Family sciencePub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2015.1116451
Henna Pirskanen
{"title":"Sons of problem-drinking fathers: Narratives on the father–son relationship","authors":"Henna Pirskanen","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2015.1116451","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2015.1116451","url":null,"abstract":"While family relations can at best offer attachment, love, and nurture, at worst they can be enervating, neglectful, and oppressive. In this article, narratives on the father–son relationship in the context of the father’s alcohol problems are identified and discussed. Adult sons who have lived with problem-drinking fathers are given a voice through interviews, and their life stories explored. What kinds of narratives are found in sons’ life stories that deal with the father–son relationship? How has the relationship evolved, including emotionally, during the son’s life? The study data comprise life story interviews (N = 21) with men aged 21–42 years. The narrative analysis yielded four types of story about the father–son relationship during the son’s life course: Narrative of Fondness, Narrative of Irritation, Narrative of Melancholy, and Narrative of Hatred. The study reveals the centrality of different emotions and the dynamic nature of relationships in these narratives on challenging family relations.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"15 1","pages":"394 - 401"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2015.1116451","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60320399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family sciencePub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2015.1076494
Jeffrey R. Gagne, J. Prater, Lior Abramson, D. Mankuta, A. Knafo-Noam
{"title":"An Israeli study of family expectations of future child temperament","authors":"Jeffrey R. Gagne, J. Prater, Lior Abramson, D. Mankuta, A. Knafo-Noam","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2015.1076494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2015.1076494","url":null,"abstract":"Early emerging child temperament forms the basis for adult personality and has a multitude of developmental implications. Studies have shown that some aspects of temperament can be observed prenatally, and prenatal parent ratings predict postnatal child temperament, thereby influencing future family dynamics. Little research has examined prenatal mother–father agreement on predictions of temperament, or patterns of cross-dimension associations before birth. Parental expectations of their future child’s temperament were investigated in a sample of pregnant Israeli women and their partners. Three modified temperament questionnaires were used to investigate mother–father agreement and associations between temperament dimensions. There were few significant mean differences between mothers’ and fathers’ expectations of child temperament. Parent agreement within temperament dimensions, and associations across dimensions were consistent with the postnatal literature. Findings indicate that parent impressions of child temperament are partially formed before birth, and may represent a shared hope or a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ in families.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"6 1","pages":"356 - 361"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2015.1076494","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60318691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family sciencePub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2015.1081005
Laura Ferrari, S. Ranieri, D. Barni, Rosa Rosnati
{"title":"Parent–child relationship and adoptees’ psychological well-being in adolescence and emerging adulthood: Disentangling maternal and paternal contribution","authors":"Laura Ferrari, S. Ranieri, D. Barni, Rosa Rosnati","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2015.1081005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2015.1081005","url":null,"abstract":"This study focused on the parent–child relationship and children’s psychological well-being in families with internationally adopted adolescents and emerging adults. The study’s goal was twofold: (1) to analyze parent–child conflict, communicative openness in regard to adoption, and promotion of children’s volitional functioning as key aspects of parent–child relationship; and (2) to measure the relative importance of each of the above-mentioned parent–child relationship aspects in predicting adoptees’ psychological well-being. In the analyses, parent and child genders and child developmental stage (adolescence vs. emerging adulthood) were taken into account. Participants were 160 Italian international adoptees, aged between 15 and 24 years, who were asked to complete a self-report questionnaire. Results showed significant differences in the level of the quality of parent–child relationship according to parents’ gender, child’s gender and developmental stage. Additionally, mother–child relationship and father–child relationship predicted adopted children’s well-being differently, also according to child’s gender and developmental stage.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"6 1","pages":"77 - 86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2015.1081005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60319082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family sciencePub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2015.1082011
L. Acitelli, R. Wickham, Julie A Brunson, Mai-Ly N. Steers
{"title":"Relationship partners have shared scripts for conversations about the relationship: A replication and extension","authors":"L. Acitelli, R. Wickham, Julie A Brunson, Mai-Ly N. Steers","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2015.1082011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2015.1082011","url":null,"abstract":"The first experimental study of relationship talk (N = 42 couples) showed that when couples read stories about spouses who talked to each other about their relationships, such talk had different outcomes for the spouses, depending on the context and which partner was speaking. We replicated and improved upon this study in a number of ways (e.g. sample size and composition, new dependent variable, more standardized materials, more sophisticated and appropriate statistical techniques). Findings were almost identical to those of the earlier study including three-way interactions. Results (N = 238 couples) showed that when spouses talked about their relationship with each other, they were seen to have more positive outcomes, including closeness, than when they did not talk about their relationship. Further, relationship talk appeared to be especially positive in conflictive situations, but the effects of such talk were much weaker in pleasant situations. These findings were conceptualized as evidence of shared scripts for relationship conversations. Clinical implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"6 1","pages":"108 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2015.1082011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60319667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family sciencePub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2015.1082048
S. Pelucchi, F. Paleari, C. Regalia, F. Fincham
{"title":"Self-forgiveness in romantic relationships: 2. Impact on interpersonal forgiveness","authors":"S. Pelucchi, F. Paleari, C. Regalia, F. Fincham","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2015.1082048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2015.1082048","url":null,"abstract":"Both self-forgiveness and other-forgiveness are associated with greater relationship satisfaction in romantic relationships. The present research examines whether self-forgiveness for a transgression against the partner leads to greater forgiveness of a subsequent partner transgression, and whether this, in turn, predicts greater relationship satisfaction. Study 1 showed that self-forgiveness positively affected other-forgiveness in a scenario-based design employing university students. Study 2 investigated real transgressions between cohabiting partners and showed that self-forgiveness was positively related to relationship satisfaction both directly and indirectly, through other-forgiveness. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for future research.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"6 1","pages":"181 - 190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2015.1082048","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60320163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family sciencePub Date : 2014-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2014.927382
