Parenting by mothers from marginalised Roma communities in Slovakia: The role of financial insecurity, social support and perceived stress

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107336

Zuzana Dankulincová Veselská , Stanislava Van Laer , Daniela Fiľakovská Bobáková , Andrea Madarasová Gecková , Marlou L.A. de Kroon , Sijmen A. Reijneveld

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Abstract

Background

Although mothers from marginalised Roma communities (MRCs) prefer responsive parenting, the context of MRCs and associated stress are associated with more frequent harsh discipline practices.

Objective

Our study explored the relationship of belonging to MRC with harsh discipline practices and the potential mediating pathways of this relationship through perceived stress of mothers, social support and financial insecurity.

Participants and setting

We used data from the RomaREACH study collected in 2021–2022, including 112 mother-child dyads from MRCs and 106 from the majority population (children aged 12–21 months) in Slovakia.

Methods

Harsh discipline was assessed by the Comprehensive Early Childhood Parenting Questionnaire, perceived stress by the Shortened Perceived Stress Scale, and social support by the Perceived Social Support Scale. Financial insecurity was assessed with five items. Data were analysed using linear regression, and mediation was tested using PROCESS Macro in SPSS.

Results

Our results confirmed a partial serial mediation of financial insecurity and perceived stress on the relationship of belonging to the MRCs with harsh discipline (b = 0.46, t = 2.27), as well as a partial serial mediation of social support and perceived stress in the relationship of belonging to the MRCs with harsh discipline (b = 0.46, t = 2.30).

Conclusions

Mothers from MRCs experience higher amounts of stress due to more frequent financial insecurity and lower social support. These factors may contribute to the greater use of harsher disciplining practices. The systemic disadvantage faced by MRCs poses challenges to creating an environment that supports nurturing caregiving practices.

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斯洛伐克边缘化罗姆社区母亲的育儿：经济不安全感、社会支持和感知压力的作用

尽管来自边缘罗姆人社区（MRCs）的母亲更喜欢响应式养育，但MRCs的环境和相关压力与更频繁的严厉管教做法有关。目的探讨严厉管教行为对家庭成员归属的影响，以及母亲感知压力、社会支持和经济不安全感对家庭成员归属影响的潜在中介途径。参与者和环境我们使用了2021-2022年RomaREACH研究收集的数据，包括来自MRCs的112对母子，以及来自斯洛伐克大多数人群（12-21个月的儿童）的106对母子。方法采用《幼儿养育综合问卷》、《压力感知量表》和《社会支持感知量表》对幼儿的管教进行评估。财务不安全感的评估有五个项目。使用线性回归分析数据，并使用SPSS中的PROCESS Macro进行中介检验。结果财务不安全感和感知压力在严厉纪律的MRCs归属关系中具有部分序列中介作用（b = 0.46, t = 2.27），社会支持和感知压力在严厉纪律的MRCs归属关系中具有部分序列中介作用（b = 0.46, t = 2.30）。结论来自MRCs的母亲由于更频繁的经济不安全感和更低的社会支持而承受更大的压力。这些因素可能导致更多地使用更严厉的纪律做法。MRCs面临的系统性劣势对创造一个支持培育护理实践的环境提出了挑战。

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Child Abuse & Neglect Multiple-

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7.40

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10.40%

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397

期刊介绍： Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.