in a new setting. Implementation science enables researchers to
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The Future of Parenting Programs: III Uptake and Scale Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Pia Rebello Britto, Robert H. Bradley, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Liliana A. Ponguta, Linda Richter, Jennifer A. Kotler
SYNOPSIS This article focuses on the demand side of parenting programs, in addition to the traditionally studied supply side and argues that a path to scale of parenting programs must align and equally acknowledge supply and demand side domains and characteristics, whereas historically they are addressed in silos. Evidence suggests that a core set of factors such as policy and contextual affordances
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Mindful Parents, Mindful Children? Exploring the Role of Mindful Parenting Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-06-10 Hali Kil, Elizabeth Lee, Rebecca Antonacci, Joan E. Grusec
SYNOPSIS Objective. Mindfulness in parents is associated with a number of positive family characteristics, including positive parenting behaviors, fewer externalizing or internalizing difficulties in children, and positive parent-child relationships. However, little is known about whether parents’ and children’s mindfulness may be linked, or whether mindful parenting may indirectly support this link
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The Nature and Structure of Mothers’ Parenting Their Infants Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-05-09 Marc H. Bornstein, Diane L. Putnick, Gianluca Esposito
SYNOPSIS Objective. To test three competing models of the nature and structure of maternal parenting practices with infants in U.S. national and multiple international samples. The three models were a one-factor dimensional model, a multi-factor style model, and a hybrid two-factor/six-domain model. Undertaking this evaluation of parenting with national and international samples permits a wide yet
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The Validity of Prenatal Assessments of Mothers’ Emotional, Cognitive, and Physiological Reactions to Infant Cry Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-04-11 Esther Leerkes, Savannah Sommers, Lauren Bailes
SYNOPSIS Objective. The current study examines the stability, convergent validity, and predictive validity of assessing pregnant women’s emotional, cognitive, and physiological responses to infant cry. Design. In an ethnically diverse sample of 259 first-time mothers and their infants, during the prenatal period physiological arousal (skin conductance) and regulation (respiratory sinus arrythmia) were
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Correction Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-03-15
Published in Parenting: Science and Practice (Vol. 22, No. 4, 2022)
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Recruiting Fathers for Parenting Research: An Evaluation of Eight Recruitment Methods and an Exploration of Fathers’ Motivations for Participation Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Haley E. Yaremych, Susan Persky
SYNOPSIS Objective. We evaluated eight recruitment methods (Craigslist, Facebook ads, Google AdWords, in-person, newspaper, parenting magazines, ResearchMatch, and direct mailing) in terms of their ability to accrue fathers of 3- to 7-year-old children into a laboratory-based behavioral trial for parents. The trial was related to child obesity risk and parental health behaviors.Design. Each recruitment
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Latent Profiles of Parental Academic Conditional Positive and Negative Regard Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Sarah Teresa Steffgen, Bart Soenens, Nantje Otterpohl, Joachim Stiensmeier-Pelster, Malte Schwinger
SYNOPSIS Objective. Parental academic conditional regard is a socialization strategy in which parents’ displays of appreciation increase (conditional positive regard; PACPR) or decrease (conditional negative regard; PACNR) depending on the children’s academic achievement. Little is known about how adolescents perceive combinations of conditional positive and negative regard and how within-person combinations
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Domain-Differentiated Parental Guilt Induction: Understanding the Structure and Correlates of a Novel Measure Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-17 Wendy M. Rote, Cidnee Hall, Emily Sandifer
SYNOPSIS Objective. Vignette-based research shows that youth evaluate parental guilt induction (GI) differently depending on the type of issue over which guilt is induced. However, domain differences in the prevalence and associations of parental GI have not been examined in real-world parenting behavior. This study examined the utility of a novel measure of domain-differentiated parental guilt induction
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Measuring Mothers’ Warmth: Naïve Observers, Trained Coders, and Self-Reports Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-10 Cecilia Cheung, Danielle Delany
SYNOPSIS Objective.The current research evaluated whether thin slicing, which involves brief observations of others’ behaviors, is useful in understanding maternal warmth in the context of mother-child interaction. Design. The extent to which naïve observers’ ratings based on brief observations correspond to other reports of maternal warmth as well as the predictive validity of such ratings were evaluated
