Family sciencePub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2013.821763
Irwin N Sandler, Sharlene A Wolchik, Tim S Ayers, Jenn-Yun Tein, Linda Luecken
{"title":"Family Bereavement Program (FBP) Approach to Promoting Resilience Following the Death of a Parent.","authors":"Irwin N Sandler, Sharlene A Wolchik, Tim S Ayers, Jenn-Yun Tein, Linda Luecken","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2013.821763","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2013.821763","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper describes a research-based program designed to promote resilience of parentally-bereaved children and their bereaved surviving parent. A contextual resilience model is described as the conceptual foundation of the program. The program is designed to enhance specific parenting and coping skills and to help caregivers and children accomplish goals they set for themselves at the outset of the program. The content of the twelve-sessions and the approach to teaching and supporting parents work on their program and personal goals are described. Evaluation of the program using a randomized experimental design indicates that the program is effective in promoting resilient outcomes of children and of the bereaved parent six-years following their participation in the program.</p>","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2013.821763","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31898842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family sciencePub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.783427
L. McKelvey, Nicola A. Burrow, Glenn R. Mesman, Joy L. Pemberton, R. Bradley, H. Fitzgerald
{"title":"Supportive fathers lessen the effects of mothers' alcohol problems on children's externalizing behaviors","authors":"L. McKelvey, Nicola A. Burrow, Glenn R. Mesman, Joy L. Pemberton, R. Bradley, H. Fitzgerald","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.783427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.783427","url":null,"abstract":"Children of alcoholics are at risk for a wide range of negative social–emotional outcomes, including externalizing behaviors. These negative outcomes are evident as early as infancy and early childhood. The current study examined whether fathers' supportiveness can protect children from the negative effects of maternal alcohol problems on children's externalizing behavior. We used data from 514 families eligible for Early Head Start at enrollment and near the child's age 5. Mothers' symptoms of alcohol problems were associated with more externalizing problems in their young children. Likewise, father supportiveness in play was associated with fewer externalizing problems. Aggression and hyperactivity, externalizing behaviors commonly associated with maternal alcohol problems, were lessened when children's fathers were sensitive and supportive in play. Our findings highlight the importance of engaging fathers when mothers are identified as having an alcohol problem.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"189 - 200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.783427","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60316146","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 : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.779421
H. Fitzgerald, R. Bradley
{"title":"Paternal family relationships, child risk, and child outcomes","authors":"H. Fitzgerald, R. Bradley","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.779421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.779421","url":null,"abstract":"Contemporary focus on fathers and their influence on child development reflects a broader shift in developmental research toward efforts to understand dynamic processes that account for the multi-dimensionality of child development. The family system is a set of relationships that rarely have been studied from a full system perspective. Historically, fathers were excluded from the analysis of factors influencing child development, as were father–mother relationships. In the former case, the assumption that fathers did not matter was at the least a covert aspect of all major theories of child development, which were anchored in mother–child relationship dynamics. In the latter case, the focus was primarily on the quality of the marital relationship, with little attention to how parental relationship quality affected their children. Today, researchers are actively in pursuit of the relationship networks that impact child development and fathers are no longer an invisible component of the child's relationship network.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"141 - 144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.779421","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60316264","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 : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.788282
C. Lewis
{"title":"What are the links between fathering, family relationships, risk and child outcomes? Methodological and theoretical issues","authors":"C. Lewis","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.788282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.788282","url":null,"abstract":"Since John Nash’s (1965) clarion call for more research on fathers, there has been a flow of publications on men in families, peaking at about 1000 per year in the 1980s but also at a highly respectable 700–800 now. So large is this literature that the most prominent review has run to five editions (e.g. Lamb, 2010); there are several others that are required to fill in any gaps (e.g. Cabrera & TamisLemonda, 2013; Shwalb, Shwalb, & Lamb, 2013) and there are several specialist volumes which are required reading for those attempting to understand particular niche questions, including that of risk (Lamb, 1986; Phares, 1995). What have we learned from this outpouring of studies, therapeutic analyses and theoretical reflections, and how do the articles in this volume contribute to such a flow, or reflect its nature? To address this issue, I will dwell briefly upon the themes raised in these papers within the past 50 years of this research. The papers in this Special Issue are in many respects typical of those produced over the past 40 years. In this commentary, I will reflect upon two issues to examine how they fit into this complex and diverse literature: methodological innovation and the emergence of the dynamic family systems perspective that is the focus of Fitzgerald and Bradley’s introduction to this issue. Each of these issues from a puzzle that has been evident in the literature for many years: why do we ‘know’ so little about fathers when there is so much research on them?","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"229 - 232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.788282","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60316060","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 : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.723220
M. Matias, A. Fontaine
{"title":"Can we have it all? The work–family coping profiles of dual-earners","authors":"M. Matias, A. Fontaine","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.723220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.723220","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the difficulties faced, many dual-earner families seem to develop the necessary skills to deal with the challenge of managing family and work responsibilities. The present study uses a person-oriented approach to identify how four types of conciliation strategies – partner-based coping, having a positive view of the dual-earner situation, using individual management and planning skills and making professional adjustments – are combined and whether different combinations of these strategies are predictors of relationship satisfaction. Cluster analysis was conducted on a sample of 402 Portuguese dual-earners. Five profiles were found: Active, High Supported, Work Flexible, Low Supported and Minimalist. Actives report high use of all strategies, whereas Minimalists report the lowest use of all strategies. The High- and Low-Supported groups differ in the extent to which they use partner coping, whereas the Work-Flexible group use all strategies at a moderate to high level, especially making professional adjustments. The Active, High-Supported and Work-Flexible clusters were found to be more beneficial for relationship satisfaction. Women were more represented in the Active profile and men in the Work-Flexible profile, and this was partially shaped by gender attitudes: the more traditional women are, the more they are represented in the Work-Flexible cluster and less in the Active cluster. However, traditionalism is not a predictor of cluster membership for men. This study showed that individuals avoid cutting back on their work investments and make strong use of relationship-based strategies, in order to be able to combine work and family.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"77 1","pages":"255 - 265"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.723220","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60315850","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 : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.783530
