Family sciencePub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.783423
J. S. de Mendonça, V. Bussab, A. Rodrigues, J. Siqueira, L. Cossette
{"title":"Postpartum depression, father's involvement, and marital and co-parental relationships from mothers' and fathers' perspectives in a low-income Brazilian sample","authors":"J. S. de Mendonça, V. Bussab, A. Rodrigues, J. Siqueira, L. Cossette","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.783423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.783423","url":null,"abstract":"Based on a family systems approach, our objective is to understand how postpartum depression (PPD) affects and is affected by family relationships. Specifically, we intend to better understand the relationship between PPD, father's involvement with the child and the marital and co-parental relationship. Fathers' and mothers' depression in the years following their child's birth is also considered. This study is part of a larger four-year longitudinal project on the origins and consequences of postpartum depression in low-income Brazilian families conducted at Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. A subsample of 65 mothers completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) three months after delivery. The mothers and 45 fathers completed the EPDS three years later. Mothers and fathers evaluated their family relationships at their child's third birthday. High percentages of depression were found in mothers at both periods and in fathers three years following their child's birth. Mothers' negative perception of father involvement and of the co-parental and marital relationship was related to their own depression and to their partner's depression. Fathers' own depression was related to their perception of greater involvement in the family. Fathers also reported being more involved with their three-year-old child when mothers had PPD. These findings reinforce the necessity of involving the whole family in prevention programs and treatment.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"164 - 173"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.783423","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60315984","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: 10.1080/19424620.2012.783426
Nuno Torres, M. Veríssimo, L. Monteiro, António J. Santos, Inês Pessoa e Costa
{"title":"Father involvement and peer play competence in preschoolers: The moderating effect of the child's difficult temperament","authors":"Nuno Torres, M. Veríssimo, L. Monteiro, António J. Santos, Inês Pessoa e Costa","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.783426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.783426","url":null,"abstract":"This article focuses on the association between the relative involvement of the father with preschool children in two-parent families, individual characteristics of children (age, gender, and difficult temperament) and the children's peer play competence. Relative involvement of the father was assessed using The Parental Involvement: Care and Socialization Questionnaire composed of five subscales: Direct Care, Indirect Care, Teaching/Discipline, Play and Leisure Outdoors. Interactive peer play competence was assessed using the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS), with three subscales: Play Interaction, Play Disruption and Play Disconnection. Parental assessment of the child's temperament was made using the preschool version of the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire's (ICQ) subscale of Difficult Temperament. Multiple regression ordinary least squares (OLS) models showed that boys and children with difficult temperament tend to show more play disruption and less play interaction, and also that difficult temperament was a moderator of the association between the relative father involvement in Direct Care, Play and Teaching/Discipline activities and individual differences in peer play Disruption and Interaction. Higher levels of relative father involvement in Direct Care and Play with temperamentally difficult children were associated with more disruptive play with peers, and higher levels of relative father involvement in Teaching/Discipline with difficult children was associated with more play Interaction. The discussion elaborates on the differential styles of Interaction by fathers and mothers with temperamentally difficult children.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"174 - 188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.783426","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60316086","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: 10.1080/19424620.2012.779422
Sarah Bergmann, Verena Wendt, K. von Klitzing, A. Klein
{"title":"Emotional availability of father–child dyads versus mother–child dyads in children aged 0–3 years","authors":"Sarah Bergmann, Verena Wendt, K. von Klitzing, A. Klein","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.779422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.779422","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores differences in emotional availability (EA) between mothers and fathers and effects of child sex and child age in a sample of 48 families with typically developing children aged 7 months to 3 years 10 months. We videotaped mother–child and father–child free-play interactions and coded them with the fourth edition of the EA scales (Biringen, 2008). The results indicate that mothers are more emotionally available than fathers, which emerges from slight differences in sensitivity, structuring, and nonintrusiveness. Especially when interacting with young children, fathers scored lower on sensitivity and structuring, whereas mothers were equally sensitive and provided optimal structuring toward all children regardless of their age. Further, girls did not differ from boys with respect to EA, but parents provided more optimal structuring toward older children and older children showed higher levels of responsiveness and involvement than younger children. Implications and prospects for future studies are discussed.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"145 - 154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.779422","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60315875","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: 10.1080/19424620.2013.789977