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A Laboratory-Based Investigation of Links between Maternal Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Adolescent Offspring Anxiety Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-21 Sarah Bilsky, Laura Dickerson, Emily Mischel, Rebecca Mahan, Ellen Leen-Feldner
SYNOPSIS Objective. Maternal symptoms of posttraumatic stress are linked to problematic offspring outcomes, including internalizing problems, general behavioral problems, and altered psychobiological functioning. Maternal posttraumatic stress symptoms among trauma-exposed mothers as they relate to offspring functioning has not been evaluated, and laboratory-based affect elicitation procedures have
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The Importance of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Positive Parenting for Toddlers’ and Preschoolers’ Social-Emotional Adjustment Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-19 Ana Okorn, Marjolein Verhoeven, Anneloes Van Baar
SYNOPSIS Objective. Parental support, stimulation, positive discipline, and structure are all important for social-emotional adjustment of toddlers and preschoolers. However, less is known about the relative importance of these positive parenting practices. The current cross-sectional study examines the associations between positive parenting practices and child social-emotional difficulties in relation
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Sharing in the Family System: Contributions of Parental Emotional Expressiveness and Children’s Physiological Regulation Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-03-24 Leigha A. MacNeill, Elizabeth A. Shewark, Koraly Pérez-Edgar, Alysia Y. Blandon
SYNOPSIS Objective. The current study examines whether associations between mothers’ and fathers’ emotional expressiveness and children’s observed sharing behavior differ for two young children in the same family and whether children’s baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) moderates relations between emotional expressiveness and sharing. Design. Altogether 69 families, including mothers, fathers
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Social Support and Parenting among Mothers Experiencing Homelessness Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Cara M. Lucke, Angela J. Narayan, Amy R. Monn, Ann S. Masten
SYNOPSIS Objective. Effective parenting is among the strongest predictors of child resilience, but the stress and adversity associated with homelessness may undermine the capacity of caregivers to parent. To identify malleable factors that could foster resilience in parenting, this study investigated social support in relation to observed parenting in the context of homelessness. Design. Participants
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Continuity and Stability of Parenting of Infants by Women at Risk for Perinatal Depression Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Sherryl H. Goodman, Roger Bakeman, Anna Milgramm
SYNOPSIS Objective. The present study aimed to enhance understanding of continuity and stability of positive parenting of infants, across age and different settings in women with a history of depression who are at elevated risk for postpartum depression. Design. Mothers (N = 103) with a history of major depression and their infants were observed during 5-min play and feeding interactions when their
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Improved Social Communication Abilities and Reduced Autism Severity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Highly Sensitive Mothers Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-12-10 Carla Márquez, Rodolfo Solís-Vivanco, Astrid Schilmann, Humberto Nicolini
SYNOPSIS Objective . To explore whether maternal sensitivity is associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) severity in children with and without ASD. Design . The samples consisted of 25 Mexican dyads of children with ASD (aged 3.1-6.9 years) and their mothers (aged 20-47 years) and 24 Mexican dyads of children without ASD (aged 3.4-6.7 years) and their mothers (aged 24-45 years). Maternal sensitivity
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Statement of Retraction: The Role of Parental Reflective Functioning in the Relation between Parents’ Self-Critical Perfectionism and Psychologically Controlling Parenting Toward Adolescents Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-12-08
Published in Parenting: Science and Practice (Vol. 23, No. 1, 2023)
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Statement of Retraction: “Mothers’ Tolerance of Own and Child Distress: Associations with Discipline Practices” Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-12-08
Published in Parenting: Science and Practice (Vol. 23, No. 1, 2023)
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Low-Income Latina Mothers’ Scaffolding of Preschoolers’ Behavior in A Stressful Situation and Children’s Self-Regulation: A Longitudinal Study Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-09-16 Thomas G. Power, Ashley Beck, Karina Silva Garcia, Noemi Duran Aguilar, Veronica Hopwood, Guadalupe Ramos, Yadira Olivera Guerrero, Jennifer O. Fisher, Teresia M. O’Connor, Sheryl O. Hughes
