{"title":"Parenting Profiles of Young Low-income African American and Latina Mothers and Infant Socioemotional Development","authors":"Yudong Zhang, Renee C. Edwards, S. Hans","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2019.1642088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1642088","url":null,"abstract":"SYNOPSIS Objective. Parenting styles are complex and have been well studied in parents of children and adolescents; however, less is known about parenting styles in early infancy, especially among ethnic minority groups. This study examines empirically identifiable profiles of early parenting that are associated with later infant socioemotional development. Design. 239 young, low-income, African American (54.8%) and Latina (45.2%) mothers were videorecorded with their 3-month-old infants. At 13-months, mothers reported on their infants’ socioemotional development. Results. Person-oriented latent class analysis was used to identify four parenting styles: Sensitive/Stimulating (25%), Warm/Unstimulating (37%), Engaged/Tough (22%), and Disengaged (16%). The most common style among African American mothers was Engaged/Tough (34.4%), and the most prevalent style among Latina mothers was Warm/Unstimulating (48.2%). Infants of Warm/Unstimulating mothers had the lowest reported levels of problem behavior at 13 months, whereas infants of Sensitive/Stimulating mothers had the highest reported mastery motivation. Infants of Disengaged mothers had the highest reported levels of internalizing and total problem behavior and the lowest reported mastery motivation. Conclusions. Qualitatively distinct styles of early parenting link to different infant socioemotional outcomes in ways not fully captured by single dimensions of parenting. Practitioners working with young mothers from diverse ethnic backgrounds may be more effective at promoting positive parenting and infant development if they understand and can build on the strengths of certain parenting styles.","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":"28 - 52"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73655985","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}
Carolyn A Greene, Kimberly J McCarthy, Ryne Estabrook, Lauren S Wakschlag, Margaret J Briggs-Gowa
{"title":"Responsive Parenting Buffers the Impact of Maternal PTSD on Young Children.","authors":"Carolyn A Greene, Kimberly J McCarthy, Ryne Estabrook, Lauren S Wakschlag, Margaret J Briggs-Gowa","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2019.1707623","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15295192.2019.1707623","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>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.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A multi-ethnic sample of 242 trauma-exposed mothers and their preschool-aged children was assessed. Maternal responsive parenting behaviors were observed during standardized parent-child interactions. Maternal and child mental health symptoms were reported by mothers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Maternal PTSD symptoms were associated with their responsive parenting behaviors and predicted children's mental health symptoms. Responsive parenting was inversely associated with children's depression and stress-related symptoms. Moderation analyses revealed an interactive effect of maternal symptoms and responsive parenting on preschool children's disruptive behavior and stress-related symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Responsive parenting behaviors can mitigate the ill effects of maternal PTSD symptoms. Nurturing relationships buffer the impact of maternal PTSD. Helping parents' to sensitively respond to their young children's distress can support positive outcomes in children.</p>","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":"20 2","pages":"141-165"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7954133/pdf/nihms-1558815.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25475341","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}
Huiguang Ren, Charissa S L Cheah, Biao Sang, Junsheng Liu
{"title":"Maternal Attribution and Chinese Immigrant Children's Social Skills: The Mediating Role of Authoritative Parenting Practices.","authors":"Huiguang Ren, Charissa S L Cheah, Biao Sang, Junsheng Liu","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2019.1694834","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15295192.2019.1694834","url":null,"abstract":"SYNOPSIS Objective . This study explores the contributions of Chinese immigrant mothers’ parenting cognitions and parenting practices to their children’s social skills. Design . We used a cross-sectional design to examine the mediating role of authoritative parenting in associations between Chinese immigrant mothers’ parenting attributions and their children’s social skills. Chinese immigrant mothers (N = 208, M age = 37.36 years) reported their attributions regarding successes and failures in their daily caregiving experiences, authoritative parenting practices, and demographic information. Their preschool children’s (M age = 4.51 years, 46.2% females) social skills in school were rated by their teachers. Results . Maternal attributions of successful events to uncontrollable causes and unsuccessful events to controllable causes were associated with more authoritative parenting. In turn, more authoritative parenting was associated with more competent social skills in children. In contrast, maternal attributions of successful events to controllable causes and unsuccessful events to uncontrollable causes were associated with less authoritative parenting, which in turn was associated with poorer social skills in children. Conclusions . Promoting Chinese immigrant mothers’ attributions that preserve positive efficacy during daily parenting tasks may enhance their engagement in warm, autonomy-promoting and regulatory parenting, which in turn may facilitate their children’s social skills.","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":"20 3","pages":"229-239"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15295192.2019.1694834","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39792072","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}
