Qing Zhang, Jiayao Wang, Xiaoxue Kong, Lin Zou, Guimin Feng, Youli Wang, Bowen Xiao, Yan Li
{"title":"Parenting stress and children's problematic media use: An analysis based on the common fate model.","authors":"Qing Zhang, Jiayao Wang, Xiaoxue Kong, Lin Zou, Guimin Feng, Youli Wang, Bowen Xiao, Yan Li","doi":"10.1037/fam0001485","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001485","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the context of pervasive digital media, this study examined the associations between parenting stress and preschool children's problematic media use, with parental phubbing as a mediator. A two-wave design was employed with 506 preschool children aged 3-6 years (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 55.03 months, <i>SD</i> = 4.31; 45.50% boys) and their parents (father <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 36.93 years, <i>SD</i> = 4.80; mother <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 35.22 years, <i>SD</i> = 3.84) recruited from seven kindergartens in Shanghai. At Wave 1, both mothers and fathers reported their own parenting stress and phubbing, and at Wave 2, mothers reported children's problematic media use. Structural equation modeling within the common fate framework showed that, at the individual level, maternal and paternal parenting stress were significantly positively associated with their own phubbing but were not significantly associated with children's problematic media use. At the family level, parenting stress was significantly positively associated with both parental phubbing and children's problematic media use. Moreover, parental phubbing played a role in the association between parenting stress and children's problematic media use. These findings suggest that the associations between parenting stress and parental phubbing are primarily systemic, rather than stemming from individual parents, and that family-wide parenting stress and parental phubbing during parent-child interactions may represent important factors in relation to preschoolers' problematic media use. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148413383","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}
Janire Ruiz-Casedas, Alfonso Osorio, María Calatrava, Raquel Martín-Lanas
{"title":"Adaptation of the Communication Patterns Questionnaire (CPQ) for Spanish-speaking populations.","authors":"Janire Ruiz-Casedas, Alfonso Osorio, María Calatrava, Raquel Martín-Lanas","doi":"10.1037/fam0001499","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Communication Patterns Questionnaire (CPQ), which assesses couples' interaction patterns in the face of conflict, has been cross-culturally validated. However, a complete version of this instrument in Spanish is not available yet. The aim of this study was to adapt the CPQ into Spanish and analyze its psychometric properties. The CPQ was translated using a translation and back-translation process. The data came from a Spanish sample (<i>N</i> = 536) and a Mexican sample (<i>N</i> = 564). A factor analysis was performed based on the model proposed by Crenshaw et al. (2017). Similarly, invariance analyses were performed for both sex and country. Likewise, correlations between subscales by sex were analyzed, as well as correlations with other related outcomes, such as commitment and satisfaction, and the reliability of the instrument was verified. After removing two items and adding covariances between complementary items, the data from both countries show a good fit to the explicit factor model: comparative fit index = .954; root-mean-square error of approximation = .056. Residual correlations were small overall, with the largest at .20. The criteria for invariance by sex and country were satisfied. All sex correlations among the subscales and almost all of those carried out between them and related outcomes were significant and in the expected direction, most of them being moderate in magnitude. Finally, these subscales reflected adequate internal consistency. The Spanish adaptation of the CPQ shows satisfactory psychometric indicators, and this study provides a new valid and reliable instrument for assessing couple dynamics in the Spanish-speaking context. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148413363","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":"A profile analysis of triadic acculturation gaps in Chinese Canadian immigrant families.","authors":"Jie Li, Catherine Lynn Costigan, Nigel Mantou Lou","doi":"10.1037/fam0001502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001502","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous research on the impacts of acculturation gaps among immigrant family members has produced inconsistent findings, likely due to the limitations of variable-centered approaches, focus on parent-child dyads, and a deficit-based perspective. This study addressed these limitations by using a person-centered approach to identify triadic family (mother-father-adolescent) acculturation profiles and examining how these profiles are related to family functioning (i.e., family conflicts, parent-child relational congruence) and individual well-being (i.e., depressive symptoms, self-esteem). With a sample of 161 Chinese Canadian immigrant families (i.e., 483 participants), we used latent profile analyses to generate mother-father-adolescent acculturation profiles based on each family member's reports of heritage and host identities. Five distinct profiles emerged. The most prevalent was the undifferentiated family profile (62.73%), characterized by average endorsements of both heritage and host identities, which has been overlooked in past variable-centered studies. In addition to the commonly theorized and expected acculturation gaps, we identified prevalent reversed acculturation gaps (where parents are more acculturated to the host culture and/or the child more acculturated to the heritage culture; 25.47%) and spousal gaps (37.27%), revealing complexity in acculturation processes that has not been fully captured in previous research. Importantly, our findings suggest that not all acculturation gaps are harmful; in some cases, they may even support resilience. This research underscores the value of a person-centered perspective in understanding family acculturation and calls for more nuanced, context-sensitive approaches in supporting immigrant families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148413352","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":"The daily association between maternal and paternal financial stress, marital interactions, and parent-child conflict.","authors":"Jingyi Xu, Jackie A Nelson","doi":"10.1037/fam0001514","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001514","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although the family stress model