SYNOPSIS Objective. Maternal control and directiveness in Latina/o families often do not show the negative associations with child adjustment seen in European American samples. This study tested the self-determination hypotheses that Latina maternal involvement and structure would be positively associated with preschool children’s later self-regulation, whereas directiveness and control would show
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Vagal Suppression Buffers Against the Negative Effects of Psychological Inflexibility on Parenting Behaviors in Combat Deployed Fathers Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-09-16 Na Zhang, John Hoch, Abigail Gewirtz, Andrew Barnes, James Snyder
SYNOPSIS Objective : Vagal suppression is a parasympathetic physiological indicator of emotion regulation and social engagement behaviors, often measured via heart rate variability. Experiential avoidance reflects psychological inflexibility or poor emotion regulation. We tested the interaction effects of parental vagal suppression and experiential avoidance on observed parenting behaviors among combat
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Examining Parent–Child Spatial Play Interaction Using Traditional Toys and Touch Screen Tablets Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-09-16 Joanne Lee, Eileen Wood
SYNOPSIS Objective. The context of play has changed dramatically over the past decade with the ubiquitous presence of mobile technologies available to children in and outside the home. Despite increasing use of interactive technological devices at home, the quality of parental interactions in these 2D digital play contexts, relative to traditional 3D play contexts, remains relatively unexplored, especially
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Socioemotional Mechanisms of Children’s Differential Response to the Effects of Maternal Sensitivity on Child Adjustment Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-09-16 Jennifer A. Somers, Linda J. Luecken
SYNOPSIS Objective. Children differ in the extent to which they reap the benefits of maternal sensitive care or suffer the adverse consequences of insensitive care, and these differences can be accounted for by biological characteristics. However, how susceptible children adapt to maternal sensitivity in ways that either maximize positive development or lead to maladjustment has yet to be determined
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Baby Crying Induces Different Cortical Activation in Mothers with Secure and Insecure Attachment Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-09-16 Ivett Karina Sandoval-Carrillo, Marisela Hernández-González, Miguel Angel Guevara, Rosa María Hidalgo-Aguirre
SYNOPSIS Objective. To characterize electroencephalographic activity (EEG) in mothers with secure (SA) and insecure attachment (IA) while viewing a video of a baby crying (CR). Design. EEGs were recorded in the prefrontal and parietal cortices (related to the processing of relevant stimuli) in first-time, IA (n = 8) and SA (n = 8), mothers while watching and listening to CR. Results. During CR, compared
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Children with Trans Parents: Parent–Child Relationship Quality and Psychological Well-being Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-08-04 Susan Imrie, Sophie Zadeh, Kevan Wylie, Susan Golombok
SYNOPSIS Objective. Families with trans parents are an increasingly visible family form, yet little is known about parenting and child outcomes in these families. This exploratory study offers the first quantitative assessment of parent–child relationship quality and child socio-emotional and behavioral adjustment in families with a self-identified trans parent with school-aged children. Design. A
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Exploring Relations between Beliefs about the Genetic Etiology of Virtue and the Endorsement of Parenting Practices Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-07-24 Grace N. Rivera, Matthew Vess, Rebecca J. Brooker, Matt Stichter, Jenae M. Neiderhiser
SYNOPSIS Objective. We investigated associations between adults’ beliefs about the heritability of virtue and endorsements of the efficacy of specific parenting styles. Design. In Studies 1 (N = 405) and 2 (N = 400), beliefs about both the genetic etiology of virtuous characteristics and parenting were assessed in samples of parents and non-parents. In Study 3 (N = 775), participants were induced to
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Evaluating a Brief Behavioral Parenting Program for Parents of School-aged Children with ADHD Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-07-16 Julie A. Chesterfield, Renata Porzig-Drummond, Richard J. Stevenson, Caroline S. Stevenson
SYNOPSIS Objective. Typical parenting programs require considerable time inputs, which can be a significant barrier to program access. Here we assessed whether a brief behavioral parenting program, 1-2-3 Magic, would be effective in reducing disruptive behavior and ADHD symptoms in school-aged children with ADHD and dysfunctional parenting in their parents. Design. Fifty-seven parents of children aged
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Longitudinal Relations among Maternal Self-Efficacy, Maternal Warmth, and Early Adolescents’ Prosocial Behavior Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-07-14 Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri, Concetta Pastorelli, Eriona Thartori, Carolina Lunetti, Laura Di Giunta, Dario Bacchini, Jennifer E. Lansford
