Annemieke M Witte, Marleen H M de Moor, Martine W F T Verhees, Anna M Lotz, Marinus H van IJzendoorn, Marian J Bakermans-Kranenburg
{"title":"Effects of a Baby Carrier Intervention on Fathers' Sensitivity, Involvement, and Hormonal Levels: Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Study.","authors":"Annemieke M Witte, Marleen H M de Moor, Martine W F T Verhees, Anna M Lotz, Marinus H van IJzendoorn, Marian J Bakermans-Kranenburg","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2024.2366763","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15295192.2024.2366763","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Objective.</i></b> 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 fathers' observed sensitive caregiving, involvement, and oxytocin and cortisol levels. <b><i>Design.</i></b> First-time fathers were randomly assigned to use a baby carrier (<i>n</i> = 41) or baby seat (<i>n</i> = 39) and were asked to use the carrier or seat for at least 6 h per week for 3 weeks. Pretest (<i>M</i> <sub><i>child age</i></sub> = 2.67 months), posttest (<i>M</i> <sub><i>child age</i></sub> = 3.99 months), and follow-up (<i>M</i> <sub><i>child age</i></sub> = 8.25 months) father data were collected. <b><i>Results.</i></b> No intervention effects of baby carrier use on fathers' sensitivity, involvement, and oxytocin or cortisol levels at follow-up emerged. Unexpectedly, fathers in the baby seat condition reported an increase in the amount of time spent with the infant. Fathers' sensitivity and oxytocin levels decreased over time, while cortisol levels increased over time, irrespective of condition. <b><i>Conclusions.</i></b> This study showed less optimal hormonal levels in fathers over time, suggesting that support during the first months of fatherhood is needed. Furthermore, use of a baby seat may have contributed to fathers enjoying their time with their infant and consequently their involvement in child caregiving.</p>","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11259205/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141735382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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 Duncan, Ran Barzilay, Sara L Kornfield, Heather H Burris, Jakob Seidlitz, Julia Parish-Morris, Nina Laney, Raquel E Gur, Wanjikũ F M Njoroge
{"title":"Observations of Positive Parenting from Online Parent-Child Interactions at Age 1.","authors":"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 Duncan, Ran Barzilay, Sara L Kornfield, Heather H Burris, Jakob Seidlitz, Julia Parish-Morris, Nina Laney, Raquel E Gur, Wanjikũ F M Njoroge","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2023.2286454","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15295192.2023.2286454","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Brief, reliable, and cost-effective methods to assess parenting are critical for advancing parenting research.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>We adapted the Three Bags task and Parent Child Interaction Rating System (PCIRS) for rating online visits with 219 parent-child dyads (White, <i>n</i> = 104 [47.5%], Black, <i>n</i> = 115 [52.5%]) and combined the video data with survey data collected during pregnancy and when children were aged 1.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The PCIRS codes of positive regard, stimulation of child cognitive development, and sensitivity showed high reliability across the three parent-child interaction tasks. A latent positive parenting factor combining ratings across codes and tasks showed good model fit, which was similar regardless of parent self-identified race or ethnicity, age, socioeconomic disadvantage, marital/partnered status, and parity, as well as methodological factors relevant to the online video assessment method (e.g., phone vs. laptop/tablet). In support of construct validity, observed positive parenting was related to parent-reported positive parenting and child socioemotional development. Finally, parent reports of supportive relationships in pregnancy, but not neighborhood safety or pandemic worries, were prospectively related to higher positive parenting observed at age 1. With the exception of older parental age and married/partnered status, no other parent, child, sociodemographic, or methodological variables were related to higher overall video exclusions across tasks.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PCIRS may provide a reliable approach to rate positive parenting at age 1, providing future avenues for developing more ecologically valid assessments and implementing interventions through online encounters that may be more acceptable, accessible, or preferred among parents of young children.</p>","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10766433/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139378541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah E. Maylott, Zabin Patel-Syed, Mendel Lebowitz, Tiffany S. Leung, Elizabeth A. Simpson
