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{"title":"Adverse childhood experiences and adolescent mental health: The moderating role of parent-child relationships.","authors":"Ashling Bourke, Fearghal O'Brien, Kristin Hadfield","doi":"10.1037/fam0001472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001472","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this study was to examine the moderating role of the mother-child and father-child relationship on the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and mental health problems from childhood through to early and late adolescence. ACEs can detrimentally affect mental health later in life, but protective factors-including parent-child relationship quality-can alleviate some of these effects. We used data from a large, nationally representative, longitudinal study to conduct preregistered analyses examining the relationship between ACEs experienced before 9 years of age on mental health problems in childhood (age 9), early adolescence (age 13), and late adolescence (17/18 years) among children in Ireland (<i>n</i> = 8,568), controlling for child gender and household social class. We also explored the role of parent-child relationship quality in moderating these associations. ACEs predicted poorer mental health in late childhood, early adolescence, and late adolescence. Mental health problems decreased over adolescence, but contrary to our hypothesis, the rate of that change was not impacted by ACEs. Mother-child but not father-child relationship quality moderated the association between ACEs and mental health. The results indicate that the association between ACEs and mental health persists through later childhood and adolescence. Interventions to support and strengthen mother-child relationships may be especially useful for the mental health of children who have experienced ACEs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844504","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}

{"title":"Social-cognitive domain differences in adolescent disclosure to mothers and fathers and links with adjustment.","authors":"Yuejiao Li, Judith G Smetana","doi":"10.1037/fam0001476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001476","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although differences in adolescent disclosure about their everyday activities to mothers and fathers are well-documented, less research has examined heterogeneity in disclosure, particularly to both parents jointly. Using latent profile analysis, this 1-year longitudinal study examined patterns of adolescent disclosure to both parents across personal, multifaceted, and prudential issues as defined within social-cognitive domain theory, as well as links to adjustment. The sample included 214 U.S. middle-class middle adolescents (<i>M</i>_age = 15.96, <i>SD</i> = 0.83, 103 males). Adolescents completed surveys measuring disclosure to and relationship quality with each parent and adjustment over 1 year (from 2014 to 2015). Three distinct profiles emerged. Adolescents in the <i>traditional</i> profile (<i>N</i> = 100) disclosed more to mothers than fathers, particularly about personal and multifaceted issues. <i>Reserved</i> profile adolescents (<i>N</i> = 72) had low levels of disclosure to both parents, with more disclosure about personal and multifaceted than prudential issues. Youth in the <i>balanced</i> profile <i>(N</i> = 42) had high levels of disclosure to both parents about all issues. They also had better relationships with parents at Wave 1, greater over time decreases in problem behavior compared to other profiles, and unique to this profile, increases in depressed mood over time. Normatively, adolescents in this sample disclosed more to mothers than to fathers about personal and multifaceted issues. Mixed effects on adjustment were found in adolescents disclosing at high levels to both parents, suggesting problems in autonomy development. More research should examine developmentally appropriate disclosure to both parents across domains. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844644","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}

{"title":"Longitudinal associations between maternal depression, problematic media use, and parenting efficacy as a time-varying mediator.","authors":"Hailey G Holmgren, Rebecca L Densley, Sarah M Coyne, Chris L Porter, Blake L Jones, Jennah Sheffield, Taylor Harker, Allison E Weston-Greenburg, Jane Shawcroft, Laura Stockdale","doi":"10.1037/fam0001474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001474","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prior research suggests a link between maternal depression and mothers' problematic media use (PMU), defined as compulsive or dysregulated media use that interferes with daily functioning. This study examined whether parenting self-efficacy mediates this association using a random intercept cross-lagged panel model. Participants were 532 mothers (<i>M</i>_age = 30.34 years) and their infants (<i>M</i>_age = 5.83 months at Wave 1) followed across five annual waves. We analyzed data from Waves 1 to 5 of Project MEDIA, capturing both between- and within-person effects over time. Results showed that higher maternal depression correlated with lower parenting efficacy and higher PMU. Depression remained relatively stable across 5 years, whereas PMU and parenting efficacy fluctuated. Within-person analyses revealed that increases in maternal depression predicted decreases in parenting self-efficacy, but neither depression nor efficacy significantly predicted PMU. These findings suggest that while maternal depression undermines parenting self-efficacy, additional factors may explain its connection to PMU. Further research is needed to clarify these pathways and inform intervention strategies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134481/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147822426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reciprocal stress processes and parenting efficacy in Korean multicultural families: A family stress model perspective.","authors":"Ran Kang","doi":"10.1037/fam0001475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001475","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Guided by the family stress theory and the family stress model, this study examined how parental stress operates as a dynamic and reciprocal system within multicultural families. Specifically, this study tested a four-wave longitudinal model linking maternal acculturative stress (AS) to adolescents' school adjustment (SA) through daily stress (DS) and parenting efficacy (PE). The model captured both autoregressive and cross-lagged effects across the transition from middle childhood to early adolescence. The present study analyzed four-wave longitudinal data from the nationally representative Korean Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study, including 1,424 parent-adolescent dyads. Parents reported on AS, DS, and PE, and adolescents reported on SA. AS at Time 1 predicted higher DS at Time 2, and the two stress domains were reciprocally related across waves. PE showed strong temporal stability and positively predicted adolescents' SA at Time 4. The hypothesized serial indirect pathway (AS → DS → PE → SA) was not statistically significant. However, the direction of associations was consistent with theoretical expectations derived from the family stress model. Findings highlight a cyclical spillover process between acculturative and DS and underscore the protective role of PE in sustaining adolescents' SA. The results reveal the cumulative and reciprocal nature of family stress processes, demonstrating how AS functions as a culturally embedded risk factor initiating daily strain within families. These findings advance the family stress model's applicability to culturally diverse contexts by illustrating the dynamic nature of family stress and adjustment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785899","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}