Ritu Bhandari, A. Voorthuis, R. van der Veen, D. Out, M. Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
{"title":"Temperamental sensitivity moderates the effects of maternal love-withdrawal on perception of infant crying","authors":"Ritu Bhandari, A. Voorthuis, R. van der Veen, D. Out, M. Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2013.789977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2013.789977","url":null,"abstract":"Parenting has an impact on the offspring's social and behavioral outcomes. However, not all individuals are affected equally; according to the differential susceptibility hypothesis, temperamental traits may moderate the effects of early life experiences. We examined the association between young adults’ experiences of maternal love-withdrawal and their perception of infant crying, and the potentially moderating role of temperamental orienting sensitivity. In an ecologically valid but standardized setting, 132 female participants spent two consecutive evenings taking care of an infant simulator. Orienting sensitivity moderated the relation between experienced love-withdrawal and the perception of infant crying: Participants with high orienting sensitivity who experienced low levels of love-withdrawal perceived the crying bouts as less negative than others. We conclude that the long-term impact of early life experiences may be moderated by temperamental characteristics, with implications for individual differences in perceptual responses to infant stimuli in adulthood.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"246 - 254"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2013.789977","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60316677","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 : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.707618
S. Mauno, U. Kinnunen, J. Rantanen, T. Feldt, Marika Rantanen
{"title":"Relationships of work–family coping strategies with work–family conflict and enrichment: The roles of gender and parenting status","authors":"S. Mauno, U. Kinnunen, J. Rantanen, T. Feldt, Marika Rantanen","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.707618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.707618","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated individual work–family coping strategies (WFCS). We focused on four types of coping efforts and behaviours that employees take up in order to balance their work and family life: (1) ‘Being super at work/home’, (2) ‘Being good enough at work/home’, (3) ‘Prioritizing at work/home’ and (4) ‘Delegating at work/home’. We examined the relationships between WFCS and work–family conflict and between WFCS and work–family enrichment. In addition, we investigated whether parenting status and gender relate to the use of WFCS and their potential moderator role in the linkage between WFCS and work–family conflict and enrichment. The study was based on a sample of Finnish health care and service employees (N = 2340). The results showed, first, that WFCS were related to work–family conflict and enrichment, but also that the relationships varied according to the type of WFCS and the outcome studied. For example, ‘Delegating’ and ‘Being super’ were related to higher enrichment, whereas ‘Prioritizing’ associated with higher conflict. Second, women prioritized more at home than men, whereas men prioritized more at work than women. Third, parents reported a higher use of delegation at work than non-parents. Fourth, a few relationships were moderated by parenting, for example, mothers and fathers benefited more from ‘Prioritizing at home’ in terms of higher work-to-family enrichment and ‘Good enough at work/home’ in terms of lower family-to-work conflict and higher work-to-family enrichment than non-parents.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"109 - 125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.707618","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60315447","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 : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.712923
G. Schlomer, S. Hawkins, C. B. Wiggs, Leslie A. Bosch, Deborah M. Casper, Noel A. Card, L. Borden
{"title":"Deployment and family functioning: A literature review of US operations in Afghanistan and Iraq","authors":"G. Schlomer, S. Hawkins, C. B. Wiggs, Leslie A. Bosch, Deborah M. Casper, Noel A. Card, L. Borden","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.712923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.712923","url":null,"abstract":"The conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have led to historically high rates of military deployment for the United States. The increased deployment tempo of the current conflicts necessitates a closer look at the literature on the impact of deployment on families specific to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this article, we review the qualitative and quantitative literature on the impact of OEF and OIF deployment on families. The review included 38 articles organized into four major areas: (1) Family Changes and Transitions, (2) Child Maltreatment, (3) Spouse Stress and Mental Health, and (4) Marital Relationship Quality. Results of this review are discussed in terms of the need for additional research on individual differences between families and greater emphasis on how deployment impacts the well-being of spouses. We conclude with a discussion of limitations.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"86 - 98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.712923","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60315784","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 : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.707819
K. Schneewind, Christian Reeb, B. Saravo
