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Adoptive family contexts of adolescent and adult adjustment: Dyadic and systemic approaches. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Christina M Hogan,Harold D Grotevant,Dongwei Wang
Research has identified family dynamics within adoptive families as essential to understanding adopted individuals' adjustment. However, there has been a lack of attention to the intricacies of adoptive family context, especially dyadically and as a group. This study examines data from 177 adoptive families from the Minnesota/Texas Adoption Research Project, a longitudinal study of families who participated
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The "what" and "how" of father-teen talks about sex and relationships. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Jennifer M Grossman,Amanda M Richer,Lisette M DeSouza,Jacqueline Brinkhaus,Cody Ragonese
For adolescents who have a father in their lives, father-teen conversations about sex and relationships can protect teens from risky sexual behaviors. However, little is known about the content and process of these conversations. This study explored topics of and approaches to fathers' talk with their teens about sex and relationships in interviews with a diverse sample of 43 fathers of high school-aged
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Childhood interpersonal trauma and postpartum parenting alliance: The role of mindfulness in couples. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Camille Andrée Rassart,Alison Paradis,Catherine M Herba,Natacha Godbout
A large body of evidence demonstrates that childhood interpersonal trauma is associated with poorer parental and couple outcomes following the birth of a new child. As a unique component of couple functioning, parenting alliance is key during this transition period and is associated with long-term parental and child well-being. However, parenting alliance remains understudied in relation to childhood
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Longitudinal pathways of maltreated young children: Family stress processes and adverse childhood experiences. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Jennifer R Rose,Monica J Martin,Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo,Ann M Mastergeorge
An important issue associated with at-risk families in the child welfare system is the impact of familial stress processes on child developmental outcomes. The present study used the family stress model (FSM) to examine the impact of economic hardship, economic pressure, caregiver emotional distress, caregiver/partner conflict, caregiver harsh parenting, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on
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Parenting of siblings in Latinx families during middle childhood. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Karina M Cahill,Kimberly A Updegraff,Susan M McHale,Adriana J Umaña-Taylor,Mark E Feinberg,Roy Levy
Parents' management of their children's sibling relationships, or sibling-focused parenting, has substantial theoretical and practical importance but is rarely studied. This study's goals were to describe dimensions of sibling-focused parenting and to examine sociocultural resources and challenges as potential correlates among Latinx mothers and fathers in 262 families with two children in middle childhood
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Evaluating the effects of prenatal intervention on parenting in women exposed to intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Kathryn H Howell,Taylor R Napier,Caroline R Scheid,Julie Braungart-Rieker,Laura E Miller-Graff
The Pregnant Moms' Empowerment Program (PMEP) is a brief, group intervention for pregnant women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). This study was a quasirandomized trial of the effects of PMEP on parenting. Participants were 137 pregnant women exposed to IPV in the past year; 82 received PMEP and 55 were in a no-treatment control condition. Participants completed four assessments
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Connection at your fingertips: A first look at the Agapé app's contributions to healthy relationships. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Ronald D Rogge,Jenna A Macri,Khadesha Okwudili
Although a range of relationship enhancement interventions have shown benefits, programs involving trained facilitators are difficult to scale and self-directed programs tend to suffer from low rates of adherence (i.e., nonuse/disuse attrition). The present study evaluated Agapé, a relationship wellness smartphone app optimized for broad dissemination through 4 years of persuasive system design driven
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Effects of parenting program components on parental stress: A systematic review and component network meta-analysis. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Hossein Dabiriyan Tehrani,Sara Yamini,Alexander T Vazsonyi
The present study tested the effectiveness and ranking of the different combinations of parenting program components in reducing parental stress at the first posttreatment measurement in treatment settings for parents of children with disruptive behaviors. Fifty-seven studies were identified. Six different combinations of parenting program components were compared to the inactive component (control
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Maternal personality change from pregnancy until 12 months postpartum: Associations with parenting. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Alithe L Van den Akker,Floor B van Rooij,Geertjan Overbeek,Jessica J Asscher
