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{"title":"Maternal phubbing and authoritative parenting: Latent profiles and associations with child behavioral outcomes","authors":"Jingyao Wang,&nbsp;Wanjuan Weng,&nbsp;Yuke Fu,&nbsp;Mowei Liu,&nbsp;Bowen Xiao,&nbsp;Jie Li,&nbsp;Yan Li","doi":"10.1111/fare.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aimed to identify different profiles of mothers based on phubbing and parenting and examined the effects of the different profiles on children's outcomes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Previous studies examined this mechanism via a variable-centered approach, assuming its relationship is linear, without exploring the underlying typology of parents with various phubbing and parenting.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>From Shanghai kindergartens, 970 mothers of children aged 3–6 years were recruited. Participants completed the measures (administered via an online survey website) of parental phubbing, parenting style, and children's outcomes. The study identified subgroups by maternal authoritativeness and phubbing using latent profile analysis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Three profiles emerged: low-level (11.13%), medium-level (39.38%), and high-level (49.48%) child-centered parenting. Low-level mothers who displayed the most phubbing and least authoritativeness reported their children faced more behavioral difficulties.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings imply remarkable between-group differences in parental phubbing and authoritative parenting. High-level child-centered parenting contributes to reducing children's behavioral difficulties and increasing their strengths.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study emphasizes the blending influence of parental media use and child-rearing behaviors on children's outcomes in Chinese families.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":"74 4","pages":"1546-1560"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145051255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The relationship between partner phubbing and parental phubbing among Chinese couples","authors":"Mengge Li,&nbsp;Tingting Song,&nbsp;Jirui Wang,&nbsp;Peng Ma,&nbsp;Qingwei Chen,&nbsp;Taotao Ru,&nbsp;Guofu Zhou","doi":"10.1111/fare.13201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13201","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Grounded in family systems theory and interdependence theory, this study examines the associations between partner phubbing and parental phubbing, with marital satisfaction as a mediator.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In recent years, researchers have delved into the adverse effects of parental phubbing, yet studies investigating its underlying mechanisms remain scarce. Understanding these mechanisms is critical for developing effective interventions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study used two-wave longitudinal data and administered questionnaires to assess 436 husband–wife dyads in China. The average age of husbands was 42.32 years (<i>SD</i> = 4.77), and wives were 40.86 years old (<i>SD</i> = 4.88).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The results showed that wives' parental phubbing was directly influenced by both wives' and husbands' partner phubbing, In contrast, husbands' parental phubbing showed no significant relationship with their own or their wives' partner phubbing. Furthermore, wives' marital satisfaction mediated the link between husbands' partner phubbing and wives' parental phubbing.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings underscore the significance of partner phubbing in shaping parenting behavior, with differences observed between husbands and wives.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings have important implications for practices and research that focus on the interplay of phubbing within family subsystems and adopt a familial dynamics perspective.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":"74 4","pages":"1531-1545"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145050948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Paternal child-focused reflective functioning, parental sense of competence, and parental emotions recognition","authors":"Annalisa Levante,&nbsp;Chiara Martis,&nbsp;Martina Gemma,&nbsp;Flavia Lecciso","doi":"10.1111/fare.70002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We tested whether each dimension of the child-focused Reflective Functioning (i.e., prementalizing, certainty about, and interest/curiosity about the child's mental states) impacts the ability to recognize the child's emotions through the sense of competence.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Child-focused reflective functioning is the parental ability to keep in mind their child's mental state. This parental ability is associated with recognizing the child's emotional states and sense of competence.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>One hundred forty-four Italian fathers, <i>M</i>_yo(<i>SD</i>) = 38.62(6.6), solely of 3- to 5-year-old children, <i>M</i>_yo(<i>SD</i>) = 3.34(1.91), filled out an e-survey.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Results revealed a total and an indirect effect considering the potential predictive role of the certainty, interest, and curiosity dimensions, respectively.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Findings highlighted that fathers of older and full-term children showed a high sense of competence and emotional recognition ability.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Results encourage parent coaching programs to improve fathers' awareness of the opacity of their child's mental state, providing new directions for interventions to improve overall family well-being.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":"74 4","pages":"1979-1999"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fare.70002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145050934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parent–child contact during placement and mental health: A meta-analysis","authors":"Camille Danner Touati,&nbsp;Aino E. Sirparanta,&nbsp;Karine Dubois-Comtois,&nbsp;Emylie Giguère,&nbsp;Raphaële Miljkovitch","doi":"10.1111/fare.13204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13204","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This meta-analysis aimed to synthesize research findings on the association between contact with biological parents and mental health in the context of out-of-home care.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Although contact with biological parents is the primary intervention for maintaining the relationship with placed children, the consequences on child mental health are still unknown.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Six electronic databases were searched for published and unpublished studies and dissertations.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Twenty studies comprising 96 effect sizes (<i>N</i> = 5,276) were included. Findings from a three-level random effects meta-analysis revealed that the combined effect of contact with biological parents on mental health was not significant (<i>k</i> = 20, <i>u</i> = 96, <i>r</i> = .02). Moderation analyses revealed weaker effect sizes in samples with greater proportions of children who were physically abused or placed in nonrelative foster care. Conversely, parental visitation was more strongly associated with mental health outcomes in samples in which frequency of contact was at least weekly.