{"title":"Maternal Stress: The First 14 Months Postpartum","authors":"Sarah E. Maylott, Zabin Patel-Syed, Mendel Lebowitz, Tiffany S. Leung, Elizabeth A. Simpson","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2023.2269240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2023.2269240","url":null,"abstract":"SYNOPSISObjective. 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 anxiety, as well as adverse infant socioemotional and cognitive outcomes. Yet, levels of maternal stress (i.e., levels of stress related to parenting) among low-risk samples are rarely studied longitudinally, particularly in the first year after birth. Design. We measured maternal stress in an ethnically diverse sample of low-risk, healthy U.S. mothers of healthy infants (N = 143) living in South Florida across six time points between 2 weeks and 14 months postpartum using the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, capturing stress related to the mother, mother-infant interactions, and the infant. Results. Maternal distress increased as infants aged for mothers with more than one child, but not for first-time mothers whose distress levels remained low and stable across this period. Stress related to mother-infant dysfunctional interactions lessened over the first 8 months. Mothers’ stress about their infants’ difficulties decreased from 2 weeks to 6 months, and subsequently increased from 6 to 14 months. Conclusions. Our findings suggest that maternal stress is dynamic across the first year after birth. The current study adds to our understanding of typical developmental patterns in early motherhood and identifies potential domains and time points as targets for future interventions. AFFILIATIONS AND ADDRESSESSarah E. Maylott, Duke University, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Durham, NC 27712. E-mail: sarah.maylott@duke.edu. Zabin Patel-Syed is at Northwestern University, Tiffany S. Leung and Elizabeth A. Simpson are at the University of Miami, and Mendel Lebowitz is at Emory University.ARTICLE INFORMATIONConflict of Interest DisclosuresThe authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.Ethical PrinciplesThe authors affirm having followed professional ethical guidelines in preparing this work. These guidelines include obtaining informed consent from human participants, maintaining ethical treatment and respect for the rights of human or animal participants, and ensuring the privacy of participants and their data, such as ensuring that individual participants cannot be identified in reported results or from publicly available original or archival data. The University of Miami Institutional Review Board approved this study.FundingThis work was supported by a National Science Foundation CAREER Award [1653737] to EAS and an Association for Psychological Science James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowship Sabbatical Award to EAS.Role of the Funders/SponsorsNone of the funders or sponsors of this research had any role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.AcknowledgmentsWe thank t","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135270970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marleen H. M. de Moor, Marije L. Verhage, Mirjam Oosterman
{"title":"Measuring Parenting Self-Efficacy from Pregnancy into Early Childhood: Longitudinal Factor Analysis and Measurement Invariance","authors":"Marleen H. M. de Moor, Marije L. Verhage, Mirjam Oosterman","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2023.2268130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2023.2268130","url":null,"abstract":"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 parenting self-efficacy are scarce. We examined the longitudinal factor structure and measurement invariance of a self-report measure of parenting self-efficacy. Design. A sample of 1,851 first-time mothers completed the 16-item Self-Efficacy in the Nurturing Role questionnaire at 12, 22, and 32 weeks gestation and 3, 12, and 24 months postnatal. Results. Factor analyses indicated that the SENR consisted of two dimensions at all timepoints: Confidence in parenting skills and Lack of insecurity/distress in the parenting role. Strict measurement invariance was found for the SENR across prenatal timepoints, but only metric measurement invariance across postnatal timepoints. Conclusions. Parenting self-efficacy is a multidimensional construct, consisting of cognitive and emotionally laden appraisals of the ability to parent. Across the transition into motherhood, as mothers gain more experience in their parenting role, parenting self-efficacy levels and the way mothers answer the questions that assess parenting self-efficacy change.","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136376822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Hoegler, Savannah Vetterly, E. Mark Cummings
{"title":"Evaluation of a Couple- and Family-Based Intervention: Implications for the Fathering Vulnerability Hypothesis","authors":"Sarah Hoegler, Savannah Vetterly, E. Mark Cummings","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2023.2254344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2023.2254344","url":null,"abstract":"SYNOPSISObjective. This study evaluated a preventive intervention to reduce destructive interparental conflict, increase constructive communication, and improve emotional security in interparental, parent-child, and family-wide relationships. Emotional Security Theory provided the theoretical bases for this program. The present focus was on an evaluation of the fathering vulnerability hypothesis, which posits that fathers and their family relationships are particularly susceptible to the effects of destructive interparental conflict. Thus, fathers may benefit especially from an intervention to improve marital and family conflict. Design. Two hundred twenty-five families with an adolescent (112 females; 11 to 17 years old, M = 13.23 years; SD = 1.57) participated, randomly assigned to a parent-adolescent condition (PA; n = 75), a parent-only condition (PO; n = 75), or a control condition (n = 75). Dyadic growth curve modeling evaluated the intervention’s effects on changes in the father-child relationship and fathers’ reports of marital quality over the course of a year. Results. Consistent with the fathering vulnerability hypothesis that