{"title":"Quasi-experimental impacts of unconditional prenatal and infant cash transfers on postpartum parenting stress.","authors":"Eric D Finegood, H Luke Shaefer, Yasamean Zamani-Hank, Jenny LaChance, Maya Wolock, Crystal L Cederna, Mona Hanna","doi":"10.1037/fam0001471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001471","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rx Kids, launched in Flint, Michigan, in January 2024, is the United States' first community-wide unconditional cash transfer program for expectant mothers and infants. The program offers all expectant mothers in the City of Flint a lump sum $1,500 during mid-pregnancy and $500 monthly for 12 months postnatally. The present study examined whether the Rx Kids program was associated with differences in parenting stress during the postpartum months. Using structural equation modeling in a sample of <i>N</i> = 954 mothers (<i>M</i>_age: 28.9 years; race/ethnicity: 37% Black, 52% White, 11% other), Flint mothers who were eligible to participate in Rx Kids (newborns born in 2024) reported lower parenting stress (0.36 of a <i>SD</i> lower) than noneligible Flint mothers (newborns born in 2023). This birth-timing difference (2024 vs. 2023) was not observed among non-Flint mothers from the surrounding area, providing quasi-experimental evidence that Rx Kids may reduce postpartum parenting stress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785911","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}

{"title":"Correction to \"Siblings as buffers: Social problems and internalizing and externalizing behaviors across early adolescence\" by Fry et al. (2021).","authors":"","doi":"10.1037/fam0001478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001478","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reports an error in \"Siblings as buffers: Social problems and internalizing and externalizing behaviors across early adolescence\" by Cassidy M. Fry, Eva H. Telzer and Christy R. Rogers (<i>Journal of Family Psychology</i>, 2021[Oct], Vol 35[7], 939-949; see record 2021-54188-001). In the original article, the contents of the Appendix were published without permission and have been removed by request of the copyright holder. The online version of this article has been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2021-54188-001). Youth who struggle to maintain positive peer relationships are more likely to display emotional and behavioral problems, particularly during adolescence. Alternative avenues of social support may buffer against these maladaptive outcomes, particularly sibling relations, as they oftentimes predict adolescent outcomes above and beyond that of parents and peers. The present study examined the role of objective sibling warmth on the longitudinal association between social problems and maladjustment in a sample of 45 adolescent sibling dyads, further testing how effects varied between younger (<i>M</i>_age = 12.1; 24 females) and older (<i>M</i>_age = 14.5; 21 females) siblings. Sibling interactions were observed during cooperative and stressful problem-solving tasks, and later coded for expressions of warmth directed from one sibling to the other. Adolescent social problems and internalizing and externalizing behaviors were collected by multi-informant report and at a 1-year follow-up. Multilevel analyses indicated that adolescents with older siblings who exhibited more warmth were buffered against the effect of social problems on externalizing behaviors, with marginal effects for internalizing symptoms. Younger sibling warmth did not serve as a buffer for older sibling maladjustment. These findings emphasize the importance of considering how multiple dimensions of social support operate to influence functioning, particularly early in adolescence. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785857","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}

{"title":"Caregivers' efficacy to address suicidality in their child/ren.","authors":"Jessica L Tinstman Jones, Laurie O Campbell, Caitlin Frawley","doi":"10.1037/fam0001462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001462","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Suicide is a leading cause of death among children in the United States, and suicide rates among youth have continually risen over the past decade. As caregivers play critical roles in suicide prevention, the present study examined factors contributing to self-efficacy in addressing child suicidality. Caregivers (<i>N</i> = 170) answered a 17-question instrument about (a) self-efficacy to assist a child with suicidal ideation and (b) readiness beliefs about suicide and children. Further, participants completed a demographic questionnaire that included their experience with mental health support, mental health, and suicide training and their child/ren's experiences related to suicide. Participants' beliefs about childhood experiences of suicidality were predictive of their self-efficacy to intervene in experiences related to suicide with their own child/ren. Among participants with mental health or suicide-specific training, beliefs were more predictive of their self-efficacy to aid their child expressing suicidal ideation or behaviors than those who had no mental health or suicide training. Those with suicide training predicted a greater variance in the dependent score, self-efficacy. The results suggest that caregivers' training directly impacts their self-efficacy to best support their children. Opportunities for psychoeducational training about suicide should be increased and made readily available to caregivers. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147700323","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}