Although many studies have shown that personality-as a relatively stable characteristic-is a predictor of parenting behavior, personality changes occur during adulthood. Therefore, we do not know whether previous findings based on personality assessed (long) after the birth of the child indicate that personality as assessed before the child is born predicts behaviors parents eventually display. Possibly
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A qualitative analysis of black mother preparation for bias messages following incidents of racism-related violence. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Donte L Bernard,Farzana T Saleem,Angela D Moreland,Curtisha Shacklewood,Carla Kmett Danielson
Preparation for bias messages (PFB), represent a specific form of racial socialization, used to inform youth about racism and how to cope with racism-related adversity. Although research commonly examines how frequently PFB are delivered to children, few studies have qualitatively explored the heterogeneity in the content of such messages, making it difficult to ascertain how caregivers prepare and
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Correction to Ju et al. (2023). Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-10-30
Reports an error in "Association of parents' work-related stress and children's socioemotional competency: Indirect effects of family mealtimes" by Sehyun Ju, Qiujie Gong and Karen Z. Kramer (Journal of Family Psychology, 2023[Oct], Vol 37[7], 977-983). In the original article, several changes were made in the text. The original and edited versions are provided in this erratum. The online version of
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Beyond success: Understanding the characteristics of long-term relationships in older age. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Anna Rabelová,Anna Ševčíková,Stanislav Svačinka
Prior research has focused on couples who were successful in maintaining a long-term relationship. However, there is a knowledge gap in what characterizes late-life long-term partnerships and what holds them together. Using the grounded theory, we analyzed 29 interviews with 65+ year olds (11 men, age median = 72) who were in relationships of 25+ years. We explored the present state of the relationship
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Nonresidential fatherhood and father-child relationships among Curaçaoan and Dutch adolescents and young adults. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Mariëlle Osinga,Odette J van Brummen-Girigori,Diana D van Bergen,Tina Kretschmer
Growing up with a nonresident biological father has been portrayed as problematic for different aspects of father-child relationships, but it is unclear whether experiencing nonresidential fatherhood is less problematic in countries where this family structure is more common and thus probably less stigmatized. Cross-country research into nonresidential fatherhood is scarce, especially including Caribbean
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Intergenerational patterns of attachment in custodial grandfamilies. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Austin J Blake,Frank J Infurna,Saul A Castro,Britney A Webster,Megan L Dolbin-MacNab,Gregory C Smith,D Max Crowley,Carol Musil
The present study aimed to identify intergenerational patterns of attachment insecurity among grandmothers, adolescent grandchildren, and birth mothers in custodial grandfamilies and to test the relations among triadic attachment patterns and grandchild socioemotional outcomes. Prior research with custodial grandfamilies has found distinct "profiles" reflecting patterns of closeness between grandmothers
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I should not have had a child: Development and validation of the Parenthood Regret Scale. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Konrad Piotrowski,Moïra Mikolajczak,Isabelle Roskam
Parenthood is one of the most important social roles, but the consequences of becoming a parent are not always as expected. It is estimated that in developed countries, up to 5%-14% of parents regret their decision to have children and if they could turn back time, they would choose childlessness. While such a situation can have serious consequences for the entire family system, our knowledge of the
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Coparenting, parental anxiety/depression, and child behavior problems: The actor-partner interdependence model with low-income married couples. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Junyeong Yang,Minjung Kim,Jingyi Wang,Yiran Zhang,Sarah J Schoppe-Sullivan,Susan Yoon
A considerable amount of research has suggested significant associations among perceived coparenting relationships, parental anxiety/depression, and children's adjustment. Although family members' function is influenced by other members in a shared context, much of the prior work relied on one parent's perspective to examine the relationship between both parents. To address this important limitation
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The intergenerational transmission of economic adversity, BMI, and emotional distress from adolescence to middle adulthood. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Tricia K Neppl,Jeenkyoung Lee,Olivia N Diggs,Brenda J Lohman,Daniel Russell
The present study examined the intergenerational transmission of economic adversity, as well as physical and mental health across generations. Specifically, we examined the effects of parental economic adversity, body mass index (BMI), and emotional distress during the child's adolescence on their economic adversity, BMI, and emotional distress in middle adulthood. The study included 366 Generation
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Parental guilt and children's internalizing and externalizing behavior: The moderating role of parental reflective functioning. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Ido Shalev,Noga Sharon,Florina Uzefovsky,Naama Atzaba-Poria
