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Caregiver emotion socialization and child adjustment in context of pediatric cancer.

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001323

Cara S Guthrie, Sameen Boparai, Debra Friedman, Bruce E Compas, Lynn Fainsilber Katz

{"title":"Caregiver emotion socialization and child adjustment in context of pediatric cancer.","authors":"Cara S Guthrie, Sameen Boparai, Debra Friedman, Bruce E Compas, Lynn Fainsilber Katz","doi":"10.1037/fam0001323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001323","url":null,"abstract":"The present study assessed parent emotion socialization as a potential protective factor for child adjustment during the first year of pediatric cancer treatment and examined whether this association varied as a function of treatment intensity and child age. Families of children newly diagnosed with cancer (N = 159, Mage = 5.6 years, range = 2-17 years) were recruited from two children's hospitals to participate in a 1-year longitudinal study. Multilevel models were used to test whether specific dimensions of parent metaemotion philosophy (i.e., awareness and acceptance of their own negative emotions and awareness, acceptance, and coaching of their child's negative emotions) were associated with the level and trajectory of child psychopathology, with treatment intensity and child age as moderators. The trajectory of children's symptom levels over the course of the year differed depending on parent acceptance of their own and their children's negative emotions; other parent metaemotion philosophy dimensions did not predict child adjustment at the end of the first year. Treatment intensity acted as a moderator between all parent metaemotion philosophy dimensions and internalizing symptoms at the end of the year. Although caregiver awareness, acceptance, and coaching of negative emotions seem to be adaptive for children undergoing less intense treatment, these approaches may be less effective in the face of high-intensity treatment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143568573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Relationship quality, parenting practices, and adolescent mental health across diverse U.S. populations.

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-23 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001303

Jonathan Rothwell, Telli Davoodi

{"title":"Relationship quality, parenting practices, and adolescent mental health across diverse U.S. populations.","authors":"Jonathan Rothwell, Telli Davoodi","doi":"10.1037/fam0001303","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001303","url":null,"abstract":"Various parenting practices and behaviors have been consistently linked to children and youth's mental health outcomes (Pinquart, 2016, 2017) through identified psychological and biological mechanisms (Hoeve et al., 2009). The quality of the dyadic parent-child relationship is less commonly studied but may be important in mediating the efficacy of parenting practices and understanding cultural differences in how parenting practices affect development outcomes (Ho et al., 2008; Lansford, 2022). To explore these issues, we fielded a questionnaire through a probability-based sample provided by Gallup, collecting data from 6,643 U.S. parents and 1,580 teenagers. In a series of separate exploratory factor analyses, we identified racial/ethnic group-specific constructs of parenting practices and relationship quality. Using the group-specific factor structures for parenting practices and parent-child relationship quality, we find a large effect of perceived parent-child relationship quality on adolescent mental health. In combination with adverse childhood experiences and parenting practices, parent-child relationship quality explains at least 34% of the variation in adolescent mental health in each group; the association is just as strong for nonbiological parent-child dyads as for biological and falls only slightly after adjusting for evocative effects. We replicate the finding that effective parenting practices-summarized by responsiveness and demandingness-predict better mental health, but importantly, we find that most of the effect is indirect through better perceived relationship quality. Our findings inform future research exploring more complex causal pathways between parenting and youth development in different cultural contexts and inform the work of clinicians and service providers working with diverse groups of families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"218-228"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Child sleep problems mediate prospective associations between fathers' parenting stress and child blood glucose levels. 儿童睡眠问题调解父亲养育压力和儿童血糖水平之间的前瞻性关联。

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-16 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001306

Alp Aytuglu, Jennifer E Graham-Engeland, Mark E Feinberg, Damon E Jones, Hannah M C Schreier

{"title":"Child sleep problems mediate prospective associations between fathers' parenting stress and child blood glucose levels.","authors":"Alp Aytuglu, Jennifer E Graham-Engeland, Mark E Feinberg, Damon E Jones, Hannah M C Schreier","doi":"10.1037/fam0001306","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001306","url":null,"abstract":"The present study examined the role of first-time fathers' parenting stress during infancy in relation to children's mean blood glucose via glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels during middle childhood while also exploring the mediating role of child sleep problems in this association. A total of 306 fathers self-reported on parenting stress when their children were 10 months old (49% of girls). Fathers also reported on child sleep problems when their children were 24 months old. Peripheral blood samples were collected via dried blood spots from children when they were ∼7 years old to assess HbA1c, a marker of diabetes risk. Our results revealed that greater paternal parenting stress predicted father-reported child sleep problems. Furthermore, child sleep problems were associated with greater HbA1c levels in children. Although the direct association between paternal parenting stress and child HbA1c levels was nonsignificant, a significant indirect effect was observed from paternal parenting stress to child HbA1c levels via father-reported child sleep problems. These results highlight a potential pathway through which paternal parenting stress may impact child metabolic health, highlighting the potential value of interventions in early childhood targeting both paternal well-being and child sleep problems to mitigate the transmission of paternal parenting stress and associated risks on children's health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"277-283"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Adaptation and validation of the Grandparental Involvement Inventory-Chinese version (GII-C) in migrant families.