SYNOPSIS Objective. This article examined two-wave longitudinal paths among maternal self-efficacy, maternal warmth, and early adolescents’ prosocial behavior. Design . Participants were 194 Italian mother/child dyads from 9–13 years at the first assessment and 12–15 years at the second assessment. Using a two-wave longitudinal design, the present study tested cross-lagged paths among maternal self-efficacy
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Sociodemographic Risk and Infants’ Emerging Language Ability: Examining the Indirect Effects of Maternal Sensitivity and Nurturance to Distress Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-05-18 Amy Hyoeun Lee, Sierra Kuzava, Kristin Bernard
SYNOPSIS Objective. To examine whether maternal sensitivity in non-distress contexts and nurturance to infants’ distress mediate the association between cumulative sociodemographic risk and children’s emerging language ability. Design. Participants were a community sample of mothers and their infants (n = 99). During an initial home visit, mothers and infants 6 to 12 months old were videorecorded during
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Maternal Accuracy for Children’s Fearful Distress in Toddlerhood and Kindergarten: Moderation of a Serial Indirect Effect by Toddler Fearful Temperament Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-04-29 Elizabeth J. Kiel, Anne E. Kalomiris, Kristin A. Buss
SYNOPSIS Objective. Drawing on existing literature concerning the interrelations among toddler fearful temperament, maternal protective parenting, and maternal cognitions, the current study sought to test how mothers’ abilities to predict their children’s distress expressions and behaviors in future novel situations (“maternal accuracy”), may be maintained from toddlerhood to children’s kindergarten
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Associations between Profiles of Maternal Strengths and Positive Parenting Practices among Mothers Experiencing Adversity Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-03-02 Kristina M. Decker, Idia B. Thurston, Kathryn H. Howell, Amanda J. Hasselle, Rebecca C. Kamody
SYNOPSIS Objective . Few studies have explored associations between strength-based factors and positive parenting among mothers experiencing adversity. Adopting a person-centered statistical approach, we examined how patterns of maternal strengths relate to positive parenting practices. Design . Participants were 188 female primary caregivers (71% African American) who experienced intimate partner
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: The Role of Parental Reflective Functioning in the Relation between Parents’ Self-Critical Perfectionism and Psychologically Controlling Parenting Toward Adolescents Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-02-10 Lisa M. Dieleman, Bart Soenens, Sarah S. W. De Pauw, Peter Prinzie, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Patrick Luyten
Statement of Retraction We, the Editors and Publisher of Parenting: Science and Practice, are removing the following article, which was published online 10 February 2020: Article Title: “The Role of Parental Reflective Functioning in the Relation between Parents’ Self-Critical Perfectionism and Psychologically Controlling Parenting Toward Adolescents” Authors: Lisa M. Dieleman, Bart Soenens, Sarah
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Effects of Emotion Regulation Strategies on Mothers’ Self-Reported, Physiological, and Facial Expressive Responses to Infant Laughing Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-02-10 Annemiek Karreman, Madelon M. E. Riem
SYNOPSIS Objective. Mothers’ affective responses to infant laughing are essential in parent-child interaction. This experimental study examined whether instructing mothers to employ emotion regulation strategies can change their self-reported, physiological, and facial expressive responses to infant laughing. Design. Using a within-subjects design, mothers (N = 100, age M = 30.87 years) were exposed
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Exploring Trajectories of Young Mothers’ Parenting Stress in Early Childhood: Associations with Protective Factors and Psychological Vulnerabilities Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-02-10 Meera Menon, Rebecca C. Fauth, M. Ann Easterbrooks
SYNOPSIS Objective . Most parents manage some degree of parenting stress without serious concerns, but young mothers experience parenting stress at higher levels than adult mothers; high parenting stress is problematic due to its association with children’s socioemotional and behavior problems and the increased likelihood of maltreatment. Understanding the circumstances that precipitate or mitigate
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Adoptive Parenting Cognitions: Acknowledgement of Differences as a Predictor of Adolescents’ Attachment to Parents Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-02-10 Albert Y. H. Lo, Harold D. Grotevant
SYNOPSIS Objective. Adoptive parents’ acknowledgment of differences is defined as the propensity to think that adoptive and nonadoptive families are different in important ways. Few studies have examined the implications of such cognitions for the parent–child bond. Design. Structural equation modeling was utilized to examine the relation between adoptive parents’ acknowledgment of differences and