The immense responsibility inherent in parenthood makes feeling guilty highly prevalent among parents. Such feelings are natural, yet excessive guilt is related to depression and anxiety and could burden parents. Qualitative research suggested that guilt is predominant in parents whose children suffer from behavioral and emotional difficulties, making it necessary to quantify guilt and examine possible
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The association between marital satisfaction and coparenting quality: A meta-analysis. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Dana Ronaghan,Taryn Gaulke,Jennifer Theule
Coparenting refers to the way parents or caregivers relate to each other as parents. Marital satisfaction (MS) is the subjective evaluation of the overall quality of one's relationship, including the extent to which needs, expectations, and desires are met. The coparenting relationship is distinct from, yet intimately connected to, the marital relationship. The objective of this study was to summarize
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Intraindividual variability in parental acceptance-rejection predicts externalizing and internalizing symptoms across childhood/adolescence in nine countries. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Ann E Folker,Kirby Deater-Deckard,Jennifer E Lansford,Laura Di Giunta,Kenneth A Dodge,Sevtap Gurdal,Qin Liu,Qian Long,Paul Oburu,Concetta Pastorelli,W Andrew Rothenberg,Ann T Skinner,Emma Sorbring,Laurence Steinberg,Sombat Tapanya,Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado,Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong,Liane Peña Alampay,Suha M Al-Hassan,Dario Bacchini,Marc H Bornstein,Lei Chang
Parenting that is high in rejection and low in acceptance is associated with higher levels of internalizing (INT) and externalizing (EXT) problems in children and adolescents. These symptoms develop and can increase in severity to negatively impact adolescents' social, academic, and emotional functioning. However, there are two major gaps in the extant literature: (a) nearly all prior research has
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Hispanic adolescents' internalizing symptoms and positive family functioning: A bidirectional examination of associations over time. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Emily G Simpson,David Córdova,Courtney R Lincoln,Christine McCauley Ohannessian
Open communication with parents, defined as perceived ease of adolescent-parent disclosure, and family support are components of positive family functioning linked with fewer adolescent internalizing symptoms. However, relatively little is known about bidirectional pathways over time. Even less is known about bidirectional pathways for Hispanic adolescents or about the role of adolescent and parent
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Maternal psychological distress and children's adjustment problems: Mediation by household chaos. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Bonamy R Oliver,Emily Midouhas
Research over many decades has considered the crucial role of maternal psychological distress (e.g., depression, anxiety) for children's psychological adjustment (externalizing and internalizing problems), suggesting bidirectional influences over time. However, little is known about the extent to which household chaos (e.g., noise, disorganization, lack of calm) may mediate this mutual association
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Trauma-informed parenting intervention for veterans: A preliminary uncontrolled trial of Strength at Home-Parents. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Suzannah K Creech,Rahel Pearson,Jeremy J Saenz,Jordan M Braciszewski,Shelley A Riggs,Casey T Taft
Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are highly prevalent in military and veteran populations and are associated with parenting difficulties. Unfortunately, there is a lack of accessible, trauma-informed, and evidence-based parenting support interventions within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Strength at Home-Parents (SAHP) is a trauma-informed psychotherapy group that
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Mothers' depressive symptoms and children's behavioral adjustment: The role of negative parental emotional states. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Yiji Wang,Xiaoqian Wu,Hongting Chen
The contribution of fathers and family dynamics to the deleterious effects of mothers' depressive symptoms on children's behavioral adjustment has been evaluated in this study. Using longitudinal data spanning from toddlerhood to grade school (N = 1,311), this study examined whether negative emotional states in both parents related to mothers' cumulative depressive symptoms during the early years of
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A longitudinal study of families created using egg donation: Family functioning at age 5. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Susan Imrie,Joanna Lysons,Sarah Foley,Vasanti Jadva,Kate Shaw,Jess Grimmel,Susan E Golombok
Findings are reported from Phase 2 of a longitudinal study of family functioning in heterosexual-couple families with 5 year olds conceived using identity-release egg donation. Seventy-two egg donation families were compared to 50 in vitro fertilization (IVF) families (ethnicity: 93% White British) using standardized observational, interview, and questionnaire measures. There were no differences between
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A randomized controlled trial to improve fathering among fathers with substance use disorders: Fathering in recovery intervention. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Camille C Cioffi,Anastasia M Browning O'Hagan,Sven Halvorson,David S DeGarmo
