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{"title":"Risk and resilience from early to middle childhood in three-generation families: Grandmother coresidence stability matters.","authors":"Na Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Wen Wang, Athena Chung Yin Chan, Qiu Wang","doi":"10.1037/fam0001470","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001470","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coresidential three-generation families are becoming increasingly prevalent, but the contribution of grandparent coresidence stability during early childhood is poorly understood. Informed by the process-person-context-time theory, this study links grandmothers' behavioral health risk and mothers' psychopathology to child psychopathology (i.e., total internalizing and externalizing problems). We hypothesized mediation pathways through maternal psychological and physical aggression and tested grandmother coresidential stability as a moderator. A nationally representative sample of three-generation families was selected from the Future of Families and Child Well-Being Study. Most mothers in the sample were Black or Hispanic, single, young, and living in low-income households. Based on grandmother coresidence stability from Year 3 to Year 5, families were divided into a disrupted (<i>N</i> = 248) and continued (<i>N</i> = 189) group. Multigroup structural equation modeling results showed similar and unique pathways across the groups. Similarly, in both groups, grandmothers' behavioral health risk at Year 3 was related to maternal physical aggression at Year 5, whereas maternal psychopathology at Year 3 was related to maternal psychological aggression at Year 5. Uniquely in the disrupted group, but not in the continued group, evidence was found on the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology: maternal psychopathology at Year 3 had a direct link to children's psychopathology at Year 9, and this was also mediated by psychological aggression at Year 5. These findings demonstrate the heterogeneity of multigenerational families and emphasize developmental implications for risk and resilience. Grandmother coresidential stability appears to have a protective role for young children's socioemotional development in socioeconomically disadvantaged families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1128-1138"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13016853/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147500263","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":"Residential moves in the early years of marriage: Stressor or normative transition?","authors":"Benjamin B Haggerty, Thomas N Bradbury, Benjamin R Karney","doi":"10.1037/fam0001515","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001515","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the early years of marriage, couples will frequently move to a new residence, a transition experienced as stressful by most people. Three theoretical perspectives offer competing predictions about how residential moves may account for changes in marital satisfaction. To the extent that stress generally harms intimacy, couples who move may experience declines in satisfaction relative to those who remain in place. Yet, because moving is a common and normative stressor, couples may generally manage their experience of moving without ill effects. Alternatively, the effect of moving on satisfaction may depend on why couples are moving, the outcomes of the move, and the resources available to manage the stress. Evidence for these perspectives was evaluated with data from two independent samples of first-married newlywed couples sampled from lower income neighborhoods and interviewed multiple times over several years (total <i>N</i> = 662 couples). Preregistered analyses found no evidence that moving was negatively associated with couples' satisfaction concurrently or longitudinally. Apart from a few instances, there was scant evidence for significant moderators. These results suggest that moving may indeed be a normative transition that couples generally navigate well during the early years of marriage. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1149-1159"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13390476/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148438586","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":"Timesheets, tantrums, and trust: Early childhood bedtime routines in a majority Black and Hispanic sample.","authors":"Olivia Martín-Piñón, Adrienne Duke-Marks, Cynthia A Frosch, J Benjamin Hinnant, Brian T Gillis, Jennifer A Somers","doi":"10.1037/fam0001526","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001526","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bedtime routines established before the age of 5 are one of the most beneficial practices for children's sleep and are often used in interventions and recommended by pediatricians. However, for parents experiencing poverty, maintaining a bedtime routine can be challenging due to employment constraints and other factors. Using the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, the present study assessed maternal nonstandard employment (i.e., night, weekend, variable shifts), child externalizing behavior, and maternal social capital as predictors and moderators of bedtime routine use and activities (i.e., physical contact, communication, hygiene, and nutrition) at age 3. The sample included 1,364 children (52.5% boys; <i>M</i>_age = 35.66 months, <i>SD</i> = 2.40 months) and their mothers (<i>M</i>_age = 28.69 years, <i>SD</i> = 6.07 years; 50.04% non-Hispanic Black, 23.88% non-Hispanic White, and 22.26% Hispanic, 3.82% \"other\"). Results showed that maternal nonstandard employment was associated with a lower probability of using a bedtime routine and communication activities. Higher social capital was also associated with a higher probability of using bedtime routines, hygiene, and communication activities. Mothers with children who show higher levels of externalizing behavior were more likely to have bedtime routines and use hygiene and nutrition activities. Higher levels of social capital eliminated the difference in the probability of using a bedtime routine by employment type. Finally, the positive association between externalizing behavior and communication activity use was only significant for mothers in standard employment. Results illustrate the importance of considering a family's social context when designing bedtime routine interventions and bedtime activities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1061-1072"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148663856","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":"Attachment insecurities interact with caregiving and sexuality to predict relationship satisfaction in first-time parents.","authors":"Audrey Brassard, Noémie Beaulieu, Ioana Negura, Sandrine Dubé, Marie-France Lafontaine, Anne Brault-Labbé, Patrick Gosselin, Katherine Péloquin","doi":"10.1037/fam0001496","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001496","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Few studies have examined how new parents adjust to the daily challenges of the transition to parenthood. Attachment