{"title":"Sources of parental stress, dysfunctional parenting, children's behaviour problems and buffering conditions in dual-earner families","authors":"K. Schneewind, Christian Reeb, B. Saravo","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.707819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.707819","url":null,"abstract":"Based on a multinational sample of 1802 dual-earner families with at least one child between the ages of 3 and 5, this study investigated whether the link between family-related stress and/or work stress and problematic child behaviour were mediated by parental overreaction or moderated by a family-friendly work environment. Results revealed that family-related stress and work stress were related to problematic child behaviour and that for both parents this link was partially mediated by parental overreaction to their children's misbehaviour. A family-friendly workplace predicted less parental overreaction for both parents. With respect to problematic child behaviour, this holds for fathers only. However, for both parents, a family-friendly workplace did not moderate the links between work stress on parental overreaction and problematic child behaviour. Although no causal conclusions can be drawn from the findings based on a cross-sectional design, this study attests to the potentially harmful consequences of family- and work-related stress as well as the positive influence of a family-friendly workplace on dual-earner families' quality of parenting and their young children's behaviour problems.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"126 - 134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.707819","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60315587","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 : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.723017
S. Hawkins, G. Schlomer, Leslie A. Bosch, Deborah M. Casper, C. B. Wiggs, Noel A. Card, L. Borden
{"title":"A review of the impact of US military deployments during conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq on children's functioning","authors":"S. Hawkins, G. Schlomer, Leslie A. Bosch, Deborah M. Casper, C. B. Wiggs, Noel A. Card, L. Borden","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.723017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.723017","url":null,"abstract":"Recent military conflicts have resulted in longer and more frequent deployments than past conflicts for US Servicemembers; this increased deployment tempo has potential consequences for youth's well-being. This review article synthesizes the research that has examined the impact of parental deployment in the United States since 2001 on youth's functioning. Extant literature reveals that, while parental deployment is directly associated with increased academic problems, it has a more complex association with behavior problems, peer relationships, and physical health problems. For these outcomes, variables such as parent well-being and child age played a role in the impact of parental deployment on youth. These findings highlight the need for additional research on the complex association between parental deployment and youth's functioning, and the factors that might moderate this association.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"108 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.723017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60315684","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 : 2012-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.714591
S. Ranieri, D. Barni
{"title":"Family and other social contexts in the intergenerational transmission of values","authors":"S. Ranieri, D. Barni","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.714591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.714591","url":null,"abstract":"This special issue includes seven studies concerning the role of family relationships and other social contexts in the intergenerational transmission of values between parents and their children. Recent research has shown that value transmission is a complex, bi-directional, and selective process, which involves various pathways and transmission belts, and may produce intergenerational similarity as well as intergenerational change. Together, the studies reported in this special issue provide a complex picture of this process and of parent–child value similarity, as one of the possible outcomes of the transmission. The results of these studies illustrate the interdependent, but not exchangeable, contribution of different sources (family, value climate, group membership, etc.) in children's value acquisition, and suggest implications for parenting practices and for social policies in promoting value continuity.","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 1","pages":"1 - 3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.714591","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60315468","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 : 2012-01-01Epub Date: 2012-07-09DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.704596
Christine McCauley Ohannessian
{"title":"Discrepancies in Adolescents' and their Mothers' Perceptions of the Family and Adolescent Externalizing Problems.","authors":"Christine McCauley Ohannessian","doi":"10.1080/19424620.2012.704596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2012.704596","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The goal of this study was to examine whether adolescent-mother discrepancies in perceptions of the family predict later adolescent externalizing problems and/or whether adolescent externalizing problems predict later adolescent-mother discrepancies in perceptions of the family. In the spring of 2007 (Time 1) and 2008 (Time 2), surveys were administered to 125 15-18 year-old adolescent and their mothers. SEM results indicated that greater discrepancies in adolescent-mother perceptions of the family predicted higher levels of adolescent externalizing symptomatology (as reported by both adolescents and their mothers). In contrast, higher levels of externalizing symptomatology did not predict later discrepancies in adolescent-mother perceptions of the family. These findings suggest that research on adolescent adjustment should not solely rely on perceptions of the adolescent. In addition, the results highlight the importance of taking both directions of effect into consideration when examining the family and adolescent adjustment.</p>","PeriodicalId":89367,"journal":{"name":"Family science","volume":"3 2","pages":"135-140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19424620.2012.704596","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31038410","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}