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{"title":"Associations between literacy-related family routines and children's language development: A three-wave longitudinal study in Taiwan.","authors":"Huiping Wu, Chenyi Zhang, Mengyang He, Bi Ying Hu, Chien-Ju Chang","doi":"10.1037/fam0001534","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001534","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Family routines play a vital role in children's language and literacy development. However, limited research has examined how specific literacy-related family routines contribute to children's developmental trajectories and whether these associations are bidirectional over time. This longitudinal study investigated the potential reciprocal associations between specific literacy-related family routines and language development among 1,959 children in Taiwan over 3 years from age 3. Utilizing regularized structural equation modeling and reciprocal cross-lagged panel models, the findings revealed that visiting libraries/bookstores, teaching phonetic symbols, singing nursery rhymes, and discussing past events significantly correlated with language skills at age 3. Specifically, teaching Mandarin phonetic symbols, expanding responses, and discussing past events predicted steeper language growth trajectories than early engagement in nursery rhymes. Furthermore, the results demonstrated a dynamic, reciprocal relationship: Children's initial language skills influenced subsequent family routines, which, in turn, predicted future language gains. These findings highlight the critical role of consistent, early literacy routines and underscore the bidirectional nature of the home environment and child development within culturally specific contexts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148888229","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":"Development and validation of the Triadic Coping Inventory (TCI) in a French-speaking population.","authors":"Michel Sfeir, Guy Bodenmann, Mélanie De Leener, Madyson Messiaen, Gérald Delelis, Pascal Antoine, Mandy Rossignol, Sarah Galdiolo","doi":"10.1037/fam0001532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001532","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coping with stress in families is rarely an individual process and often extends beyond the couple subsystem to involve parents and children jointly. Although dyadic coping has been extensively studied, no validated instrument currently exists to assess how families cope with stress at the triadic level. The present study aimed to develop and validate the Triadic Coping Inventory (TCI), a self-report measure designed to capture coping as a coordinated, systemic process operating across parent-child dyads, the couple subsystem, and the family triad. Participants were 632 French-speaking individuals living with at least one child aged 5-14 years. Using a split-sample design, exploratory factor analyses were conducted on 60% of the sample and confirmatory factor analyses on an independent holdout subsample (40%). Results supported a multidimensional structure comprising four parent-child dyadic coping factors, four couple-level dyadic coping factors, and two family-level triadic coping factors distinguishing positive and negative triadic coping. Internal consistency was acceptable to excellent across subscales, with stronger reliability observed for family-level coordinated coping dimensions. Construct validity was supported through theoretically coherent associations with attachment insecurity, emotion regulation, individual coping strategies, and relationship satisfaction. Criterion-related validity analyses showed strong associations between triadic coping dimensions and relationship satisfaction, and incremental validity analyses demonstrated that TCI subscales explained substantial additional variance in satisfaction beyond attachment dimensions. Together, these findings support the TCI as a reliable and valid instrument for assessing triadic coping processes in families with school-age children. The TCI offers a novel tool for advancing research on family stress regulation and for informing clinical assessment and intervention targeting family-level coping dynamics. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148888335","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":"Hope for our future: Relational hope promotes relationship goal pursuit and well-being.","authors":"Claire J Shimshock, Princeton X Chee, Harry T Reis, Bonnie M Le","doi":"10.1037/fam0001463","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001463","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hope, or positive expectancies to meet desired goals, may shape romantic couples' goal attainment and well-being. The current work tested a new theoretical model of hope that extends beyond the intrapersonal domain to examine <i>interpersonal</i> hope for goals focused on a partner and relationship. In Study 1 (<i>N</i> = 214 couples), we tested the associations of relational hope on goal outcomes during a goal conversation in the lab and at a follow-up 3 months later. Individuals higher in relational hope viewed their goal more positively in the moment and made more progress on their goal 3 months later. In Study 2 (<i>N</i> = 164 couples), a 3-month longitudinal study, we tested whether hopeful individuals' goal pursuit facilitated long-term changes in relationship well-being. Relational hope predicted long-term increases in relationship well-being (i.e., constructive conflict behavior, commitment), and these changes were mediated by viewing one's relationship goals more positively. Results were consistent across the characteristics of relationship goals, including whether goals were shared and their degree of importance and difficulty. Across studies, results could not be fully explained by alternative explanations of optimism or relationship satisfaction, indicating that relational hope may be an added resource for couples beyond feeling generally happy or satisfied. Altogether, this work elucidates the benefits of feeling relationally hopeful for pursuing relationship goals and boosting well-being over time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"991-1002"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147291469","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":"Maternal responses to children's negative emotions in real-world settings: A diathesis-stress approach.","authors":"Niyantri Ravindran, Cory Carvalho, Kellsie