Parent--Child Emotional Closeness and Acculturation Among Asian Americans

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia Wang ◽  
Jenny H. Pak ◽  
Keith J. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Asian Americans ◽  
Emotional Closeness ◽  
Parent Child

Parent–Child Relationships and Aging Parents’ Sleep Quality: A Comparison of One-Child and Multiple-Children Families in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 1602-1613
Author(s):  
Haowei Wang ◽  
Kyungmin Kim ◽  
Jeffrey A. Burr ◽  
Bei Wu
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Instrumental Support ◽  
Sleep Difficulty ◽  
Financial Transfers ◽  
Emotional Closeness ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Objectives: This study examined the associations between parent–child relationships and sleep difficulty among older parents in the context of Chinese multiple-children and one-child families. Methods: Using the 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey, this study analyzed older parents’ ( N = 8,450) reports of sleep quality and relationships with each of children. Results: Results from multivariate logistic regression models showed that living alone, greater variations in children’s financial transfers and emotional closeness, and more instrumental support from children were associated with higher risks of sleep difficulty for Chinese older parents with multiple children. The maximum levels of financial transfers and emotional closeness from all children were related to lower risks of sleep difficulty for parents from multiple-children families, while greater instrumental support from children was associated with higher risks of sleep difficulty for parents from one-child families. Discussion: Findings have implications for support programs for Chinese aging population with sleep problems.

scholarly journals The analysis of the parenting implications on the emotional closeness of parent-child improvement

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Zadrian Ardi ◽  
Galang Zaki Aulia
Keyword(s):  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Emotional Closeness ◽  
Authoritarian Parenting ◽  
Previous Generation ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
Parent Child

The development of science and knowledge and the structure of society has had various impacts on the order of social life. No exception influences the smallest organization, namely the family. The model and parenting patterns of the previous generation (the baby boomers’ generation) are significantly different from the next generation. Of course, this also causes differences in the results and impacts obtained. However, the issues related to parenting tend to remain the same. One parenting that is often used is authoritarian parenting, in which parent’s tom much impose his will on the child as desired. This makes children become depressed so that the proximity of the child with parents rift or loose. The purpose of this study is to analyze the implications of parenting conditions and its various characteristics in building closeness between parents and children.

scholarly journals Psychological Pathways Linking Parent-Child Relations to Objective and Subjective Sleep Among Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haowei Wang ◽  
Kyungmin Kim ◽  
Jeffrey A Burr ◽  
Bei Wu
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Emotional Closeness ◽  
Subjective Sleep ◽  
Contact Frequency ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Insomnia Symptoms ◽  
Parent Child

Abstract Objectives This study investigated whether older adults with better relationships with their adult children have better subjective and objective sleep quality than older adults with less positive relationships with their children. We also examined whether depressive symptoms and loneliness mediated the association between parent-child relationships and sleep among older adults. Methods Data were used from the second wave of the National Social life, Health, and Aging Project, in which 548 respondents (age 62–90) participated in the sleep survey to measure their actigraph sleep activity for three consecutive days. Respondents also reported sleep quality (i.e., sleep duration and insomnia symptoms), contact frequency, and emotional closeness with their children. Results Results from structural equation modeling showed that greater emotional closeness with children was directly associated with better objective sleep characteristics (i.e., sleep fragmentation and amount of sleep). Also, more frequent contact with children was directly related to fewer insomnia symptoms among older adults. Moreover, emotional closeness with children was indirectly linked to insomnia symptoms via depressive symptoms among older adults. Discussion This study provided evidence for psychological pathways linking parent-child relationships and older parents’ subjective sleep. The findings have implications for health professionals and family counselors who help people with sleep problems and relationship difficulties.

A Pilot Study of Early Storybook Reading With Babies With Hearing Loss

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 3397-3412
Author(s):  
Michelle I. Brown ◽  
David Trembath ◽  
Marleen F. Westerveld ◽  
Gail T. Gillon
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Eye Contact ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Storybook Reading ◽  
Book Selection ◽  
Turn Taking ◽  
Parent Child

Purpose This pilot study explored the effectiveness of an early storybook reading (ESR) intervention for parents with babies with hearing loss (HL) for improving (a) parents' book selection skills, (b) parent–child eye contact, and (c) parent–child turn-taking. Advancing research into ESR, this study examined whether the benefits from an ESR intervention reported for babies without HL were also observed in babies with HL. Method Four mother–baby dyads participated in a multiple baseline single-case experimental design across behaviors. Treatment effects for parents' book selection skills, parent–child eye contact, and parent–child turn-taking were examined using visual analysis and Tau-U analysis. Results Statistically significant increases, with large to very large effect sizes, were observed for all 4 participants for parent–child eye contact and parent–child turn-taking. Limited improvements with ceiling effects were observed for parents' book selection skills. Conclusion The findings provide preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of an ESR intervention for babies with HL for promoting parent–child interactions through eye contact and turn-taking.

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