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{"title":"Does sociodemographic disadvantage moderate the impact of motherwise? Findings from a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Yunying Le, Jenny Lee, Daphne Y Liu, Nicholas S Perry, Galena K Rhoades","doi":"10.1037/fam0001408","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001408","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Evidence supports the positive impact of MotherWise, an individual-oriented relationship education program delivered to perinatal women and birthing people from underresourced communities, on relationship skills, attitudes, and individual and relationship functioning. This study examined whether individuals' sociodemographic disadvantage was associated with (a) preprogram levels and (b) differential program effects. Participants (<i>M</i>_age = 28 years) were randomly assigned to MotherWise (<i>n</i> = 512) or a control group (<i>n</i> = 437). Most participants identified as Hispanic (66%), had accessed government benefits recently (73%), and were partnered (85%). Sociodemographic factors (i.e., age, education, public assistance use, employment status, having children from previous relationships, and history of incarceration) were examined individually and as a cumulative index. Relationship skills (i.e., romantic relationship and conflict management skills), attitudes (i.e., disapproval of relationship violence), negative communication, and depressive symptoms were assessed at enrollment and 1 year and 2.5 years postenrollment. Multilevel models were conducted. MotherWise demonstrated positive long-term effects on relationship skills and attitudes, with no effects on negative communication or depression at these time points. Overall, there was no evidence of differential program effects across individual or cumulative sociodemographic risks. However, greater cumulative risk and some risks measured individually-especially incarceration history-were associated with lower baseline scores for skills and attitudes and higher baseline scores for negative communication and depression, suggesting greater needs among these individuals. Although MotherWise led to better outcomes for participants with varying risk factors, additional modifications or adaptations may be necessary to achieve equitable outcomes, ensuring all participants reach similar postprogram levels. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"663-673"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145309600","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":"803-813"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","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":"Characterizing digital parenting: A dyadic study of generation alpha children in Korea.","authors":"Jiwon Lee, Yeseul Lee, Seo Jin Oh, Hyoun K Kim","doi":"10.1037/fam0001480","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001480","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite its growing relevance, digital parenting (DP)-defined broadly as parental perceptions of digital technologies, approaches to mediation, and patterns of parent-child interaction related to children's digital use-and the discrepancies between parent and child perceptions of it remain largely underexplored. This study examined patterns of DP discrepancies between the Generation Alpha children and their mothers and how these different DP discrepancy patterns would be associated with children's problem behaviors. Using data from 362 Korean children (ages 9-10) and their mothers (<i>M</i> = 41.78), results from dyadic latent profile analysis revealed four distinct profiles: two incongruent profiles with significant mother-child discrepancies (<i>child-perceived controlling DP</i> [24.31%] and <i>mother-perceived engaging DP</i> [13.26%]) and two congruent profiles with little mother-child discrepancies (<i>congruently uninvolved DP</i> [31.22%] and <i>congruently inconsistent DP</i> [31.22%]). Children in the <i>congruently inconsistent DP</i> profiles showed elevated attention problems than those in the <i>congruently uninvolved DP</i> profile. In addition, children in the <i>child-perceived controlling DP</i> and <i>congruently uninvolved DP</i> profiles showed increased rule-breaking behaviors. Interestingly, children in the <i>mother-perceived engaging DP</i> profile had the highest digital use but lower problem behaviors, potentially reflecting an adaptive DP approach that balances guidance with independence. Findings highlight the negative effects of perception discrepancies and inconsistent DP while emphasizing the significance of active mother-child digital communication. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"674-684"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148164549","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":"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":"695-704"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","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":"Predicting changes in unforgiveness following a relational transgression in couples.","authors":"Mireille Jean, Susan D Boon, Audrey-Ann Lefebvre, Audrey Brassard, Marie-Ève Daspe, Katherine Péloquin","doi":"10.1037/fam0001500","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001500","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Relational transgressions in couples, defined as violations of explicit or implicit relationship norms, can lead to the experience of unforgiveness in the offended partner, which includes cognitive-evaluative, emotional-ruminative, and offender reconstrual dimensions. No studies have investigated the potential individual and contextual predictors of unforgiveness and its evolution over time in couples who have experienced a transgression. This study aimed to examine the association between (a) attachment insecurities (anxiety and avoidance), the level of subjective severity, and the contextual characteristics of the transgression (whether the transgression was recent and the presence of other hurtful events) and (b) the three unforgiveness dimensions and their evolution over a year. Couples (<i>N</i> = 245) completed online questionnaires at five time points (0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months), reporting on their experience of unforgiveness about a specific relational transgression that they experienced. Latent growth curve analyses revealed that the three dimensions of unforgiveness decreased over the study period. Attachment anxiety was associated with a higher baseline level of emotional-ruminative unforgiveness, whereas attachment avoidance was associated with higher baseline levels of all three dimensions. Also, while perceiving the transgression as being more severe was associated with higher unforgiveness on all three dimensions at baseline, it was associated with a steeper decrease in each dimension. The results provide material for a rich discussion on how partners in close relationships internally experience unforgiveness following a relational transgression and what may predict this experience over time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148594083","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":"\"Will they know who I am?\": Contact between incarcerated mothers and their infants.","authors":"Kimberly Piontkowski, Jennifer Lao, Jamilya Nurkanova, Natalie Slopen, Joanna Boyles, Bethany Kotlar","doi":"10.1037/fam0001520","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001520","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The United States has the highest women's incarceration rate, and 2%-4% of incarcerated women are pregnant on admission. Mothers who give birth during incarceration are typically separated from their newborns, jeopardizing their ability to form a maternal relationship. This qualitative study examined the experiences of 27 mothers in Georgia and Pennsylvania who gave birth during incarceration, using semistructured interviews conducted near the time of release to explore how they communicated with their infants, the challenges they encountered, and the impact of separation on their maternal identity and well-being. Three themes were identified. The first theme was carceral alienation: A landscape of restrictive policies, logistical barriers, technological failures, and high communication costs disrupted their ability to nurture relationships with their infants. The second theme was maternal resilience: Despite obstacles, mothers demonstrated persistent efforts to connect with their babies, engaging in prenatal bonding and collaborating with caregivers postpartum. The third theme was disrupted motherhood: Mothers reported grief, depression, and ongoing struggles to rebuild relationships with children who did not know them postrelease, with reunification described as an ongoing process, especially after lengthy separations. These findings illustrate the inadequacy of the current U.S. carceral system in supporting the needs of mothers who give birth while incarcerated. Community-based alternatives to incarceration, family-centered carceral policies, and reunification support are needed to promote healthy mother-child relationships and mitigate the long-term impacts of maternal incarceration. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13410985/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148594104","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":"Children's and adolescents' anticipated disclosures to mothers about harming and being harmed by a friend.","authors":"Tiffany-Rose Konov, Holly Recchia, Julie Guindon, Melanie A Dirks, Cecilia Wainryb","doi":"10.1037/fam0001513","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001513","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined children and adolescents' anticipated disclosure to their mothers regarding hypothetical situations of harming and being harmed by a friend, along with their expectations about their mothers' responses. A total of 196 participants (92 boys, 104 girls) across three age groups (<i>M</i>_ages = 8.57, 12.47, 17.58 years, respectively) considered two hypothetical scenarios in which they were described as harming or being harmed by a friend (order counterbalanced). Overall, participants were more likely to expect (a) disclosing and (b) receiving more supportive responses and fewer negative judgments when they described being harmed compared to harming a friend. Surprisingly, however, participants expected their mothers' responses to be more helpful when they had harmed a friend. Finally, participants who expected their mothers' responses to be more helpful were more likely to anticipate disclosing future incidents of peer harm, although this association was moderated by age and gender. Overall, the findings suggest that anticipated maternal responses that may foster supportive environments can encourage openness when discussing emotionally laden experiences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148580812","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":"Childhood trauma, emotion regulation, and depressive symptoms in parents and adolescents: Actor-partner interdependence analysis.","authors":"Xiaomin Wei, Wei Lü","doi":"10.1037/fam0001519","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001519","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parental childhood trauma exerts profound impacts on both their own and their offspring's psychopathological problems such as depressive symptoms. The underlying mechanisms of these effects, particularly from the perspective of parent-child interdependence, still need further exploration. This study adopted the actor-partner interdependence model to investigate