In early recovery for substance use disorders (SUDs), fathers may experience a desire to become more active in their role as a parent but may need support in using effective parenting strategies. Parent management training programs may be effective for fathers in recovery from SUD as they have been shown to improve parenting knowledge, self-efficacy, parenting practices, and child behavior, as well
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Family-based and external discrimination experienced by multiracial individuals: Links to internalizing symptoms and familial support. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 N Keita Christophe,Annabelle L Atkin,Chelsea D Williams,Kaitlin N Quick,Christine S Wu,
Multiracial individuals are exposed to many forms of interpersonal racial discrimination, including general discrimination against their monoracial groups and discrimination against being multiracial. Because their families include members of different racial groups, multiracial people may also be exposed to various forms of discrimination from within the family. In the present study, we leverage recent
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Linking observing and nonreactivity mindfulness to parenting: Moderated direct and indirect effects via inhibitory control. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Na Zhang,Jingchen Zhang,Abigail H Gewirtz,Kirby Deater-Deckard
To disentangle the effects of key dimensions of dispositional mindfulness on parenting, the present study tests the hypotheses that parental Nonreactivity moderates the association between Observing and effective parenting behaviors, and that parental inhibitory control mediates the relationship between Observing and parenting depending on levels of Nonreactivity. The sample consists of 294 fathers
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Associations between parental depression, communication, and self-worth of siblings bereaved by cancer. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Dana Garcia,Anna L Olsavsky,Kylie N Hill,Valdeoso Patterson,Amy E Baughcum,Kristin A Long,Maru Barrera,Mary Jo Gilmer,Diane L Fairclough,Terrah Foster Akard,Bruce E Compas,Kathryn Vannatta,Cynthia A Gerhardt
A child's death from cancer may increase the risk for poor self-worth in bereaved siblings. Furthermore, bereaved parents may experience depressive symptoms and communicate differently with their surviving children. However, limited research has examined family factors associated with self-worth in bereaved siblings. Thus, we examined: (a) differences in parental depressive symptoms, parent-child communication
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Independently planned parenthood: Sexual identity and evaluations of single-parenthood-by-choice. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Doyle P Tate
Parenthood is usually viewed as happening within the institution of marriage. Single parenthood has a negative connotation and is typically associated with divorce, separation, or widowhood. However, independently planned parenthood, or single-parenthood-by-choice, is intrinsically different in that independently planned parents actively plan to pursue parenthood without a romantic partner, sexual
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Family financial socialization during emerging adulthood: Insights from a cross-lagged panel model. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Angela Sorgente,Joyce Serido,Margherita Lanz,Soyeon Shim
The present study tested the Gudmunson and Danes (2011) family financial socialization model (FFSM) using three waves of longitudinal data gathered from a college cohort of emerging adults in the United States. Specifically, we aimed to test the validity of this model in emerging adulthood (Aim 1), to verify whether the effect of the parent's socialization on a child's end financial outcome is mediated
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Parents' judgments of children's gender-typed play indicate qualities of the early-life caregiving environment. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Adam A Rogers,Julie A Button,Matthew G Nielson,Sarah E Austin,Megan Van Alfen,Sarah M Coyne
Play is critical for children's development but is the target of significant gender stereotyping. Early in life, parents must navigate these stereotypes on behalf of their children. This study examined typologies of caregivers' judgments toward their infants' future engagement with toys and activities considered typical of same- and different-gender peers, and whether these judgments indicated qualities
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Couples and concealable chronic illness: Investigating couples' communication, coping, and relational well-being over time. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 M Rosie Shrout,Daniel J Weigel,Jean-Philippe Laurenceau
Couples managing chronic illnesses-the leading causes of death and disability in the United States-can experience challenges in their daily lives and relationships. Both couple members have reported lower satisfaction, greater burden, and communication difficulties. Many of these illnesses are nonvisible or concealable, increasing fear and uncertainty when sharing illness information, and reducing
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Is there intergenerational continuity in early life experiences? Findings from the Harvard Study of Adult Development. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Olivia E Atherton,Eileen K Graham,Ashley N Dorame,Daniel Horgan,Jing Luo,Michael D Nevarez,Joseph P Ferrie,Avron Spiro,Marc S Schulz,Robert J Waldinger,Daniel K Mroczek,Lewina O Lee