{"title":"Adoptive Parenting Cognitions: Acknowledgement of Differences as a Predictor of Adolescents' Attachment to Parents.","authors":"Albert Y H Lo, Harold D Grotevant","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2019.1694826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1694826","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Adoptive parents' acknowledgement 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.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Structural equation modeling was utilized to examine the relation between adoptive parents' acknowledgement of differences and adolescents' later attachment to their parents in a sample of within-race domestic infant adoptions. Data from 189 adoptive families were drawn from two waves (middle childhood, adolescence) of the Minnesota/Texas Adoption Research Project, a longitudinal study of openness in adoption.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Levels of acknowledgement of differences displayed by the adoptive mother and adoptive father during middle childhood positively predicted adopted adolescents' feelings of attachment towards the respective parent 8 years later. This relation depended on adopted adolescents' attitude toward adoption-related communication during middle childhood as well as the adoptive family's level of openness during middle childhood.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Acknowledgement of differences in adoptive families has positive implications for the parent-child bond.</p>","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":"20 2","pages":"83-107"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15295192.2019.1694826","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25475340","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}
Jingchen Zhang, Sun-Kyung Lee, Timothy F Piehler, Abigail H Gewirtz, Gerald J August
{"title":"Bidirectional Relations Between Parenting Practices and Child Externalizing Behaviors in Formerly Homeless Families: A Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis.","authors":"Jingchen Zhang, Sun-Kyung Lee, Timothy F Piehler, Abigail H Gewirtz, Gerald J August","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2019.1694833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1694833","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study examined the bidirectional relation between effective parenting practices and externalizing problems in children in homeless families.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>The sample comprised 223 children (<i>M</i> = 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 of parent-child interactions were collected and rated by trained observers to assess effective parenting practices. Child externalizing problems were reported by their school teachers. Both variables were assessed at baseline prior to intervention and at 1- and 2-year post-baseline.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Child externalizing problems at baseline were negatively associated with effective parenting from baseline to year 1 as well as from year 1 to year 2. Observed effective parenting practices at year 1 were negatively associated with child externalizing problems from year 1 to year 2.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings underscore the presence of bidirectional influence processes between parents and children in high-risk families. Implications for intervention programs for high-risk families are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":"20 3","pages":"177-199"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15295192.2019.1694833","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25475342","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}
{"title":"Introducing a Novel Online Observation of Parenting Behavior: Reliability and Validation","authors":"Bonamy R. Oliver, A. Pike","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2019.1694838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1694838","url":null,"abstract":"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, cross-sectional study of 20 mothers with their singleton children (M = 5.96 years). Mothers were observed using both ESO (recorded via Skype) and a traditional Etch-a Sketch task recorded during a home-visit; mothers’ positive and negative parenting was coded from these observations. Study 2 was a longitudinal study of 119 mothers and their young twins. Mothers’ ESO-observed positive parenting and negative parenting at Time 1 (M = 5.51 years) were examined as predictors of children’s disruptive behavior at Time 2 (M = 6.04 years) controlling for mothers’ Time 2 self-reported positive and negative parenting. Results . Study 1 provided preliminary evidence of inter-rater reliability and convergent validity of ESO-observations. Study 2 supported this evidence of inter-rater reliability and ESO’s convergent validity as well as providing predictive validity. ESO-observed parenting at Time 1 was associated with children’s disruptive behavior at Time 2, over and above concurrent maternal reports of their own parenting. Conclusions . ESO shows promise in providing the means for detailed assessment of parenting processes in the home.","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":"13 3 1","pages":"168 - 183"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86829712","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 Buchanan-Pascall, G. Melvin, M. Gordon, K. Gray