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Pathways to Maternal and Child Well-Being: Stability and Transaction across Toddlerhood Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-02-10 Laura K. Winstone, Sarah G. Curci, Keith A. Crnic
SYNOPSIS Objective. This study examines the development of minor parenting stress, parenting satisfaction, and dyadic dysregulation across early childhood and evaluates their roles in predicting maternal and child well-being one year later. Design. Data was collected from 322 low-income, Mexican American mother-child dyads at child ages 12, 18, 24, and 36 months. Mothers responded to questionnaires
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Responsive Parenting Buffers the Impact of Maternal PTSD on Young Children Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-02-07 Carolyn A. Greene, Kimberly J. McCarthy, Ryne Estabrook, Lauren S. Wakschlag, Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan
SYNOPSIS Objective. This study investigates maternal responsive parenting behaviors as a theorized buffer to the detrimental impact of maternal PTSD symptoms on young children’s depression and anxiety symptoms, disruptive behavior, and stress-related symptoms. Design. A multi-ethnic sample of 242 trauma-exposed mothers and their preschool-aged children was assessed. Maternal responsive parenting behaviors
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Changes in the Organization of Paternal Behavior during Early and Middle Childhood Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2020-02-07 Robert H. Bradley, Amy L. Pennar, Masumi Iida, Margaret Tresch Owen, Deborah Lowe Vandell
SYNOPSIS Objective. The focus of this study is on changes in the strength of relations among four types of paternal behaviors (supportive presence, respect for autonomy, stimulation, and hostility) from early childhood through middle childhood. Design. Father-child interaction was observed for 718 dyads at four time periods: 54 months (M = 56 months), 1st grade (M = 7.0 years), 3rd grade (M = 9.0 years)
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Parent Control and Child Shame: Associations with Children’s Task Persistence and Depressive Symptoms in Middle Childhood Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2019-12-18 Patricia A. Smiley, Hannah F. Rasmussen, Katherine V. Buttitta, Hannah K. Hecht, Kelly M. Scharlach, Jessica L. Borelli
SYNOPSIS Objective . Understanding how parents socialize shame may shed light on two related issues: why some children experience intense shame, and whether shame serves as an indirect pathway between parenting behavior and academic and mental health outcomes in middle childhood. Design . This cross-sectional study examined socialization of shame with mothers (N = 98, Mage = 38.73 years) and their
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Why and How Parents Promote Math Learning with their Young Children: A Mixed-Methods Investigation Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2019-12-13 Leanne Elliott, Heather J. Bachman, Daphne A. Henry
SYNOPSIS Objective. This study examined parental characteristics that related to children’s early math learning. Specifically, we examined how parents engage in math activities with their children in the home and how their practices were informed by parents’ experiences with and perceptions of math. Design. Using a mixed-methods design, we first quantitatively examined associations between two parental
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Bidirectional Relations between Parenting Practices and Child Externalizing Behaviors in Formerly Homeless Families: A Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2019-12-13 Jingchen Zhang, Sun-Kyung Lee, Timothy F. Piehler, Abigail H. Gewirtz, Gerald J. August
SYNOPSIS Objective . This study examined the bidirectional relations between effective parenting practices and externalizing problems in children in homeless families. Design . The sample comprised 223 children (M = 8.12 years) in 137 families living in temporary supportive housing, who participated in the Early Risers conduct problems prevention program lasting 2 years. Video-recorded observations
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Introducing a Novel Online Observation of Parenting Behavior: Reliability and Validation Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2019-12-13 Bonamy R. Oliver, Alison Pike
SYNOPSIS Objective. Observations of parents with their children are important for better understanding the critical role that parents play in their children’s adjustment, but resource limitations commonly compromise assessment. A novel online observation tool, Etch-a-Sketch Online (ESO), is introduced that allows resource-efficient observations in the family home. Design. Study 1 was a preliminary
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Academic Benefits from Parental Involvement are Stratified by Parental Socioeconomic Status: A Meta-analysis Parenting (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2019-12-13 Cheng Yong Tan, Meiyan Lyu, Baiwen Peng
SYNOPSIS Objective . The present study critically evaluates the assumption that parental involvement benefits students’ achievement regardless of their socioeconomic status (SES). Design . A meta-analysis of 98 studies published 2000–2017 examines if patterns of associations between 11 specific parental involvement variables and the academic achievement of K-12 students vary with parental SES as measured