Gendered stories of parental caregiving among siblings

In light of Lang’s differentiation of the aversive and the approach system – and assumptions stemming from attachment theory – this study investigates the role of the approach or caregiving system for processing infant emotional stimuli by comparing IAPS pictures, infant pictures, and videos. IAPS pictures, infant pictures, and infant videos of positive, neutral, or negative content were presented to 69 mothers, accompanied by randomized startle probes. The assessment of emotional responses included subjective ratings of valence and arousal, corrugator activity, the startle amplitude, and electrodermal activity. In line with Lang’s original conception, the typical startle response pattern was found for IAPS pictures, whereas no startle modulation was observed for infant pictures. Moreover, the startle amplitudes during negative video scenes depicting crying infants were reduced. The results are discussed with respect to several theoretical and methodological considerations, including Lang’s theory, emotion regulation, opponent process theory, and the parental caregiving system.

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Tangible costs associated with parental caregiving: analytical procedure and implementation relevance of demographic policy

Management Issues ◽

10.22394/2304-3369-2019-4-247-258 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 247-258

Author(s):

A. P. Bagirova ◽

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I. V. Shmarova ◽

Keyword(s):

Analytical Procedure ◽

Parental Caregiving ◽

Demographic Policy

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Hospitalized Children with Chronic Illness: Parental Caregiving Needs and Valuing Parental Expertise

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing ◽

10.1097/00005721-200111000-00024 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 26 (6) ◽

pp. 344

Author(s):

Terri H. Lipman

Keyword(s):

Chronic Illness ◽

Hospitalized Children ◽

Parental Caregiving

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Perceptions of Caregiving: Racial Examinations of Resiliency and Stress

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1133 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 352-352

Author(s):

Athena Koumoutzis ◽

Kelly Cichy

Keyword(s):

Racial Differences ◽

Daily Living ◽

Process Model ◽

Well Being ◽

Stress Process Model ◽

Parental Caregiving ◽

The Family ◽

Using Data ◽

Midlife Adults ◽

Emotional Strain

Abstract Adult children are at risk of emotional strain when parental caregiving needs emerge. Pearlin’s Stress Process Model (1990) and caregiver studies suggest minority caregivers report lower subjective caregiving burden, however, few studies simultaneously consider both the stresses and rewards of caregiving. Using data from Wave II of the Family Exchange Study (N = 243), we examine racial differences in midlife adults’ perceptions (i.e., stress and rewards) of assisting their parents with activities of daily living (ADLs) and the associations between perceptions of ADL assistance and emotional well-being among adults who help their parents with ADLs. Compared to non-minority caregivers (M = 4.18, SD = 0.91), minority caregivers (M = 4.45, SD = 0.84) found it more rewarding to help their mother (t(314) = -2.54, p < .05), whereas non-minority caregivers (M = 2.25, SD = .1.27) found it more stressful to help their father than did minority caregivers (M = 1.64, SD = 0.99), t(162) = 3.01, p < .01). After controlling for demographics and ADL needs, linear regression analyses revealed that the stress of helping parents predicted depression (F(6, 189) = 5.30, p < .001) and race moderated the association (p < .01); the association was only significant for minority caregivers (p < .05). Implications will be discussed.

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Does Prenatal and Infancy Nurse Home Visitation Have Enduring Effects on Qualities of Parental Caregiving and Child Health at 25 to 50 Months of Life?

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.93.1.89 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 93 (1) ◽

pp. 89-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

David L. Olds ◽

Charles R. Henderson ◽

Harriet Kitzman

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Child Abuse ◽

Comparison Group ◽

Child Abuse And Neglect ◽

Home Visitation ◽

Health Department ◽

Nurse Home ◽

Upstate New York ◽

Parental Caregiving ◽

Abuse And Neglect

Objective. To examine, during the 3rd and 4th years of life, the health, development, rates of child maltreatment, and living conditions of children who had been enrolled in a randomized trial of nurse home visitation during pregnancy and first 2 years of their lives. Design. Prospective follow-up of families who had been randomly assigned to nurse-visited and comparison conditions. Setting. Study conducted in semirural community in upstate New York. Families dispersed among 14 other states during 2-year period after children's second birthdays. Participants. Four hundred women were recruited through a health department antepartum clinic and offices of private obstetricians and were registered before 30th week of pregnancy. All women had no previous live births and 85% were either teenaged (< 18 years at registration), unmarried, or from Hollingshead social classes IV or V. Analysis focused on whites, who comprised 89% of sample. Intervention. Nurse home visitation from pregnancy through second year of the child's life. Main Results. There were no treatment differences in the rates of child abuse and neglect or children's intellectual functioning from 25 to 48 months of age. Nurse-visited children, nevertheless, lived in homes with fewer hazards for children; they had 40% fewer injuries and ingestions and 45% fewer behavioral and parental coping problems noted in the physician record; and they made 35% fewer visits to the emergency department than did children in the comparison group. Nurse-visited mothers were observed to be more involved with and to punish their children to a greater extent than were mothers in the comparison group. The functional meaning of punishment differed between the nurse-visited and comparison families. Conclusions. The program does have enduring effects on certain aspects of parental caregiving, safety of the home, and children's use of the health care system, but it may be necessary to extend the length of the program for families at highest risk to produce lasting reductions in child abuse and neglect.

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Sentiments and the motivational psychology of parental care

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x16000844 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

Author(s):

Mark Schaller

Keyword(s):

Parental Care ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Parental Caregiving ◽

Social Affect ◽

Characteristic Features ◽

Motivational Psychology

AbstractBeyond its implications for contempt, it remains to be determined whether the sentiment concept might be applied usefully to other domains of social affect. This commentary considers its applicability to the domain of parental caregiving. Characteristic features of sentiments are considered in conjunction with empirical research on the motivational psychology of parental care.

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Human infancy and parenting in global perspective: specificity

Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rspb.2017.2168 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 284 (1869) ◽

pp. 20172168 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Marc H. Bornstein ◽

Diane L. Putnick ◽

Yoonjung Park ◽

Joan T. D. Suwalsky ◽

O. Maurice Haynes

Keyword(s):

Parenting Practices ◽

Cultural Influences ◽

Global Perspective ◽

Contextual Influences ◽

Parental Caregiving ◽

Parent Practices ◽

Naturally Occurring ◽

Early Human Development ◽

Behavioural Specificity ◽

Using Data

We address three long-standing fundamental questions about early human development and parental caregiving within a specificity framework using data from 796 infant–mother dyads from 11 societies worldwide. Adopting a cross-society view opens a vista on universal biological origins of, and contextual influences on, infant behaviours and parenting practices. We asked: how do infant behaviours and parenting practices vary across societies? How do infant behaviours relate to other infant behaviours, and how do parent practices relate to other parent practices? Are infant behaviours and parent practices related to one another? Behaviours of firstborn five-month infants and parenting practices of their mothers were microanalysed from videorecords of extensive naturally occurring interactions in the home. In accord with behavioural specificity, biological expectations and cultural influences, we find that infants and mothers from diverse societies exhibit mean-level society differences in their behaviours and practices; domains of infant behaviours generally do not cohere, nor do domains of maternal practices; and only specific infant behaviours and mother practices correspond. Few relations were moderated by society.

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