{"title":"Evaluating the Role of Parent-Child Interactive Groups in a Parent Training Program for Children with Externalizing and/or Internalizing Behavior Problems","authors":"Sarah Buchanan-Pascall, G. Melvin, M. Gordon, K. Gray","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2019.1642084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1642084","url":null,"abstract":"SYNOPSIS Objective: This study evaluated the role of parent-child interactive groups in a group-based parent training program for children with externalizing and/or internalizing behavior problems; Design: A cluster-randomized trial design compared two versions of delivery of the Exploring Together program, with (Exploring Together; ET) and without (Exploring Together-Adapted; ET-Adapted) the parent-child interactive component. Participants were 136 parents and their children (aged 5–10 years) with identified externalizing and/or internalizing problems, recruited from primary schools. Outcome measures were parent- and teacher-reported child externalizing and internalizing problems, assessed at post intervention and at 6- and 12-month follow-ups; Results: Significant reductions in parent- and teacher-reported child externalizing and internalizing problems were evident across both treatment groups (ET and ET-Adapted) at post intervention. At the 6- and 12-month follow-ups significant reductions were maintained across both groups on parent-reported child externalizing and internalizing problems only. No differences were found between the two treatment groups on any of the child outcome variables at any time point; Conclusions: Inclusion of parent-child interactive groups was not associated with greater improvement in child behavior outcomes. This finding suggests service providers would need to consider potential resource (i.e., staffing allocation) and clinical benefit (i.e., coaching parents through behavior management issues in vivo) associated with the two versions of the program.","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":"8 1","pages":"293 - 317"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81392707","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":"Parenting Style and Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality in African American Mother-Adolescent Dyads","authors":"J. R. Hart, Erica E. Coates, Mia A Smith-Bynum","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2019.1642085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1642085","url":null,"abstract":"SYNOPSIS Objective. This study examined the relations between parenting styles and perceived mother-adolescent relationship quality in a socioeconomically diverse sample of African American mothers and adolescents. Design. African American female caregivers (N = 109) completed measures of maternal warmth, maternal monitoring, and information on family demographics. Adolescents completed measures assessing their perceptions of specific aspects of mother-adolescent relationship quality and demographic information. Results. Authoritative mothers reported greater monitoring than mothers classified as having authoritarian, indulgent, and neglectful styles. Authoritative mothers also reported higher levels of warmth than mothers classified as authoritarian or neglectful styles. Authoritarian mothers reported significantly higher levels of monitoring when compared to indulgent mothers and neglectful mothers. Consistent with predictions, adolescents with authoritative mothers reported more positive mother-adolescent relationship quality in the form of greater communication, trust, and alienation when compared to adolescents with authoritarian and neglectful mothers. Against predictions, neither household income nor adolescent gender moderated the associations between parenting style and mother-adolescent relationship quality. Results from several exploratory analyses are also reported. Conclusions. The mother-adolescent relationship benefits from authoritative parenting in socioeconomically diverse African American families.","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":"1 1","pages":"318 - 340"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86530996","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}
L. Dieleman, B. Soenens, S. D. De Pauw, P. Prinzie, M. Vansteenkiste, P. Luyten
{"title":"The Role of Parental Reflective Functioning in the Relation between Parents’ Self-Critical Perfectionism and Psychologically Controlling Parenting Towards Adolescents","authors":"L. Dieleman, B. Soenens, S. D. De Pauw, P. Prinzie, M. Vansteenkiste, P. Luyten","doi":"10.1080/15295192.2019.1642087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1642087","url":null,"abstract":"SYNOPSIS Objective. Parental self-critical perfectionism has been identified as an important source of parents’ psychologically controlling parenting. Nevertheless, it remains unclear how this well-established association can be explained. This study aims to advance insight in the association between parental self-critical perfectionism and psychological control by addressing the role of parental reflective functioning among parents of adolescents. Design. This cross-sectional study included 268 adolescents (Mage = 15.14 years, 50.7% female), mothers (Mage = 45.83 years), and fathers (Mage = 47.77 years). Parents completed questionnaires assessing self-critical perfectionism, parental reflective functioning, psychologically controlling parenting, and their child’s problem behaviors. In addition, adolescents rated their parents’ use of psychological control. Results. Self-critical perfectionism related both directly and indirectly, via parents’ pre-mentalization, to psychological control among mothers and fathers. Most associations remained significant when controlling for adolescent problem behaviors. Conclusions. This incapacity to reflect on the adolescent’s mental world, and the tendency to make maladaptive attributions about the adolescent’s internal states, make parents with high levels of self-critical perfectionism vulnerable to rely on psychologically controlling parenting.","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":"44 1","pages":"1 - 27"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87236956","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 Meaning of “Good Fatherhood:” Low-Income Fathers’ Social Constructions of Their Roles","authors":"J. Summers, K. Boiler, R. Schiffman, H. Raikes","doi":"10.4324/9780203764169-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203764169-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47432,"journal":{"name":"Parenting-Science and Practice","volume":"78 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2019-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84178383","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}