{"title":"Reading between the lines: How sexual minority youth interpret paternal support.","authors":"Pond Ezra, Leah Young, Megan S Paceley, Kevin M Roy, Jessica N Fish","doi":"10.1037/fam0001466","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001466","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual minority youth experience persistent stigma that contributes to well-documented mental health disparities. Parental support is a critical promotive factor in this context, yet empirical attention has disproportionately centered on the role of maternal support, leaving fathers' roles underexplored. Drawing on in-depth interviews with a subsample of cisgender sexual minority youth aged 15-19 (n = 17) from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minoritized identities Youth in Family Study residing in the United States, this study employs reflective thematic analysis to explore how youth interpret their interactions with their heterosexual fathers in relation to their sexual minority identity. Analyses indicate that paternal support was frequently experienced as indirect or ambiguous, requiring youth to infer meaning from silence, avoidance, or instrumental forms of care rather than explicit affirmation. Participants described a wide variation in paternal responses and emphasized the emotional significance of clear, unambiguous messages of support. Attention to these interpretive processes highlights fathers' consequential, though often obscured, role in sexual minority youth identity development and suggests the need for family-based interventions that address gendered norms shaping paternal expressions of support. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13089298/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147700270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are there perils of partialing marital conflict behaviors? Comparisons of interpersonal correlates.","authors":"Timothy W Smith, Emily L Spargo, Giovanni Marquez, Brian R W Baucom","doi":"10.1037/fam0001467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001467","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Statistical adjustments (i.e., partialing) for between-partner correlations on the same variable and for correlations among multiple predictors within individuals are common in relationship research. Although useful, partialing can alter the construct validity or meaning of measured variables in ways that are typically not considered. In this study of 300 middle-aged and older couples, unadjusted, partner-partialed, partialed warmth and hostility component, and common fate model scores for observer-rated behavior during marital conflict discussions were compared using interpersonal circumplex-based spouse ratings of targets' behavior during those discussions, as well as self-reports of marital quality (i.e., overall marital adjustment, support from spouse, conflict). Unadjusted scores for observer-rated affiliation-and its two components, warmth, and hostility-had expected associations with interpersonal circumplex-based spouse ratings and self-reports of marital quality. Compared to unadjusted scores, partner-partialing, analogous to the actor-partner interdependence model, resulted in significantly weaker associations of behavioral scores with the expected interpersonal content of spouse ratings, and weaker associations with reported marital quality. Partialing of warmth and hostility within individuals also resulted in weaker associations with spouse ratings and marital quality, and some shifts in the theme of spouse ratings. In contrast, common fate model scores had expected associations with these criteria that equaled or exceeded the magnitude for unadjusted scores. Thus, common forms of partialing in relationship research can weaken the construct validity of behavioral observation variables, and common fate model scores represent a viable alternative in some instances. Implications for the design, reporting, and evaluation of couple research are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147677939","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}

{"title":"Parenting to promote eating, body image, and weight-related health in young adults.","authors":"Anna K Hochgraf, Marlena Jacobsen, Katie Loth, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer","doi":"10.1037/fam0001422","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001422","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physical and psychological health (e.g., healthful eating behavior, physical activity, body image) are dimensions of successful young adult development. Families are an important developmental context, yet little is known about how parents contribute to their young adult children's eating behavior, body image, or weight-related health. The purpose of this study was to shed light on parents' perceived roles, practices, and concerns regarding their young adult children's eating, body image, and weight-related health. Data were drawn from 558 parents who participated in Project Eating and Activity over Time, a population-based study of eating, activity, and weight-related health, and responded to an open-ended question about parenting their young adult children regarding eating habits and weight. Thematic analysis revealed heterogeneity in parents' perceptions of their roles in their young adult children's eating and weight-related health; we identified subthemes of autonomy, loss of control, and lack of responsibility. Parents reported using an array of parenting practices and strategies (e.g., modeling) to promote healthy eating, body image, and weight-related health in their young adult children. Parents also reported numerous factors that challenged or influenced their parenting, including child characteristics, contextual influences, and lack of knowledge. Although parents' perceived roles change with their child's development, many parents are still invested and involved in their young adult children's eating, body image, and weight-related health. Our findings have implications for theory and suggest that parents may benefit from guidance about navigating their child's transition to young adulthood in ways that support their eating, body image, and weight-related health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"367-376"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12721008/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145490171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}