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-30 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001294

Yihang Wang, Shuang Lu

{"title":"Adaptation and validation of the Grandparental Involvement Inventory-Chinese version (GII-C) in migrant families.","authors":"Yihang Wang, Shuang Lu","doi":"10.1037/fam0001294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001294","url":null,"abstract":"Grandparental involvement is a multidimensional framework of the roles grandparents play in a child's life. However, culture-sensitive measurement of grandparental involvement, particularly in middle childhood, is underdeveloped. This study adapts and validates a self-report measure of grandparental involvement for children in Chinese migrant families. A total of 879 children completed the adapted 19-item Grandparental Involvement Inventory-Chinese version (GII-C), while their grandparents reported related information such as acceptance and rejection of the child. Our item analysis and exploratory factor analysis suggested a shortened, 16-item scale with three factors: Company and Shared Activities, Mentorship and Instrumental Assistance, and Intimacy and Closeness. This factor structure showed a good fit in confirmatory factor analysis. The GII-C showed adequate reliability and convergent validity. Grandparental involvement showed positive correlations with grandparental acceptance of the child and grandparent-grandchild attachment, as well as a negative correlation with grandparental rejection. Subgroup and regression analyses further indicated the GII-C's known-group validity and predictive ability of child mental health outcomes. Grandparental involvement was positively associated with child resilience and psychological well-being while negatively associated with child depression, anxiety, stress, and loneliness. Our findings suggest the GII-C as a valid tool to measure Chinese grandparents' multifaceted roles beyond childcare. Future research should replicate the GII-C in multigenerational families across cultural contexts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":"39 2","pages":"197-207"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143568574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Parental warmth and parent-child conflict among U.S. Latinx families in middle childhood. 美国拉美裔中年家庭的父母温情与亲子冲突。

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001281

Daye Son, Kimberly A Updegraff, Adriana J Umaña-Taylor, Mark E Feinberg

{"title":"Parental warmth and parent-child conflict among U.S. Latinx families in middle childhood.","authors":"Daye Son, Kimberly A Updegraff, Adriana J Umaña-Taylor, Mark E Feinberg","doi":"10.1037/fam0001281","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001281","url":null,"abstract":"Grounded in family systems theory and using latent profile analysis, the present study examined (a) patterns of parent-child warmth and parent-child conflict within multiple dyads (mother-older child, mother-younger child, father-older child, father-younger child) among 305 U.S. Latinx families with fifth graders (Mage = 10.6; 46.6% female) and younger siblings (Mage = 8.20; 47.2% female) and (b) tested links of profile membership with child academic competence, negative peer relationships, and depressive symptoms. Two profiles were characterized by differential maternal and paternal warmth toward older versus younger siblings, with one of the profiles characterized by higher levels of conflict than the other, and a third profile included families where parent-child dyads were similar in their levels of moderately high warmth and low conflict. Profile membership was concurrently linked with children's academic competence, peer relationships, and depressive symptoms, with notable within-family differences for older versus younger siblings. Findings underscore the value of studying families as interrelated subsystems by capturing multiple dimensions of two children's relationships with mothers and fathers and provide insights for family-based prevention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"240-251"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142607091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluating maternal sensitivity in rural Andean Peru: Situations and measures matter.