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Regular parental visitation (at least weekly) is associated with better mental health outcomes. However, the benefits of parental visitation are reduced among physically abused children and those placed in nonrelative foster care.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Moderator analyses suggest that considering parental visitation to be beneficial for children is an oversimplification. Instead, child welfare services should prioritize examination of factors associated with positive parent–child contact for optimal visitation measures.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":"74 4","pages":"2017-2039"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fare.13204","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145051122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From parenting self-efficacy to child externalizing problems: The role of perceived parent stress and practices","authors":"Ionut Stelian Florean,&nbsp;Anca Dobrean,&nbsp;Robert Balazsi","doi":"10.1111/fare.70000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.70000","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This preliminary study proposed and tested the plausibility of a model in which the relationship between parenting self-efficacy (PSE) and children's externalizing problems is serially mediated by perceived parent stress (PPS) and inconsistent discipline.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The participants were Romanian parents (<i>N</i> = 749) of children and adolescents (4–17 years old), who filled in the assessments online. Data collection took place between December 2020 and June 2021 when the schools had moved mostly online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The models were tested via structural equation modeling, and the analyses were conducted in RStudio.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The main findings are that the relationship between PSE and the externalizing problems of children are serially mediated by PPS and inconsistent discipline. Furthermore, the direct paths to externalizing problems were all significant. PSE, PPS, and inconsistent discipline explained a large percentage of variance in the externalizing problems (i.e., <i>R</i>² = .45). Path coefficients were estimated controlling for the possible confounding effect of demographic variables such as age of children and parents, parents' income, parents' education level, and number of children.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings enhance our understanding of the dynamics between parenting variables and children's externalizing problems, addressing a gap in the literature. They also emphasize the importance of targeting multiple parenting variables, such as PSE and inconsistent discipline, to optimize parenting intervention outcomes in reducing externalizing problems.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our findings support the role of PPSs and inconsistent discipline as potential mechanisms linking PSE and child externalizing problems.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":"74 4","pages":"2185-2200"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fare.70000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145051224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The longitudinal psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on caregivers with young children","authors":"Casey Mullins,&nbsp;Mary Anne Ullery,&nbsp;Carolina Mallar,&nbsp;Rebecca Bulotsky-Shearer,&nbsp;Julieta Hernandez,&nbsp;Michelle Berkovits,&nbsp;Jason Jent,&nbsp;Alan M. Delamater,&nbsp;Ruby Natale","doi":"10.1111/fare.13202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13202","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The purpose of this study was to examine the longitudinal psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on caregivers of young children in communities of color.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>COVID-19 has disproportionately affected people of color, with adverse impacts on family functioning and well-being. However, few studies have examined the longer-term psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of caregivers of young children. As of the 2020 Census, Miami-Dade County was home to almost 130,000 young children ages 0–5, has a minority-majority population, and was an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Data from the COVID Risk and Resilience Survey collected over a 2-year period were used to conduct a path analysis predicting caregiver depression and anxiety in 2022 from caregiver stress and child behavioral problems in March 2020 and caregiver self-efficacy and use of coping skills in June 2020. The final model included 325 participants.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The results suggest that caregiver experiences of stress and behavioral concerns for their children in the early COVID-19 pandemic affected their mental health after 2 years, but caregiver use of effective coping strategies helped reduce their later anxiety and depression symptoms.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>COVID-19 had significant psychological impacts on caregivers of young children.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Understanding the impact of the pandemic on families can help community organizations and schools develop policies to better meet the longer-term needs of families with young children during pandemics and other widespread stressful events.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":"74 4","pages":"1385-1400"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fare.13202","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145050986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An integrative review of family supports as components of early childhood home visiting models","authors":"Cinda Clark,&nbsp;Kallen Shaw,&nbsp;Patricia Snyder,&nbsp;Maureen Conroy,&nbsp;Helena Mawdsley","doi":"10.1111/fare.70001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.70001","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We conducted an integrative review to identify family support categories that have been described as components of early childhood home visiting models in empirical research and to distinguish whether supports were formal or informal.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Key components of most early childhood home visiting models include family supports intended to promote child and family outcomes. Categories of family support have been described in other extant literature: (a) material, (b) informational, (c) social–emotional, and (d) organizational. Family support has been further categorized as formal or informal. In this literature, informal supports have been characterized as more enduring and meaningful than formal ones.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A systematic literature search was conducted. A total of 244 studies representing 127 early childhood home visiting models were located and coded.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Formal informational supports were the most frequently reported family support category. Informal supports were reported much less frequently than formal supports.