S. Duncan, Miranda Phillips, Julia Carter, Sasha Roseneil, Mariya Stoilova
{"title":"Practices and perceptions of living apart together","authors":"S. Duncan, Miranda Phillips, Julia Carter, Sasha Roseneil, Mariya Stoilova","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2014.927382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2014.927382","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines how people living apart together (LATs) maintain their relationships, and describes how they view this living arrangement. It draws on a 2011 survey on LAT in Britain, supplemented by qualitative interviewing. Most LATs in Britain live close to their partners, and have frequent contact with them. At the same time most see LAT in terms of a monogamous, committed couple, where marriage remains a strong normative reference point, and see living apart as not much different from co-residence in terms of risk, emotional security or closeness. Many see themselves living together in the future. However, LAT does appear to make difference to patterns of care between partners. In addition, LATs report advantages in terms of autonomy and flexibility. The paper concludes that LAT allows individuals some freedom to manoeuvre in balancing the demands of life circumstances and personal needs with those of an intimate relationship, but that practices of LAT do not, in general, represent a radical departure from the norms of contemporary coupledom, except for that which expects couples to cohabit.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"5 1","pages":"1 - 10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2014.927382","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60318194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family sciencePub Date : 2014-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2014.927385
Corina A. Merz, Nathalie Meuwly, A. Randall, G. Bodenmann
{"title":"Engaging in dyadic coping: Buffering the impact of everyday stress on prospective relationship satisfaction","authors":"Corina A. Merz, Nathalie Meuwly, A. Randall, G. Bodenmann","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2014.927385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2014.927385","url":null,"abstract":"Stress originating within one’s relationship (internal stress), such as conflicts between partners, has been shown to have detrimental effects on relational longevity and well-being. Theoretical arguments suggest the need to examine the impact stress originating outside the relationship (external stress) can have on relational well-being. External stress can spillover into the relationship causing internal stress, making stress a dyadic versus individualistic phenomenon. Using data from 131 couples, we examined whether internal stress may mediate the association between external stress and relationship satisfaction and how dyadic coping may moderate this relationship within one year. Dyadic coping was found to decrease the impact of chronic external stress on chronic internal stress, particularly in women. Women who reported higher dyadic coping skills had a higher relationship satisfaction which influenced also their partner’s relationship satisfaction positively. Further research should focus on couples’ dyadic coping skills as a mechanism between stress and relationship satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"5 1","pages":"30 - 37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2014.927385","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60318104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family sciencePub Date : 2014-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2014.927386
E. Trombini, Paola Surcinelli, L. Sacrato, R. Bolzani, E. Di Pietro, N. Rossi, E. Franzoni
{"title":"Self-perception and parental perception of psychological distress in overweight and obese children","authors":"E. Trombini, Paola Surcinelli, L. Sacrato, R. Bolzani, E. Di Pietro, N. Rossi, E. Franzoni","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2014.927386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2014.927386","url":null,"abstract":"Since family context is considered to be an important environmental factor for the attitude of children towards eating, the perception of psychological distress in children and the parental perception of child behavioural and emotional problems were investigated. School-age children (n = 665; 8–11 years of age), selected from different schools, were classified into weight categories according to their BMI. The children completed the Self-Administrated Psychiatric Scales for Children and Adolescents and their parents completed the Child Behaviour Checklist. Obese children reported more psychological distress compared to the other children, while their parents did not show a greater perception of emotional problems, compared to parents of normal-weight children. This suggests that the psychological distress of obese children might not be recognised by their parents. Our results highlight the role of this lack of parental awareness in child development, and in the progress of the psychological distress related to eating problems.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"5 1","pages":"38 - 42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2014.927386","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60318167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family sciencePub Date : 2014-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2014.933743
Ana Teixeira de Melo, Madalena Alarcão
{"title":"Beyond the family life cycle: Understanding family development in the twenty-first century through complexity theories","authors":"Ana Teixeira de Melo, Madalena Alarcão","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2014.933743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2014.933743","url":null,"abstract":"Perspectives on family development have been organized, mainly, around the idea of the family life cycle. However, a family life cycle approach is probably too simplistic and norm-oriented to understand family development, particularly in face of the diversity of family forms and challenges in the twenty-first century. In this article, we discuss how family science can borrow inspiration from concepts and methods of complexity sciences in order to (re)conceptualize family development as the time unfolding of a complex self-organizing system, in the direction of increasing differentiation and integration. We highlight some strategies to inspect developmental coordination dynamics at the level of the whole family, as a complex system. We hope this reflection opens a new space of debate and new avenues for theoretical development and research in the field of family science.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"5 1","pages":"52 - 59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2014.933743","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60318181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family sciencePub Date : 2014-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2014.927383
K. Aalto, Johanna Varjonen
{"title":"Differences in the rhythms of daily life between young childless couples and new parents","authors":"K. Aalto, Johanna Varjonen","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2014.927383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2014.927383","url":null,"abstract":"In many European countries, people are becoming parents later in life than some decades ago. The decision to postpone parenthood is thought to arise from general economic insecurity and the perceived pressure of greater parenthood responsibilities. The rising divorce rate among young couples indicates emerging difficulties. This article investigates everyday life activities and differences in daily rhythms between young childless couples and new parents, and between women and men. The data used in identifying and comparing these rhythms are drawn from a nationally representative time use survey compiled by Statistics Finland. The results show a notable increase in restricted and fragmented time use and a decrease in free time following parenthood. The change in daily rhythms is greater among women than men, although men experience a greater increase in total work time and decrease in free time.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"5 1","pages":"11 - 19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2014.927383","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60317884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}