has received extensive empirical attention, little is known about how these processes might occur at the daily level and when considering both mother-child and father-child dyads. Data included 136 mothers' and 59 fathers' daily reports of their perceptions of daily financial stress, negative marital interactions, and oppositional parent-child conflict during early middle childhood. Reports were collected through online surveys for 7 consecutive days. Multilevel structural equation modeling indicated that at the within-person level, mother-reported financial stress was positively related to mother-child oppositional conflict qualities through mother-reported negative marital interactions. Father-reported financial stress was related to their same-day negative marital interactions. At the between-person level, mother-reported negative marital interactions were positively related to mother-child oppositional conflict characteristics. These findings contribute innovative information regarding the spillover effect from parental stressful experiences to their interactions with other family members in daily context and reveal unique processes in different family dyads' daily lives. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148392307","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":"The impact of COVID-19 on families and experiences with higher education over time.","authors":"Jodi Dworkin, Samantha LeBouef, Elizabeth Hruska","doi":"10.1037/fam0001517","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001517","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study was designed to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on college students' experiences from their parents' perspective. Parents from across the United States were surveyed twice, summer 2020 (T1) and fall 2020 (T2). Building on Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory, parents reported on their own and their students' well-being, student learning challenges, and the impact of COVID-19 on family life. Parents also reported their emotional support and stress at T2. Additionally, parents responded to open-ended questions describing how COVID-19 impacted student learning and student goals. Results showed that parental confidence in collegiate decision making diminished during this time, as did physical health and overall well-being for parents and parent reports of student well-being. Overall, parents reported increasing concern for student mental health from summer to fall 2020. First-generation college parents reported higher well-being for themselves and their students than continuing-generation parents. By contrast, parents of first-year students reported that their students were doing significantly worse than parents of students in later years. Parents who had more emotional support and less stress reported greater student well-being. College parent and family programs are discussed as a key pathway for providing resources and support for college families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148346852","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":"Residence time, children's mental health, and parent-child relationships in separated families: A longitudinal study.","authors":"Maria Morbech, Kristin Gustavson, Tonje Holt","doi":"10.1037/fam0001493","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001493","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined the longitudinal association between the division of children's residence time between parents and their depressive and anxiety symptoms using children's self-reports. We also explored whether the quality of mother-child and father-child relationships moderated the associations between residence time with the father and children's mental health symptoms. The sample included 266 children aged 6-16 years at baseline from 217 families recruited through family counseling offices across Norway. Mixed-effects regression models were used to assess associations between a continuous measure of division of residence time and children's depressive and anxiety symptoms across four time points. Results indicated that a more equal division of residence time between parents was associated with a weaker increase in anxiety symptoms over time compared to a less equal division of residence time. Children with a conflictual father-child relationship had higher levels of depressive symptoms when division of residence time was more equal between parents. These findings suggest that equal division of residence time may help buffer against increasing anxiety symptoms. However, if the father-child relationship was conflictual, increased residence time with the father was associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms. The results highlight the importance of considering relational dynamics when advising on residence arrangements for children when parents live apart. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148346828","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}
Rachelle M Johnson, Hongcui Du, Callie W Little, Sara A Hart
{"title":"Time in online education predicted parental involvement in their children's education during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Rachelle M Johnson, Hongcui Du, Callie W Little, Sara A Hart","doi":"10.1037/fam0001498","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has had wide-reaching, global impacts on families that continue to be felt, particularly in education. Past research has documented changes in parents' involvement in their children's education during, as compared to before, the COVID-19 pandemic. It is often assumed that these changes are due to the increased burden placed on parents due to education being moved online in an effort to prevent disease spread. Despite this widely accepted assertion, the present study is the first to empirically investigate and support that the amount of time children were in online education predicted parents' involvement in their children's learning during the pandemic. This was done in the present preregistered study with data on 833 parents from across the United States with twin children in kindergarten through 12th grade during the 2020-2021 school year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that parents of children who spent a higher percentage of the school year in online education demonstrated more agency in education than parents of children who spent less of the school year in online education. In addition, time spent in online education was associated with parents' school partnership confidence. These results held when controlling for parents' education level and children's grade level, each of which also predicted parental involvement. However, the association between online education and parent involvement differed by age group. We conclude that time spent in online education predicted parents' involvement in their children's education during the COVID-19 pandemic, but this differed by various factors of parental involvement. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13317710/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148346910","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}