the associations between parental childhood trauma and parental and adolescent depressive symptoms, and the mediating roles of parental and adolescent emotion regulation difficulties in the relations. This study included 125 eligible parent-adolescent dyads from Northwest China, with data collected at two time points across a 1-year interval. Parents aged 33-69 years (<i>M</i>_age = 41.19, <i>SD</i> = 7.19, 58% mothers) were invited to complete the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale at T1 and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale at T2, and adolescents aged 13-16 (<i>M</i>_age = 14.41, <i>SD</i> = 0.53, 50% girls) were asked to complete the face-word Stroop task assessing emotion regulation difficulties at T1 and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale at T2. Results showed that parental childhood trauma at T1 predicted both parental and adolescent depressive symptoms at T2. In addition, parental childhood trauma at T1 affected parental depressive symptoms at T2 only via parental emotion regulation difficulties at T1, and parental childhood trauma at T1 affected adolescent depressive symptoms at T2 via both adolescent and parental emotion regulation difficulties at T1. These findings suggest an actor-partner interdependence mechanism underlying the associations between parental childhood trauma and their own and offspring's depressive 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":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148521278","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":"\"My friends are better parents than me\": Comparison and shaming, social support, and parental burnout.","authors":"Thanh Minh Nguyen, Moïra Mikolajczak, Huy The Hoang Le, Isabelle Roskam","doi":"10.1037/fam0001495","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001495","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parental burnout has gained global attention in recent years due to its effects on family functioning and the well-being of both parents and children. While numerous risk and protective factors have been identified, limited research has examined how group dynamics relate to parental burnout. Our current cross-sectional, cross-cultural study investigated the associations and underlying mechanisms linking perceived social support, parents' personal social comparison, and critical comparison and shaming by family members (CCS) to parental burnout. The sample included 1,373 parents from the United Kingdom and Vietnam (<i>M</i>_age = 37.90, <i>SD</i> = 7.93 years). Our results indicated that perceived social support was negatively correlated with parental burnout, whereas personal social comparison and critical comparison and shaming by family members were positively correlated with parental burnout, with similar patterns observed across both countries. We also tested an exploratory moderation model and found that, in the Vietnamese sample, but not the U.K. sample, the protective effect of perceived social support was stronger among parents with higher levels of personal social comparison. These findings underscore the importance of incorporating group-dynamic factors (e.g., perceived social support and comparison) into prevention and intervention programs for parental burnout and offer new directions for future research in this field. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148473556","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":"Marital conflict, sibling closeness, and youth adjustment in Mexican-origin families: A multilevel moderation analysis.","authors":"Yunyan Zhao, Jenny Padilla","doi":"10.1037/fam0001491","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001491","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Marital conflict is a well-documented family stressor linked to youth maladjustment. However, limited research has examined protective factors that may buffer these effects in Mexican-origin families, where cultural values emphasizing familial harmony may intensify the negative impact of marital conflict. Guided by family systems theory, this multi-informant, longitudinal study investigated how mother- and father-reported marital conflict related to youth-reported adjustment and whether sibling closeness moderated these associations. Participants included 246 two-parent Mexican-origin families with two adolescent siblings (49.59% girls, <i>M</i>_age = 14.49, <i>SD</i> = 1.85 at Time 1), assessed across three time points. Multilevel moderation models were used to examine between-family, within-person, and cross-level effects. Results revealed that, within families, increases in parent-reported marital conflict over time were not significantly associated with decreases in youth depressive symptoms or risk behaviors. However, compared to other families, higher levels of mother-reported marital conflict were associated with greater youth-reported depressive symptoms and risk behaviors. Further, sibling closeness moderated the association between father-reported marital conflict and youth depressive symptoms at the between-family level. Specifically, in families characterized by high sibling closeness, lower levels of marital conflict were linked to fewer youth depressive symptoms. However, in families with low sibling closeness, youth reported elevated depressive symptoms regardless of marital conflict levels. These results highlight the nuanced ways marital conflict relates to youth outcomes and underscore the importance of examining multiple family subsystems at multiple levels. They also inform culturally relevant frameworks by identifying sibling closeness as a potential protective factor in family-based interventions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13489682/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148473591","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}