fathers would benefit more from couple- and family-focused interventions, positive effects of the intervention on marital quality and attachment were identified for fathers but not mothers. Additionally, further tests directly comparing the strength of each condition’s impact on fathers and mothers revealed that the intervention had stronger positive effects on father-adolescent attachment than mother-adolescent attachment. Conclusions. These results provide a broader understanding of the beneficial effects of the present intervention and offer evidence in the context of a randomized-controlled design in support of the fathering vulnerability hypothesis. AFFILIATIONS AND ADDRESSESSarah Hoegler, Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, E343B Corbett Family Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Email: shoegler@nd.edu. Savannah Vetterly and E. Mark Cummings are also at the University of Notre Dame.ARTICLE INFORMATIONConflict of Interest DisclosuresEach author signed a form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. No authors reported any financial or other conflicts of interest in relation to the work described.Ethical PrinciplesThe study received approval from the University of Notre Dame’s Institutional Review Board (protocol number 08–156). The authors affirm having followed professional ethical guidelines in preparing this work. These guidelines include obtaining informed consent from human all participating families, maintaining ethical treatment and respect for the rights of participating families, and ensuring the privacy of participants and their data, such as ensuring that individual participants cannot be identified in reported results or from publicly available original or archival data. The data from this study is not able to be made publicly available, as the IRB protocol did not involve","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135385582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cognitive and Socioemotional Caregiving in Mothers, Fathers, and Children’s Other Caregivers from 51 Low- and Middle-Income Countries","authors":"W. Andrew Rothenberg, Marc H. Bornstein","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2023.2250827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2023.2250827","url":null,"abstract":"SYNOPSISObjective. 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 two types of practices or their relative effects on child development, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Design. The current study investigates how often mothers, fathers, and children’s other caregivers in 159,959 families from 51 LMICs engage in cognitive versus socioemotional caregiving practices, associations between these caregiving practices, and how the balance between these practices predicts child development. Results. Caregivers reportedly engage in more socioemotional than cognitive caregiving practices in all LMICs examined at all levels of national development. The more mothers, fathers, and other caregivers reportedly engage in cognitive caregiving practices, the more they engage in socioemotional parenting practices. Engaging in cognitive caregiving practices is the strongest predictor of early childhood development when considering cognitive caregiving, socioemotional caregiving, and the balance between the two types of caregiving. Conclusions. Promoting increased caregiver use of cognitive caregiving and integration of cognitive and socioemotional caregiving could close the gap between the number of cognitive and socioemotional caregiving activities parents engage in and potentially promote child development in LMICs. AFFILIATIONS AND ADDRESSESW. Andrew Rothenberg, Duke University Center for Child and Family Policy, 302 Towerview Road, Durham, NC, 27708. EMAIL: war15@duke.edu. Marc H. Bornstein is at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, UNICEF, and the Institute for Fiscal Studies.ARTICLE INFORMATIONConflict of Interest DisclosuresEach author signed a form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. Neither author reported any financial or other conflicts of interest in relation to the work described.Ethical PrinciplesThe authors affirm having followed professional ethical guidelines in preparing this work. UNICEF obtained informed consent from human participants, maintaining ethical treatment and respect for the rights of human or animal participants, and ensuring the privacy of participants and their data, such as ensuring that individual participants cannot be identified in reported results or from publicly available original or archival data.FundingThis work was not supported by institutional funding.Role of the Funders/SponsorsNo sponsors of this research had any role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.AcknowledgmentsThe ideas and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors alone, and endorsement by the authors’ Institutions is not intended and should not be inferred.Supplem","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136136715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Interplay Between Maternal and Paternal Senses of Efficacy Moderates the Link Between Perinatal Parental Stress and Family Alliance at 3 Months","authors":"Nicolas Favez, Valentine Rattaz, Nilo Puglisi, Chantal Razurel, Manuella Epiney, Hervé Tissot","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2023.2254818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2023.2254818","url":null,"abstract":"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 moderates the effect of stress. To date, no studies have assessed links between parental stress and mother-father-infant