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-30 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001296

Katherine Fourment, Magaly Nóblega, Judi Mesman

{"title":"Evaluating maternal sensitivity in rural Andean Peru: Situations and measures matter.","authors":"Katherine Fourment, Magaly Nóblega, Judi Mesman","doi":"10.1037/fam0001296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001296","url":null,"abstract":"The present study aimed to describe the level and nature of maternal sensitivity in an economically disadvantaged rural region in Peru, examining differences between measures and situations. Sixty-nine infant-mother dyads from rural Cusco, Peru, participated in this study. Maternal sensitivity was evaluated through the Ainsworth Sensitivity Scale and the Maternal Behavior Q-Sort (MBQS; regular and short version) across three naturalistic episodes, namely, free interaction, bathing, and feeding. Almost the entire range of sensitivity levels was observed for both measures. On average, these mothers showed moderate sensitivity levels, mostly regardless of the measure and situation observed. Significant associations were observed among the measures during episodes, ranging from moderate to high correlations, and differences between episodes were only found for the MBQS, with lower sensitivity scores during the feeding episode. In conclusion, all three situations and both measures have their strengths and weaknesses and can provide relevant information, particularly with samples rarely studied that we are just getting to know. However, basing the assessment only on the MBQS may not necessarily be the best choice. Selecting a more global sensitivity scale like the Ainsworth scale may be more pertinent for evaluating sensitivity cross-culturally, while the MBQS can facilitate understanding the relevance of specific predefined behaviors in particular contexts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":"39 2","pages":"208-217"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143568575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Establishing measurement equivalence of a youth-reported parental monitoring measure across sex, race/ethnicity, and intersectional identity.

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001308

Carolyn E Sartor, Nicole Kennelly, Tammy Chung, Shawn J Latendresse

{"title":"Establishing measurement equivalence of a youth-reported parental monitoring measure across sex, race/ethnicity, and intersectional identity.","authors":"Carolyn E Sartor, Nicole Kennelly, Tammy Chung, Shawn J Latendresse","doi":"10.1037/fam0001308","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001308","url":null,"abstract":"Parental monitoring is a robust family-level predictor of youth well-being. Identification of variations by gender and/or race/ethnicity in parental monitoring has important implications for tailoring parenting practices. However, valid comparisons can only be conducted if cross-subpopulation measurement equivalence is established. Although measurement equivalence testing is widely used, it rarely (a) assesses intersectional identity (i.e., identity reflecting multiple factors such as race/ethnicity and gender) or (b) involves generating scores adjusted for nonequivalence. This is the first known study to do both with a parental monitoring measure. Measurement equivalence by sex (proxy for gender), race/ethnicity, and intersectional identity (sex by race/ethnicity) was assessed in the five-item Parental Monitoring Questionnaire administered to middle-school-aged Black, Latinx, and White girls and boys. Data were drawn from the second follow-up of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (n = 9,082; 47.5% female, 52.5% male; 15.5% Black, 22.9% Latinx, 61.6% White). Moderated nonlinear factor analysis was used to identify group differences in item-level (intercepts and loadings) and factor-level (mean and variance) parameter estimates for a latent parental monitoring variable and subsequently to generate factor scores accounting for measurement nonequivalence. Intercepts or loadings for four items differed by sex, race/ethnicity, and/or intersectional identity. Factor mean and variance differed by race/ethnicity. Comparisons across the six groups using adjusted (factor) scores differed substantially from comparisons using unadjusted scores, underscoring the impact of systematic measurement bias on the valid assessment of parental monitoring in girls and boys who identify with these racial/ethnic groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"160-170"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143053911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring family profiles in explaining heterogeneity in parenting program engagement and effectiveness. 探索家庭概况，以解释育儿计划参与和有效性的异质性。

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-16 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001275

Joyce Weeland, Amaranta de Haan, Stephen Scott, Maria João Seabra-Santos, Carolyn Webster-Stratton, Sinéad McGilloway, Walter Matthys, Maria Filomena Gaspar, Margiad Elen Williams, Willy Tore Mørch, Ulf Axberg, Maartje Raaijmakers, Patty Leijten

{"title":"Exploring family profiles in explaining heterogeneity in parenting program engagement and effectiveness.","authors":"Joyce Weeland, Amaranta de Haan, Stephen Scott, Maria João Seabra-Santos, Carolyn Webster-Stratton, Sinéad McGilloway, Walter Matthys, Maria Filomena Gaspar, Margiad Elen Williams, Willy Tore Mørch, Ulf Axberg, Maartje Raaijmakers, Patty Leijten","doi":"10.1037/fam0001275","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001275","url":null,"abstract":"Parenting programs have proven effective in reducing disruptive child behavior. However, not all families benefit equally, and, to date, we have little insight into who benefits more or less and why. One possible solution is to explore how different potential moderators cluster together in individual families and whether such family profiles predict who benefits more or less from these programs. This study explores (a) how family, child, and parenting risk factors for disruptive behavior cluster together in families enrolled in the popular and evidence-based Incredible Years Parenting Program using latent profile analyses; (b) how family profiles relate to covariate family characteristics; and (c) whether profiles predict program engagement (i.e., number of sessions attended by caregivers) and effectiveness of (i.e., pre-post changes in disruptive behavior). Individual participant data from six studies across four countries (Norway, the Netherlands, England, Portugal) were used, including a total sample of 772 families with children aged 2.5-9 years (M = 5.14; SD = 1.10; 58.0% boys). Families could be profiled into a low- and high-risk profile, which differed on most child and family (but not parenting) risk factors as well as on covariate family characteristics, such as severity of disruptive behavior. Profile membership predicted engagement in, but not effectiveness of, the program. These findings provide useful insights into the heterogeneity in families participating in parenting programs, although there is a need for further research on how such differences may relate to differences in program effectiveness. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"121-136"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Sleep, coparenting, and parenting among mothers and fathers prior to kindergarten transition.