theory posits that the combined workings of the attachment, caregiving, and sexual systems underlie relationship quality. This theory could clarify why some new parents struggle more than others in their daily efforts to navigate the transition to parenthood. This dyadic study's aim was to investigate the moderating roles of daily perceived partner support and sexual satisfaction in the associations between prenatal attachment and daily relationship satisfaction in the early postpartum period. A sample of 195 new parent couples answered online questionnaires during the second trimester of pregnancy (prenatal attachment-related anxiety and avoidance), followed by 14 daily diaries at 4 months postpartum (daily perceived partner support, sexual satisfaction, and relationship satisfaction). Actor and partner effects were examined with multilevel moderation analyses. Results revealed negative direct associations between both prenatal attachment insecurities and postpartum relationship satisfaction, whereas postpartum sexual satisfaction and partner support each showed positive direct associations with relationship satisfaction. Four moderation effects of sexual satisfaction emerged in the associations between prenatal attachment insecurities and daily relationship satisfaction. One's own higher sexual satisfaction buffered the negative role of one's attachment avoidance and anxiety, whereas one's partner sexual satisfaction did not confer this protective effect. Partner support moderated the association between attachment-related avoidance and relationship satisfaction. These results highlight the importance of exploring partners' attachment orientations and needs and of routinely monitoring perceived support and sexual satisfaction when working with couples welcoming their first child. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1173-1184"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148319935","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":"Uncovering childcare struggles through topic modeling.","authors":"Mateus M Mazzaferro, Priyanshi Sharma, Sihong Liu, Philip Fisher","doi":"10.1037/fam0001539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001539","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Challenges with accessing reliable childcare are a main source of distress for many families with young children. Research has documented the detrimental effects of lack of access to stable and reliable care on caregivers and children, but little is known about which childcare-related challenges and impacts caregivers themselves perceive as most central. We bridge this gap by leveraging biterm topic modeling, a natural language processing technique, to analyze large-scale open-ended survey data, identify common themes brought up by parents when talking about childcare, and examine covariation with family characteristics. A six-topic solution was selected, clustered around two metatopics: access barriers and precarity experiences and psychosocial impacts of childcare challenges. Family characteristics, including child disability, identifying as female, identifying as Black, and having any higher education, were credibly associated with the likelihood of topic emergence in Bayesian regression models, with evidence varying in strength. Future work should focus on accurately measuring different dimensions of childcare challenges, as well as gauging causal and temporal relations between such challenges, family characteristics, and family outcomes. Policy and decision makers may use these and similar data to infer families' priorities when it comes to childcare. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116736","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":"Correlates of youth routine adherence and social support seeking during COVID-19 among Mexican families.","authors":"Anis B Brik, Jigeesha Ghosh, Aaron M Luebbe","doi":"10.1037/fam0001447","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001447","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Among Mexican families during the early wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study tested how parental factors such as parental work-related economic stress, marital satisfaction, anxiety, depression, and resilience were associated with youth routine adherence (e.g., maintaining regular bedtimes, mealtimes, and physical activities) and social support seeking via peer interactions through phone calls, texts, and social media. Parent gender was tested as a moderator of relations. Participants were 2,369 Mexican caregivers (89.2% women, <i>M</i>_age = 34.21) with wide socioeconomic backgrounds, who completed online surveys of family functioning during the early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings indicated variability in adherence to family routines and social support seeking during COVID-19. Less parental depression and greater parental resilience related to children's routine adherence and both work-related economic stress and lower marital satisfaction were indirectly related to routine adherence via lower depressive symptoms. Less depression, but greater anxiety, was associated with more youth social support seeking in models without marital satisfaction. Again, work-related economic stress was indirectly related to social support seeking via both depression and anxiety. Effects were generally small and parent gender did not moderate any relations. Parents may be gatekeepers for strategies designed to help children cope with stress, and parenting variables-most notably parental depression and broader stressors in the work and marital domains-appear to relate to how youth coped with stress in Mexico during the early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1084-1095"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146107990","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":"Couples' experiences of grandparenthood: Grandchild-related bliss and psychological well-being.","authors":"Jasmin Dorry, Axel Mayer, Bettina S Wiese","doi":"10.1037/fam0001527","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001527","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Building on family systems theory and lifespan views on aging, the present study investigates how the experiences of grandchild-related bliss (i.e., the subjective fulfillment and joy of having a grandchild) are related to grandparental couples' partnership-related and general well-being. We hypothesized both (a) actor effects (i.e., a grandparent's grandchild-related bliss is positively associated with this grandparent's well-being) and (b) partner effects (i.e., a grandparent's grandchild-related bliss is positively associated with the partner's well-being). We used the actor-partner interdependence model to distinguish these kinds of effects. The data were collected at two measurement time points, which were 4 weeks apart. The sample consisted of 163 heterosexual grandparental couples who cohabited and had a first grandchild (up to 8 years old). No actor effects were found for grandmothers. However, the grandfather's grandchild-related bliss was associated with the grandmother's reports on relationship quality and meaning in life (partner effects). For grandfathers, grandchild-related bliss was positively associated with their relationship quality, satisfaction with life, and meaning in life (actor effects). Unexpectedly, the grandmother's grandchild-related bliss was negatively associated with the grandfather's relationship quality (partner effect). These findings provide new insights into the gendered family experiences of grandparents and expand our knowledge regarding the psychological well-being of older romantic couples. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1107-1116"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148799656","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":"Fears among parents of transgender and gender-diverse youth in the United States.","authors":"Julio A Martin, Sydney Hainsworth, Russell B Toomey, Roberto L Abreu","doi":"10.1037/fam0001507","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001507","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parents of transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) youth navigate various fears within a sociopolitical context that increasingly target their children's rights, safety, and access to care. The secondary minority stress model shows how parents of TGD youth experience minority stress while navigating systems for and with their children, contributing to mental health difficulties, including worry and fear. However, this framework primarily conceptualizes fear at the level of individual stress processes and does not fully interrogate the structural systems that produce and sustain these conditions. Drawing from Liberation Psychology, we conceptualize parental fear as a rational, relational, and socially produced response to systemic oppression rather than individual pathology. Using thematic analysis, we analyzed the greatest fears reported by 1,047 parents of TGD youth across the United States. Our findings identified five key themes of fear concerning (1) violence, (2) mental health difficulties, (3) interpersonal factors, (4) discrimination, and (5) medical concerns. Guided by Liberation Psychology, our findings situate these fears as natural responses to systems that marginalize and devalue TGD children and their families. This study underscores the importance of interrogating structures of oppression, such as legislation, institutional practices, and cultural narratives, and their effects on TGD youth and their families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1019-1028"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148346849","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 grounded theory study of different-gender married parents as gatekeepers in intergenerational relationships with religious differences.","authors":"Heather H Kelley, Loren D Marks, David C Dollahite, Ty B Aller","doi":"10.1037/fam0001460","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001460","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the past decades, an increasing number of adults in the United States have begun identifying as nonreligious, despite many being raised in religious homes. Research has demonstrated that religious disaffiliation and religious differences can create relational distance and challenges in families. However, little research has explored these impacts on intergenerational relationships. With parents' perspectives as a focal point, given their role as gatekeepers between their children and their children's grandparents, we employed a grounded theory approach to the analysis of in-depth interviews with 29 nonreligious different-gender married couples (<i>N</i> = 58 parents), through which we identified four broad themes related to religious differences in intergenerational relationships: (a) engaging in familial religious traditions, (b) religious boundaries with family of origin, (c) children's upbringing as a point of conflict, and (d) children as a relational bridge. Based on connections between these themes, we developed the first (to our knowledge) conceptual model of how nonreligious parents navigate religious differences and intergenerational relationships, titled the Structure of the Influence of Religious Differences on Intergenerational Relationships model. Implications focused on helping families navigate religious differences both through and independent of therapeutic contexts are offered in light of this model. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1139-1148"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147391163","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 \"Family expectations reduces the risk of postpartum depression among mothers but not fathers\" by Le et al. (2026).","authors":"","doi":"10.1037/fam0001552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001552","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reports an error in \"Family Expectations reduces the risk of postpartum depression among mothers but not fathers\" by Yunying Le, Maggie O. T. Allen, Scott M. Stanley, Michelle Nida and Galena K. Rhoades (<i>Journal of Family Psychology</i>, 2026[Sep], Vol 40[6], 1012-1018; see record 2027-91178-001). In the article, the title was incorrectly published as \"Family Expectations Reduce the Risk of Postpartum Depression Among Mothers but Not Fathers.\" The online version of this article has been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2027-91178-001). Postpartum depression is a common and serious mental health condition affecting both mothers and fathers and is especially common among low-income and racially and ethnically minoritized groups; however, it is significantly undertreated. Birth transitions are well documented as a period of heightened risk for relationship decline, and poor relationship adjustment is a strong risk factor for postpartum depression. Relationship education has consistently been shown to reduce relationship distress, with growing evidence of positive spillover effects on both partners' mental health, making it a promising preventive strategy. It remains unknown whether delivering relationship education to couples during pregnancy can reduce the risk of postpartum depression for mothers and/or fathers. This study addresses this gap using data from a randomized controlled trial of a community-based relationship education program, Family Expectations. Participants were 1,761 individuals (954 couples) with low-income levels who enrolled during pregnancy and provided depressive symptom data at baseline and within 1 year postpartum. At the follow-up, intervention mothers had significantly lower odds of meeting the screening cutoff for postpartum depression compared to control mothers (<i>OR</i> = 0.70; <i>d</i>_Cox = -0.22). Further, despite the high prevalence of fathers meeting the screening cutoff (27.9%), no significant between-group differences were found. These effects did not differ by levels of prenatal depressive symptoms for either parent. These findings suggest that community-based relationship education programs like Family Expectations have the potential to serve as a complementary approach to promoting maternal mental health alongside other established services. More research is still needed on strategies for fathers. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116746","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}