J. Shannon, Karen E. McFadden, Stephanie Jolley-Mitchell
{"title":"Men in the mirror: A qualitative examination of low-income men's perceptions of their childhood relationships with their fathers","authors":"J. Shannon, Karen E. McFadden, Stephanie Jolley-Mitchell","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.783530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.783530","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents analysis of in-depth, qualitative interviews with 25 low-income, urban Latino and African-American fathers of 5- to 7-year-olds conducted by the researchers from 2003 to 2005. Participants are a subsample drawn from a larger pool of fathers from New York City (NYC) who were part of the Fathers and Newborn Study (FANS), a strand of the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation study, with the goal of examining men's perceptions of their childhood relationships with their fathers and their views on how these experiences affected their parenting. Interviews were examined for thematic content using grounded theory techniques. Findings revealed that the vast majority of men felt their fathers had been disengaged in their lives, with only one-third reporting having seen their fathers at least a few times a week or more over the course of childhood. Men whose fathers were accessible over the course of childhood often described their fathers as hardworking and talked of appreciating their fathers' efforts to spend time with them in the context of their work commitments. Not surprisingly, men who did not see their fathers consistently generally expressed feelings of pain, resentment or detachment toward their fathers' lack of accessibility and engagement. Of these men, over half of them reportedly established supportive relationships with a father-figure (grandfather, uncle, older brother or step-father), who they perceived as their ‘real’ fathers. Two-thirds of all men interviewed expressed the desire to parent their children differently from their fathers by being accessible and engaged with them or by being positive role models. Results suggest that men perceive their relationships with their fathers as a central influence on their fathering and that experiences in childhood are linked to father involvement.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"215 - 228"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.783530","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60316336","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 : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2013.789976
Eva-Maria Merz
{"title":"Fertility intentions depend on intergenerational relations: A life course perspective","authors":"Eva-Maria Merz","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2013.789976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2013.789976","url":null,"abstract":"Although the influence of the parental home on individual's fertility is a well-established fact in social sciences, the mechanism behind this influence remains unclear. This study investigated the role of experiencing parental divorce during childhood and current intergenerational family relationships in association with fertility intentions of young adults, based on a life course theoretical framework. Data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (N = 2137) were analysed to predict childbearing intentions in childless respondents and those who had children already. A trend was found for experiencing parental divorce during childhood in predicting a negative intention to have a(nother) child(ren) in the future for both subsamples. This intention was positively predicted by higher quality of current relationships with parents for childless respondents. The negative trend of divorce on childbearing intentions was mediated by current family ties for both subsamples. This study offers an expansion of previous fertility research by applying a life course framework to explain part of the childbearing decision process – fertility intentions.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"237 - 245"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2013.789976","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60316544","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 : 2012-07-01Epub Date: 2012-06-30DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.707619
Catherine Riffin, J Jill Suitor, M C Reid, Karl Pillemer
{"title":"Chronic pain and parent-child relations in later life: An important, but understudied issue.","authors":"Catherine Riffin, J Jill Suitor, M C Reid, Karl Pillemer","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.707619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.707619","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chronic pain is a debilitating and pervasive health problem, particularly among older adults. Researchers and clinicians acknowledge that pain conditions do not occur in isolation, but rather exact a toll on the individual sufferer and the family system at large. No research, however, has explicitly explored the impact of older parents' chronic pain symptoms on their adult children. In this article, we present relevant predictions from theoretical models that identify the interpersonal effects of chronic illness and pain on family relationships. Guided by theory and empirical research on these topics, we present a conceptual framework of hypothesized risk factors for adult children of parents with chronic pain. We conclude by offering an agenda for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":" ","pages":"75-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.707619","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40201878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family sciencePub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.783531
Shawna J. Lee
{"title":"Paternal depression and the family context","authors":"Shawna J. Lee","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.783531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.783531","url":null,"abstract":"This invited commentary highlights how this special issue provides multiple perspectives from which to understand the nature and consequences of paternal depression. Articles herein examine paternal depression in the context of the family environment and identify specific mechanisms that link paternal depression and child well-being. This commentary identifies limitations of the knowledge base, specifically, little research on depression and psychosocial functioning among nonresidential fathers. One promising avenue for intervention is screening fathers for depression and other mental health problems in primary care settings.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"233 - 236"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.783531","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60315907","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 : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.783428
Natasha J. Cabrera, C. Tamis-LeMonda, R. Bradley, J. Shannon, G. Hancock
{"title":"Parenting during early childhood in low-income families: Variation by child gender","authors":"Natasha J. Cabrera, C. Tamis-LeMonda, R. Bradley, J. Shannon, G. Hancock","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.783428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.783428","url":null,"abstract":"This study used saturated path models to examine whether mothers' and fathers' depressive symptoms, the conflict they experience as a couple, and the home environmental chaos forecast the quality of parenting. We also examined how child gender moderated parenting. Using data from the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project (EHSRE) (n = 588), we found that mothers with high levels of depression reported spanking girls more often than boys whereas fathers who reported high couple conflict were observed to be less supportive of girls than of boys. But when the home environment was rated as highly chaotic, boys were spanked more often by fathers, and mothers were observed to be less supportive. Fathers were less intrusive and mothers were more supportive with boys but not with girls when fathers reported a high number of depressive symptoms. The findings have implications for programs aimed at improving parenting behaviors.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"201 - 214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.783428","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60316233","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}