Kristin E Rabil, Elizabeth R Wiggins, Julie M Brisson, Tianyi Yu, Katherine B Ehrlich
{"title":"Supportive parenting moderates the link between parents' and children's internalizing symptoms in families of color.","authors":"Kristin E Rabil, Elizabeth R Wiggins, Julie M Brisson, Tianyi Yu, Katherine B Ehrlich","doi":"10.1037/fam0001508","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001508","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parent and child internalizing symptoms are linked, and recent efforts have been made to identify protective factors that may disrupt this association. We examined whether children's perceptions of their parent as a secure base and parents' perceptions of their nurturant-involved parenting moderate the links between parent and child internalizing symptoms. Participants included children (<i>N</i> = 167, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 11.5 years, <i>SD</i> = 2.6 years; 49.1% girls) who identified as Black/African American (60%) or Hispanic/Latino (40%) and their parents. Children reported on their depressive symptoms, generalized anxiety symptoms, and secure base use. Parents reported on their depressive symptoms, generalized anxiety symptoms, and nurturant parenting practices. Analyses revealed that children's secure base use and parent-reported nurturant-involved parenting mitigated the associations between parent and child internalizing symptoms, such that links between parent and child symptoms were significant only when children reported low secure base use or parents reported low nurturant-involved parenting. These findings suggest that involved and dependable parenting can serve as a protective factor for Black and Latino youth when parents experience elevated internalizing symptoms. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13308154/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148319867","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}
Marilyn A Cornish, Shilpa R Maddikunta, Cassandra J Grey, Aleah J Horton, Latifat O Cabirou
{"title":"Trait responses after interpersonal offending: A dyadic examination of effects on romantic relationship quality.","authors":"Marilyn A Cornish, Shilpa R Maddikunta, Cassandra J Grey, Aleah J Horton, Latifat O Cabirou","doi":"10.1037/fam0001448","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001448","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As with all types of relationships, romantic relationships will involve at least occasional instances of interpersonal harm. When one partner commits a transgression against the other, how they respond next may influence whether the situation resolves or escalates. Research has identified three main response patterns to interpersonal transgressions-self-forgiveness, self-exoneration, and self-condemnation-each with potential relationship consequences that may either support or hinder the relationship. We examined these three response tendencies with romantic partners to understand their dyadic effect on relationship quality. In our sample of 216 adults in 108 heterosexual romantic relationships of at least 1 year, we found actor and partner effects for both trait self-forgiveness and trait self-exoneration. One partner's level of trait self-forgiveness positively predicted both their own and their partner's relationship quality, and the level of trait self-exoneration negatively predicted both their own and their partner's relationship quality. Self-condemnation was not a significant predictor in our model. We did not find any sex differences in our models. We discuss the implications of these findings for couples counseling and other contexts. We also discuss the potentially complicated nature of self-condemnation in relationship functioning, addressing ways it could both help and hinder some aspects of the relationship. Overall, this study highlights the potential benefits of promoting self-forgiveness and reducing self-exoneration tendencies on relationship quality for both partners in romantic relationships where one partner has transgressed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"625-632"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146087759","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}
Myriam Al Bcherraoui, Brenda L Volling, Lin Tan, Richard Gonzalez
{"title":"Attachment network, interparental conflict, and older siblings' behavior predicting toddler behavior problems.","authors":"Myriam Al Bcherraoui, Brenda L Volling, Lin Tan, Richard Gonzalez","doi":"10.1037/fam0001442","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001442","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Secure infant-father and infant-mother attachments are associated with fewer internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in childhood. The attachment network underscores relationships with both fathers and mothers to form four distinct configurations of attachment security (e.g., both secure, both insecure). This exploratory study had three aims: (a) to confirm the four classifications of the attachment network with fathers and mothers, (b) to examine whether longitudinal trajectories of toddler behavior problems differed as a function of the attachment network from 18 to 36 months, and (c) to test whether the attachment network would predict toddler behavior problems when other family risk factors (interparental conflict, older siblings' behavior problems) were added as predictors. Participants were 184 second-born, 12-month olds (55.9% girls) who participated in the strange situation procedure with fathers and mothers and were classified into four attachment configurations: both secure, both insecure, secure-mother/insecure-father, insecure-mother/secure-father. Longitudinal linear mixed models were conducted on a subsample of 150 families with both parent reports on externalizing and internalizing behavior problems when toddlers were 18-, 24-, and 36-month old, and interparental conflict and the older siblings' behavior problems when toddlers were 12-month old. Results revealed no effects of attachment in predicting toddlers' behavior problems; only the older siblings' behavior problems predicted toddler behavior problems from 18 to 36 months. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"494-503"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12823040/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146012940","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}