interactions in terms of family alliance and the extent to which each parent’s sense of efficacy moderates these links. Design. In this study, 65 dual-parent families answered a questionnaire about parental stress between 36 and 38 weeks of pregnancy and at 3 months after birth. Families were also observed while playing with their 3-month-old infant in the Lausanne Trilogue Play, and they completed a questionnaire about parental efficacy. Results. Structural equation modeling analyses showed that higher maternal or paternal postnatal stress has a direct link with higher family alliance and the links between stress and family alliance are moderated by complex interaction effects between maternal and paternal senses of efficacy. Conclusions. This study shows the necessity of considering the interaction between the senses of self-efficacy of both parents as moderators of parenting stress.","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136135768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mothers with Neuroticism: Parenting When Faced with Challenges","authors":"R. Bradley, Robert F Corwyn","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2023.2247028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2023.2247028","url":null,"abstract":"SYNOPSIS 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. Relations of maternal neuroticism with sensitivity and stimulation in parenting and the total HOME score were examined when children were 54 months old and 5th grade, with a focus on how neuroticism moderates the effect of low household income and child temperament on parenting. Results. Mothers high in neuroticism were less likely to manifest sensitivity or provide stimulation. Maternal neuroticism moderated the effects of low income on sensitivity, stimulation, and the overall home environment, particularly at 54 months. However, significant interactions between maternal neuroticism and child difficult temperament were only found for the total HOME score at age 11. Conclusions. Living in adverse circumstances may make it difficult for mothers with neuroticism to engage productively in parenting.","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78407997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ecological Predictors of Maternal Nurturance to Distress and Beliefs About Infant Crying: Examining the Roles of Household and Neighborhood Resources","authors":"Yukihiro Kitagawa, Daneele Thorpe, K. Bernard","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2023.2236171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2023.2236171","url":null,"abstract":"SYNOPSIS Objective. Maternal nurturance to infant distress is associated with positive child developmental outcomes including greater attachment security, emotion regulation skills, and social and behavioral competencies. However, factors at multiple levels of parents’ environments may impede parents’ ability to respond sensitively to their infants’ distress. This study examined whether household-level burden (low maternal education, financial need) and neighborhood-level resources (distribution of educational, health/environmental, and socio/economic resources in a community) are associated with parents’ beliefs about infant crying and observed maternal nurturance to infant distress. Design. Ninety-nine mothers (M age = 28.99 years, SD = 5.41) of 6- to 12- month-old infants (42.4% female) completed questionnaires assessing household-level burden as well as the Infant Crying Questionnaire (ICQ) during a home visit. Mother-infant interactions were also filmed to assess maternal sensitivity to infant distress. Results. In separate models, higher household burden and reduced neighborhood resources were associated with increased maladaptive beliefs about infant crying and reduced nurturance to distress. When considered together, household burden was uniquely associated with maternal nurturance. Conclusions. Implications for intervention include considering efforts at both the household and neighborhood levels to address multi-systemic disparities that families experience in efforts to promote greater maternal nurturance.","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90465948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Lu, Anting Yang, Yuan Yuan Liu, Nan Zhu, Lei Chang
{"title":"Being Cared for and Growing Up Slowly: Parenting Slows Human Life History","authors":"H. Lu, Anting Yang, Yuan Yuan Liu, Nan Zhu, Lei Chang","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2023.2243500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2023.2243500","url":null,"abstract":"SYNOPSIS 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 driving fast LH, humans have reduced almost all mortality risks in living environments, resulting in a significant slowing of LH. Additionally, humans exhibit invested parenting which entails teaching their young survival or mortality reduction skills. Could parenting provide an additional pathway to the development and slowing of human LH? Design. Data reported here come from interviews and questionnaires administered to a community sample of 286 rural Chinese parents and their children when the children were on average 7, 8, and 11 years old. Results. Parental acceptance statistically mediates and moderates the longitudinal association between environmental adversities and children’s LH. Conclusions. Parenting breaks the species-general contingency between mortality conditions and fast offspring LH strategies and provides an additional pathway to the development and slowing of human LH.","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85728356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}