There has been longstanding and widespread interdisciplinary interest in understanding intergenerational processes, or the extent to which conditions repeat themselves across generations. However, due to the difficulty of collecting longitudinal, multigenerational data on early life conditions, less is known about the extent to which offspring experience the same early life conditions that their parents
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Relationship functioning moderates the link between history of childhood maltreatment and depression during pregnancy. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Maggie O T Allen,Laura M River,Galena K Rhoades,Scott M Stanley
Prenatal depression is a significant health issue associated with increased risk for poor mental and physical health outcomes among for both parents and their children. Having a history of childhood maltreatment is associated with increased risk for prenatal depression. Although research suggests that romantic relationship functioning likely plays a role in the links between childhood maltreatment
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Cognitive and psychophysiological predictors of inductive and physical discipline among parents of preschool-aged children. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Daniel Ewon Choe,Madeline R Olwert,Aubrey B Golden
Physical discipline increases children's risk of showing externalizing problems, whereas inductive discipline is negatively associated with children's risk of externalizing problems. Studies of parenting infrequently examine both positive and negative discipline techniques despite use of inductive and physical discipline being inversely related to each other and to child externalizing problems. A burgeoning
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Deviations in stress and support: Associations with parenting emotions across the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Leah C Hibel,Chase J Boyer,Andrea C Buhler-Wassmann,Elisa Ugarte
Stress is a potent disruptor of parents' emotional well-being and interactions with their children. In the context of the early months of the unfolding pandemic, parents' stress likely fluctuated, with downstream impacts on their parenting experiences. The sample consisted of 72 Latina mothers who participated in a 15-20-min phone interview roughly once a month between March 2020 and January 2021.
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Parental drinking and observations of parent-child problem-solving discussions: Do drinking motives matter? Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Peggy S Keller,Kyle P Rawn,Julie C Dunsmore,Michael Zvolensky,Mona El-Sheikh
Alcohol is often used for emotion-regulation purposes, yet there has been little research on how emotion-regulation drinking motives relate to parenting. The present study addresses this gap by investigating possible interactions between parent drinking and drinking motives in the prediction of parenting and child affectivity during a problem-solving interaction. Participants included 199 two-parent
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Association of parents' work-related stress and children's socioemotional competency: Indirect effects of family mealtimes. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Sehyun Ju,Qiujie Gong,Karen Z Kramer
Family mealtimes play an important role in promoting the physical and psychological well-being of children. However, parents' work-related stress may impact their ability to participate in frequent family mealtimes. In dual-earner families, gendered norms may also influence parents' shared responsibility to participate in mealtimes with their children. Prior studies have primarily focused on the mother's
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Coparent exclusion, prenatal experiences, and mental health during COVID-19 in Sweden. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Laura Cox,Elin Alfredsson,Elia Psouni
Pregnant women were classified as a risk group during the COVID-19 pandemic, and restrictions resulted in nonbirthing parents being excluded from antenatal care and in uncertain or brief involvement in the birth of the child. Sweden presents a unique context for examining parents' experiences during the pandemic because of the country's policy to not enforce lockdown and its commitment to gender equality
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Social and emotional determinants of parental reflective functioning in a multinational sample. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Clair Bennett,Darcy Regan,Julie C Dunsmore,Gabriella King,Elizabeth M Westrupp
Parental reflective functioning refers to parents' capacity to consider their child's internal experiences and is associated with secure parent-child attachment, sensitive parenting behavior, and positive child socioemotional development. However, research into determinants of parental reflective functioning in large diverse samples has been scarce. Therefore, using a large multinational sample and
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"You okay, honey?": Marital quality and mental health as correlates to couples' compassion. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Galen D McNeil,Rena L Repetti
Compassion is an inherently interpersonal emotion that motivates caretaking behavior. Yet, couples' expressions of compassion have been largely overlooked by researchers. We capitalized on a unique archive of naturalistic recordings to assess the frequency with which married couples (N = 30) verbally expressed compassion to one another in daily life and tested associations with partners' ratings of
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Correction to Tucker et al. (2014). Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-07-13