Prather","doi":"10.1037/fam0001454","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001454","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adopting a diathesis-stress framework, we examined whether maternal trait-level distress reactivity (the tendency to experience poorly regulated anxiety or discomfort in response to children's negative emotions) interacted with the intensity of children's negative emotions to predict the quality of mothers' subsequent responses in real-world settings. With a sample of 53 families with a child between 3 and 5 years old (<i>M</i>_{child age} = 50.47 months, 28 girls), we collected 16-hr audio recordings of children in the home. From the recordings, multiple emotional episodes (range = 4-10 episodes, <i>M</i> = 9.47, <i>SD</i> = 1.34) per child were selected to code for children's negative emotional intensity and the quality of mothers' subsequent response (i.e., support and nonsupport). We also computed the percentage of maternal positive and negative emotion words for each maternal response using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count program. Mothers reported on their tendency to experience distress in response to their child's negative emotions and general difficulties with emotion regulation. Multilevel models revealed that increases in children's negative emotional intensity were associated with real-time increases in maternal nonsupport and decreases in maternal positive emotion talk, but only for mothers who reported high trait levels of distress reactivity. These findings emerged after controlling for maternal difficulties with emotion regulation. Findings highlight the importance of examining how maternal trait-level emotional characteristics in the parenting context interact with situational stressors (e.g., intensity of children's negative emotional expressions) to predict specific parenting behaviors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"854-865"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146126955","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":"Children's externalizing behaviors and parenting practices in school-related tasks: Parental basic psychological needs as mediators.","authors":"Julie Goulet, Catherine F Ratelle, Frédéric Guay, André Plamondon, Julien S Bureau, David Litalien, Stéphane Duchesne","doi":"10.1037/fam0001372","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001372","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Children's externalizing behaviors can strain parents and contribute to suboptimal parenting practices (Yan et al., 2021). However, the mechanisms through which children's behaviors shape parenting practices are not fully understood. Drawing on a child-driven effects perspective, this study aimed to examine whether the relationship between children's externalizing behaviors and parenting practices in school-related tasks (i.e., parents' levels of autonomy support and psychological control) was mediated by parents' basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration with regard to their involvement in their child's schooling. The data were collected from 1,460 parents (75% mothers; <i>M</i>_age = 38 years, <i>SD</i> = 5.5) of elementary students in Grades 1 and 2 over a 3-year period. Structural equation models with bias-corrected bootstrapped coefficients were estimated to test indirect relationships. Results revealed that externalizing behaviors (T1) were associated with decreases in autonomy support (T3) through reduced parental need satisfaction (T2) and with higher levels of psychological control (T3) through increased parental need frustration (T2). Unexpectedly, externalizing behaviors were also associated with reduced psychological control through lower parental need satisfaction. These pathways were consistent for both mothers and fathers. By examining the interplay between children's behaviors, parents' psychological needs, and parenting practices, this longitudinal research provides insights into the predictive factors of nurturing and supportive tendencies in parents. Practical implications for families and school practitioners are discussed, including strategies for enhancing parental need satisfaction. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"878-890"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144609996","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":"Mind-mindedness, parenting, and family adversity: Associations and moderation effects across three sites.","authors":"Jean Anne Heng, Zhenlin Wang, Chengyi Xu, Ayalguu Agtchin, Laure Lu Chen, Caoimhe Dempsey, Rory T Devine, Hana D'Souza, Miryam Edwards, Elian Fink, Louise Gray, Mikeda Jess, Mishika Mehrotra, Siu Ching Wong, Catherine Wu, Zhen Wu, Jiayin Zheng, Claire Hughes","doi":"10.1037/fam0001432","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001432","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parental mind-mindedness (MM)-defined as the propensity to view children as mental agents with their own thoughts, feelings, and intentions-is thought to shape parental behavior and affect, which are also impacted by family adversity. However, little is known about whether associations between MM, parenting, and family adversity generalize across cultural contexts. This study aimed to both address this question, and to also consider whether parental MM attenuates associations between family adversity and parenting behavior/affect. Across three sites (England, Hong Kong, mainland China), 832 parent-child dyads (<i>M</i>_{child age} = 5.18 years; <i>SD</i> = 0.52) were observed remotely in a shared drawing task, with video-footage coded for parental behavior and affect. Parental MM was assessed from transcripts of parents' descriptions of their child. Our index of family adversity comprised indicators of socioeconomic status, parental mental health, negative life events, and COVID-19 related stress. Using a single-study meta-analysis design, we found across-site generalizability of associations between parenting aspects and (a) MM (summary estimate = 0.13) and (b) family adversity (summary estimate = -0.16). By contrast, the predicted effect of MM in attenuating associations between family adversity and parenting was only partially supported. That is, the association between family adversity and parental negative affect was attenuated in the context of high MM in mainland China (but not in England or Hong Kong). For parenting behavior and affect, findings indicate both cultural similarities and contrasts and are discussed within the framework of \"universality without uniformity\" models. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"866-877"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145597873","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":"Fundamental o fútil? Relations between multiple familism dimensions and adolescent sleep in a Hispanic sample.","authors":"Emily C Scott, Brian T Gillis","doi":"10.1037/fam0001452","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001452","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The cultural value of familism describes prioritizing family over the individual. Previous evidence supports relations between familism and health behaviors, including sleep. Using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, this investigation explored associations of parent and adolescent familism and adolescent sleep. The sample included 438 Latino/a parent-adolescent dyads, with youth averaging 11.87 (<i>SD</i> = 0.67) years old (assigned female at birth: 49.78%) and parents averaging 40.51 (<i>SD</i> = 6.50) years old (female: 90.38%) with a majority identifying as Mexican or Mexican American (parents: 53.83%; youth: 54.51%). Most adolescents were born in the United States or its territories (94.28%). Parents and adolescents independently reported on multiple dimensions of familism, including familism support, familism obligation, and familism referent, which were combined to create an overall familism score. Adolescents wore Fitbit devices that measured objective parameters of sleep including minutes, efficiency, wake after sleep onset, latency, midpoint, and variability in minutes and midpoint. Multiple regression models were fit to determine associations of parent and adolescent familism dimensions with adolescent sleep. Youth obligation and parent support familism were related to more ideal sleep, while youth referent and parent obligation familism were related to less ideal sleep. While some dimensions of familism may pose a risk for poor sleep, others support ideal sleep and should be emphasized within the parent-adolescent relationship. As practitioners and clinicians incorporate cultural sensitivity into their practices and recommendations and families cultivate a supportive environment through familism values, Latino/a youth will be more likely to experience optimal sleep outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"933-942"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146144258","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":"Neighborhood risks, maternal parenting entropy, and child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms.","authors":"Zhi Li, Melissa L Sturge-Apple, Patrick T Davies","doi":"10.1037/fam0001518","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001518","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adopting a multimethod, multi-informant, and three-wave longitudinal design, this study seeks to examine how maternal parenting entropy may operate as indirect factors between exposure to neighborhood risks and child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms over time. Participants were 235 families with a young child (at Wave 1, <i>M</i> child age = 2.97 years old) followed over three annual measurement occasions. We measured neighborhood risks based on Zone Improvement Plan-code-associated census data and assessed maternal parenting entropy via multiple aspects of molar-rated maternal parenting behavior within two mother-child interaction contexts. Findings indicated that exposure to greater neighborhood risks was associated with greater maternal parenting entropy over time and thereby elevated child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms; these findings emerged after accounting for the averaged level of parenting. Furthermore, context-specificity findings emerged such that only maternal parenting entropy within the \"hot\" but not the \"cool\" discipline context operated as the indirect factor between neighborhood risks and child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms. These findings provided important insights into the antecedents of unpredictable parenting behavior and also highlighted important intervention targets for mitigating mental-health risks for children exposed to neighborhood risks. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1003-1011"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13637976/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148438418","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":"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":"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":"913-922"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","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":"Parenting knowledge moderates the association between parent and child internalizing symptoms.","authors":"Claire S Tomlinson, Rachel Vaughn-Coaxum, Paul A Pilkonis, David J Kolko, Lan Yu, Oliver Lindhiem","doi":"10.1037/fam0001464","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001464","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parent anxiety and depression are well-established risk factors for childhood internalizing problems. While effective parenting may buffer this relationship, the role of parenting knowledge, defined as understanding evidence-based parenting strategies, remains underexplored. Using a nationally representative sample of 1,000 parents of children aged 5-12, we examined whether parenting knowledge moderated the association between parent and child symptoms of anxiety and depression. Results indicated significant moderation effects: Among parents with lower knowledge, there were strong positive associations between parent and child internalizing symptoms, whereas among those with higher knowledge, these associations were significantly weaker. Findings held even after adjusting for key demographic covariates and sensitivity analyses. These results suggest that parenting knowledge may serve as a protective factor within families experiencing psychological distress and highlight its potential as a target for prevention and early intervention efforts. This study contributes to a growing literature on cognitive protective mechanisms in parent-child mental health dynamics. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"833-842"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12922502/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146229131","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}