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Given the enduring impacts of informal family supports, home visiting models should include both informal and formal supports. Empirical studies should include descriptions of the types of family supports in home visiting models and more explicitly hypothesize linkages to intended outcomes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Future work should include refining the definitions of support categories, distinguishing informal and formal supports, exploring interactions among supports, and understanding the functions of supports from the perspectives of families and home visitors.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":"74 4","pages":"1961-1978"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145051102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Grandmothers' experience of caregiving to grandchildren while at their children's residence: Analyzing urban Indian families","authors":"Priya Gupta,&nbsp;Angan Sengupta","doi":"10.1111/fare.13205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13205","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study analyzed the lived experience of Indian grandmothers and attempted to understand their perspectives on grandparenting responsibilities while they temporarily relocated to the city of their children's residence within India to care for grandchildren aged 0 to 5 years.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Parents from nuclear families seek help from their parents to take care of their young children, even if they have moved to a new location.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A purposive sample of 60 grandmothers who relocated to provide grandchild care were interviewed using a semistructured questionnaire.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The content analysis of qualitative data yielded five key themes: (a) concern about physical and mental health issues due to grandchild care; (b) perceived relevance of grandmothers in strengthening family bonds; (c) role in taking care of food, nutrition, health, and hygiene of grandchildren; (d) helping adult children, especially daughters, continue their careers and avoid financial difficulties by providing care to grandchildren; and (e) grandmothers' expectations of additional physical support and recognition for their contributions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Grandmothers are happy to contribute to grandchild care. However, relocation to a different city makes this more stressful than taking care of grandchildren while remaining in one's own place of residence.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Meeting grandmothers' expectations through healthy family relations and the provision of additional support can improve the grandparenting experience and ensure active and healthy aging.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":"74 4","pages":"2040-2064"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145051106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does caregiving make a difference? Health penalty and family caregivers during the pandemic in China","authors":"Haijing Dai,&nbsp;Longxing Zhu,&nbsp;Niantao Jiang","doi":"10.1111/fare.13206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13206","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aimed to examine the health penalty of primary family caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Family caregivers often experience social disadvantages and structural marginalization. In the growing literature on the multidimensional system of the family caregiver penalty, insufficient research efforts have been made to understand the health dimension.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We conducted a national online survey with 2,819 Chinese citizens aged 18 years and older. They completed the questionnaire on their personal and family experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We adopted logit models and generalized ordered logit models to discuss the health penalty of primary family caregivers.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We found that, compared with individuals who did not serve as primary family caregivers, primary family caregivers were more likely to become infected by the virus when China adopted the zero-COVID policy approach, suffered from more severe symptoms during infection when China lifted all the control measures, and took a longer period to recover. Primary family caregivers of different gender and different care duties experienced the health penalty in different patterns, and female primary family caregivers, those living with underage children, and those living with other adult family members were identified as the more disadvantaged groups.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study confirms the health penalty for primary family caregivers and social disparities during the pandemic in China.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings called for policy to address family and caregiver well-being in public health crises.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":"74 4","pages":"1401-1423"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fare.13206","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145051217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parents' generalized and separation anxieties and early adolescents' anxiety disorders: The mediating role of overparenting","authors":"Yosi Yaffe","doi":"10.1111/fare.13203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13203","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study probes the role played by overparenting in the relationship between parent's and child's anxiety in early adolescents.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Overparenting is manifested by developmentally inappropriate controlling parental practices, normally studied in the context of young adulthood, whereas its role in the etiology of children's anxiety has been given less empirical attention.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study consists of 278 parents (144 mothers, 134 fathers) with a mean age of 42.89 ± 4.15 years, each having at least one adolescent child aged 10–14.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The results showed a strong association between the parent's generalized anxiety and the child's anxiety, which was partially mediated by paternal separation anxiety. Also, parental separation anxiety was associated with elevated overparenting practices among both mothers and fathers, but its relationship with the child's anxiety varied across parental gender. In this regard, the association between maternal separation anxiety and the child's anxiety was fully mediated by maternal overparenting.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study sheds more light on this mechanism by underpinning the parental gender-based role of overparenting practices in the association between parent–child anxiety.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings highlight the importance of considering parent-gender-based factors in family therapy, particularly in the context of adolescent anxiety.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":"74 4","pages":"2131-2145"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145050960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}