Reports an error in "Family dynamics and young children's sibling victimization" by Corinna Jenkins Tucker, David Finkelhor, Heather Turner and Anne M. Shattuck (Journal of Family Psychology, 2014[Oct], Vol 28[5], 625-633). In the original article, several errors were made when describing the results of the second and third columns of Table 2 whereby, in the text of the second paragraph of the" No
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Maternal depressive symptoms and affective responses to infant crying and laughing. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Annemiek Karreman,Myra P R Starmans,Madelon M E Riem
Depressive symptoms are common in the postpartum period and can affect mother-infant interaction. To better understand the role of depressive symptoms in the mother-infant interchange, this study examined whether maternal depressive symptoms are associated with self-reported, physiological, and facial expressive responses to infant crying and laughing sounds. A nonclinical sample was used, consisting
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Longitudinal associations between maternal harsh parenting and child temperament: The moderating role of children's respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Longfeng Li,Melissa L Sturge-Apple,Erika Lunkenheimer
To better understand biology by environment interactions in early temperament, we examined whether children's respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA; resting RSA and RSA reactivity) operated as a biological marker of differential susceptibility to maternal harsh parenting in predicting children's temperament. Participants were 133 mother-child dyads (53% male children) from families oversampled for lower
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Racial/ethnic differences in parenting behaviors among depressed parents. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Merissa Kado-Walton,Allison Vreeland,Lauren Henry,Meredith Gruhn,Bruce Compas,Judy Garber,V Robin Weersing
Low parental warmth and high control are associated with parental depression and with the development of depression in children. The majority of this research, however, has focused on non-Hispanic White (NHW) parents. The present study tested whether parenting behaviors differed by race/ethnicity in a sample (N = 169) of parents with a history of depression. Participants were drawn from a randomized
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LGBTQ Caregiver Acceptance Scale (LCAS): Development and validation with a Latinx sample. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Roberto L Abreu,Karina A Gattamorta,Kirsten A Gonzalez,Cristalís Capielo Rosario,Roberto L Roman Laporte,Melanie M Domenech Rodríguez
Caregiver acceptance and rejection is crucial to the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people. Research shows that caregivers are affected by having an LGBTQ child/family member, yet studies have neglected to capture the experiences of Latinx caregivers. We present the development and initial validation of the LGBTQ Caregiver Acceptance Scale (LCAS) with a Latinx
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A test of the instability hypothesis in low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Rebecca Oldroyd,Laurie F DeRose,Michael Pluess,Kristin Hadfield
The instability hypothesis proposes that family structure transitions lead to negative child outcomes through the pathway of stress. However, in many cases, family structure transitions are not associated with stress or negative child outcomes, suggesting that there are specific circumstances under which transitions are more or less stressful. Using five rounds of data (ages 1-15) from the Young Lives
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The relationship between narcissistic traits and attitudes toward infidelity: A dyadic analysis. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan,Roi Estlein,Ricky Finzi-Dottan
Previous research suggested that narcissism is associated with infidelity and reduced commitment in relationships. However, the majority of studies supporting this association were conducted among individuals and did not examine dyadic paths and also conceptualized and measured narcissism as a global variable, lacking a nuance perspective of the two traits of narcissism (i.e., grandiose and vulnerable)
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Revisiting implications of early family economic conditions for adolescent adaptations: An integrative cascade model. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Yue Liang,Nan Zhou,Hongjian Cao,Jiayao Li,Ruiji Bao
Implications of family economic conditions (FECs) for child development have been extensively examined. What remains sparse is research spanning multiple life stages to delineate the far-reaching influences of early FECs for child subsequent development in different domains and how various family stress and investment processes jointly account for such association. To address these gaps, using data
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Prenatal buds of conditional regard and autonomy support: Associations with postnatal parenting and child adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Ayala Razer,Anat Moed,Avi Assor,Yaniv Kanat-Maymon,Judith Auerbach
Toddlerhood is a period where issues of autonomy and control in parent-child relationships become particularly intense. In response to these challenges, some parents adopt controlling practices, whereas others are more autonomy supportive. However, research has yet to examine prenatal orientations that foreshadow specific controlling or autonomy-supportive parental practices in toddlerhood and children's
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Dyadic parent-college student digital interaction styles. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Michaeline Jensen,Jessica L Navarro,Morgan T Brown,Andrea M Hussong