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-23 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001309

Ekjyot K Saini, Ulziimaa Chimed-Ochir, Liu Bai, Kaitlin M Trexberg, Corey J Whitesell, Brian Crosby, Douglas M Teti

{"title":"Sleep, coparenting, and parenting among mothers and fathers prior to kindergarten transition.","authors":"Ekjyot K Saini, Ulziimaa Chimed-Ochir, Liu Bai, Kaitlin M Trexberg, Corey J Whitesell, Brian Crosby, Douglas M Teti","doi":"10.1037/fam0001309","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001309","url":null,"abstract":"The identification of family-level and modifiable factors that are influential determinants of parenting is of critical importance. The present study of mothers and fathers investigated within- and across-parent linkages between sleep duration and variability, the coparenting relationship, and parenting quality, as well as the moderating effect of coparenting in a sample of families with children making the transition to kindergarten using a family systems perspective. Mothers and fathers from 225 families participated in the late summer before their child started kindergarten. Parents wore actigraphs for a week to derive average and variability in sleep duration and reported their positive and negative perceptions of coparenting. Observations of parenting at child bedtime were used to assess mothers' and fathers' emotional availability (EA) with their children. Direct and crossover effects of sleep and coparenting, as well as their interaction effects on parenting, were examined using actor-partner interdependence models. Results indicated direct effects where greater sleep variability (but not sleep duration) and coparenting predicted lower EA, most robustly for mothers. Crossover effects were most prominent for fathers where mothers' negative coparenting and sleep predicted fathers' EA. Negative coparenting also moderated associations between sleep and parenting only for fathers. Sleep duration did not directly predict parenting for mothers or fathers, but mothers' sleep duration interacted with mothers' negative coparenting perceptions to predict fathers' EA, supporting a crossover effect. Findings highlight the need to promote parent sleep and the coparenting relationship among interventions targeting parenting. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"263-276"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The psychometric properties of a new scale of dehumanizing deindividuation in couples.

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-23 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001311

Rebecca L Brock, Sarah J Gervais

{"title":"The psychometric properties of a new scale of dehumanizing deindividuation in couples.","authors":"Rebecca L Brock, Sarah J Gervais","doi":"10.1037/fam0001311","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001311","url":null,"abstract":"Emerging research indicates that dehumanization may occur in couples with serious consequences; however, this research is in its infancy, and there is a need to integrate dehumanization perspectives with key theories of intimate relationships to best understand this phenomenon. Drawing on work on individuation in couples, we present an integrated framework of dehumanizing deindividuation that is characterized by derogation (viewing a partner with contempt), disregard (ignoring or overlooking a partner), and denial of autonomy (restricting a partner's self-determination). We present data from two samples highlighting the reliability and validity of a new measure, the Dehumanizing Deindividuation in Couples (DDC) scale, which was internally consistent and had excellent construct replicability. Enacted and received versions of the scale were highly correlated, suggesting that dehumanizing deindividuation may be reciprocal in nature. The DDC scale converged with other couple dehumanization and individuation measures but was distinct and demonstrated incremental utility in explaining key relational outcomes. The DDC also demonstrated excellent convergent validity with other measures of intimate relationship functioning (i.e., emotional intimacy, support, sexual quality, affective communication, problem solving) and uniquely predicted key relational outcomes (i.e., global satisfaction and intimate partner violence). Results also suggest that the active process of deindividuating one's partner (e.g., acting superior to partner, ignoring partner, nagging partner) poses unique and significant risk for relationship discord and violence beyond a general lack of individuation (e.g., not praising partner's strengths or asking for their opinions). The DDC could prove a valuable tool for future research on dehumanizing deindividuation in couples. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"171-183"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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