Parents and their emerging adult children are highly connected via mobile phones in the digital age. This digital connection has potential implications for the development of autonomy and sustained parent-child relatedness across the course of emerging adulthood. The present study uses the qualitatively coded content of nearly 30,000 U.S. parent-college student text messages, exchanged by 238 college
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"We're treading water as best we can": A qualitative study of parental resilience during COVID-19. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Allison Reeves
This Ontario-based study utilized modified grounded theory to consider the potential burden of chronic stressors on parents of young children during the COVID-19 crisis, as well as parental experiences of coping and resilience. Cross-sectional interviews at a single point in time do not reveal change and adaptation during an evolving pandemic; for this reason, this study conducted one interview at
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Home visiting impacts during the pandemic: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial of child first. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Samantha Xia,Mervett Hefyan,Meghan P McCormick,Maya Goldberg,Emily Swinth,Sharon Huang
Existing research has found that home visiting programs for families with young children can improve children's development and strengthen caregiver and family well-being. However, the pandemic created numerous challenges for home visiting programs, forcing them to deliver services online or in a hybrid format to respond to pandemic-related challenges. Questions remain about the impacts of these programs
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Parental distress in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Ana Ferraz,Martim Santos,M Graça Pereira
The present study is a systematic review of factors and consequences of parental distress following their children's acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) diagnosis. PubMed, Web of Science, and APA PsycInfo databases were searched. Twenty-eight papers were included, with only three longitudinal studies. Fifteen studies explored factors of parental distress, including sociodemographic, psychosocial, psychological
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Novel measures of family orientation and childhood self-regulation: A genetically informed twin study. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Gianna Rea-Sandin,Christine Pajunar Li-Grining,José M Causadias,Leah D Doane,Nancy A Gonzales,Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant
There is a dearth of research examining the relation between culture and childhood self-regulation in family psychology. Family orientation refers to the emphasis on providing support, respect, and obligation to the family system, and it is important for children's functioning, yet existing literature on related constructs often relies on parent-reported measures. Additionally, twin research has neglected
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Fathers' marital conflict and children's socioemotional skills: A moderated-mediation model of conflict resolution and parenting. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Qiujie Gong,Karen Z Kramer,Kelly M Tu
Marital conflict is common in many families. The effects of marital conflict may often spill over to parent-child dyads and affect children's development via their parenting practices. However, couples handle their marital conflict in different ways, and conflict resolution strategies may play a role in children's outcomes. Although mother-reported marital conflict has been a primary focus in most
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Interactions between COVID-19 family home disruptions and relationships predicting college students' mental health over time. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Chelsea Derlan Williams,Eryn N DeLaney,Oswaldo Moreno,Arlenis Santana,Lisa Fuentes,Geovani Muñoz,María de Jesús Elias,Kaprea F Johnson,Roseann E Peterson,Kristina B Hood,Jasmin Vassileva,Danielle M Dick,Ananda B Amstadter
The present study tested whether family home disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Spring 2020 (Time 1; T1) informed mental health (i.e., posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], depressive, and anxiety symptoms) 7 months later in Fall 2020 at T2 and whether family relationship quality moderated relations. Multigroup path analysis models were used to test whether there were significant differences
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Couples' communication quality differs by topic. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Danielle M Weber,Justin A Lavner,Steven R H Beach
Extensive research has demonstrated that couples' communication quality is related to many aspects of couples' lives, including relationship satisfaction. However, the possibility that the quality of couples' communication might vary as a function of the topic of communication and the implications of this variability have received relatively little attention. Accordingly, this study sought to examine
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Household chaos as a moderator of the link between parents' inhibitory control and parenting quality. Journal of Family Psychology (IF 3.302) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Lauren E Altenburger,Bharathi J Zvara,Reed Donithen,Sarah J Schoppe-Sullivan
This study considered how mothers' and fathers' inhibitory control, an aspect of executive functioning (EF) that reflects how well an individual can suppress a dominant response to perform a subdominant response, is associated with observations of their parenting quality when children were 7.5 years old. Furthermore, aspects of the daily home environment may strengthen or undermine parents' ability