The Current Status of Outpatient Approaches to Parent–Child Contact Problems

Author(s):  
Shely Polak ◽  
John A. Moran

This chapter describes the status of outpatient clinical interventions for unjustified parent–child contact problems using an ecological systems approach. It starts with a review of the multiple factors found to be associated with the development of parent–child contact problems, which include parenting styles and skills, parental alienating behaviors, cognitive distortions, history of the parent–child relationship, parental psychopathology, interparental conflict, and court involvement. Next, the chapter considers the specific goals of reunification treatment for the alienated child, the rejected parent, and the favored parent. Finally, the chapter critically reviews the state of outcome evidence for a range of outpatient and intensive reintegration interventions. Key clinical and theoretical components of each intervention are highlighted, noting both components that the interventions share and those that distinguish them.

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 227
Author(s):  
Mark Ogletree ◽  
W. Dyer ◽  
Michael Goodman ◽  
Courtney Kinneard ◽  
Bradley McCormick

This study examines depression among Latter-day Saint teens, particularly how religiosity and the parent–child relationship are associated with depressive symptomology. Although there is an abundance of research on adolescent depression and on adolescent religiosity, there is less research addressing the connection between the two. The research questions include: Does religiosity among Latter-day Saint teens reduce their rates of depression? What aspects of religiosity affect depression most significantly? How does religious coping influence depression? How does the parent–child relationship affect depression rates among Latter-day Saint teens? Being a sexual minority and living in Utah were related to higher levels of depression. Greater depression was also associated with more anxiety and poorer physical health. Authoritative parenting by fathers was associated with lower depression for daughters but not sons. Finally, feeling abandoned by God was related to higher depression, while peer support at church was associated with lower depression.


Author(s):  
Sukiati Sukiati ◽  
Ratih Lusiani Bancin

Marriage registration becomes a very important element for the validity of marriage. An unregistered marriage has a direct effect on the woman (wife) and child. This problem is one of references for the importance of registering marriage. Marriage registration aims to fulfill women and children’s rights as legal subjects. The work intends to explain how urgent the registration of marriage is in protecting women and children. Using research libraries, data are collected by exploring data sources that are relevant to the topics discussed. This study concludes that the legal impact arising from neglecting marriage registration is not easy. When a dispute occurs, the wife of an unregistered marriage cannot sue her husband. In this case, the wife's position is very weak. Likewise with children, the status of children born is considered as illegitimate children. The child’s unclear status in the eyes of the law causes the parent-child relationship is not strong, so parents may be able to deny his biological child. 


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257888
Author(s):  
Michelle Jin Yee Neoh ◽  
Alessandro Carollo ◽  
Andrea Bonassi ◽  
Claudio Mulatti ◽  
Albert Lee ◽  
...  

Parents play a primary and crucial role in emotional socialisation processes in children where individuals learn the expression, understanding and regulation of emotions. Parenting practices and dimensions of the parent-child relationship have been associated with social and emotional processes in children. As criticism involves negative emotional reactions and emotion regulation, the parent-child relationship is likely to influence an individual’s perception and response to criticism. Hence, the present study investigated the relationship of parental bonding and the perception and response to criticism in three different countries–Singapore, Italy and USA. Adult participants (n = 444) completed the Parental Bonding Inventory (PBI) and measures of criticism. Parental care, overprotection and country were found to be significant predictors of a tendency to perceive criticism as destructive. Higher levels of parental care predicted a lower tendency to perceive criticism as destructive while higher levels of parental overprotection predicted a higher tendency to perceive criticism as destructive. US American participants were found to have a significantly higher tendency to perceive criticism as destructive compared to Italian and Singaporean participants. The findings align with past research on the role of the parent-child relationship in the socio-emotional development of children as well as providing insight into a specific aspect in social interaction; perception and response to criticism, being affected. Future studies can look to investigate this relationship further in different countries in light of cultural variation in parenting styles and emotion experience, expression and regulation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Jin Yee Neoh ◽  
Alessandro Carollo ◽  
Andrea Bonassi ◽  
Claudio Mulatti ◽  
Albert Lee ◽  
...  

Parents play a primary and crucial role in emotional socialisation processes in children where individuals learn the expression, understanding and regulation of emotions. Parenting practices and dimensions of the parent-child relationship have been associated with social and emotional processes in children. As criticism involves negative emotional reactions and emotion regulation, the parent-child relationship is likely to influence an individual’s perception and response to criticism. Hence, the present study investigated the relationship of parental bonding and the perception and response to criticism in three different countries – Singapore, Italy and USA. Adult participants (n = 444) completed the Parental Bonding Inventory (PBI) and measures of criticism. Parental care, overprotection and country were found to be significant predictors of a tendency to perceive criticism as destructive. Higher levels of parental care predicted a lower tendency to perceive criticism as destructive while higher levels of parental overprotection predicted a higher tendency to perceive criticism as destructive. US American participants were found to have a significantly higher tendency to perceive criticism as destructive compared to Italian and Singaporean participants. The findings align with past research on the role of the parent-child relationship in the socio-emotional development of children as well as providing insight into a specific aspect in social interaction; perception and response to criticism, being affected. Future studies can look to investigate this relationship further in different countries in light of cultural variation in parenting styles and emotion experience, expression and regulation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
Narmatha T ◽  
Devanan R

Man cannot live alone. You can only live dependent on relationships. Relationships play a major role in determining a person's development. Every relationship is subject to structure. With protocol. It can be divided into two types. One is family relationships. The other is social relations. In family relationships parents can have relationships like children, siblings, boyfriend girlfriend, husband wife. Social relationships include friends, teachers, students, acquaintances, and strangers. In this, selfless relationships are enduring. This can be seen in the community and family. The Kattunde family runs smoothly through the bond of love. Otherwise, the family would not be where it is today. Childbearing is considered important in family relationships. People considered a life without children to be a useless day. Children born into the world are recognized by their parents. Parents also act as if they have a duty to grow as a responsible person in the community. That is why it is so sweet. Compensation is unparalleled than other relationships. Inseparable. Bound in love. Participating in pleasures and pains. Many generations have passed. The parent-child relationship functions with such a variety of features. Various literatures record this. However, this article only explains the status of parent-child development in the parent-child relationship in the Sivagasindamani epic.


Author(s):  
Barbara J. Fidler ◽  
Peggie Ward

This chapter summarizes the continuum along which parent–child contact problems may be conceptualized and differentiated and addresses how legal and clinical interventions may be tailored to the nature and severity of the problem in a particular family. Parent–child contact problems include affinity, alignment, justified rejection, and alienation as well as hybrid cases, each of which can range from mild to severe. Which of these problems is observed in a given family and parent–child relationship depends on numerous factors, including the child’s developmental stage, whether a parent has engaged in parental alienating behaviors, whether and when there was violence between the parents, and whether a parent was abusive or neglectful of the child. The chapter provides an overview of psychoeducational and clinical interventions for mild, moderate, and severe cases. It also explicates protocols for managing initial queries, preliminary screening, clinical intake, and contracting for such interventions.


2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Dorota Maria Jankowska ◽  
Jacek Gralewski

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between dimensions of a constructive parenting style, (i.e. parental acceptance and autonomy granting) factors of the climate for creativity in parent–child relationships (encouragement to experience novelty and variety, encouragement of nonconformism, support of perseverance in creative efforts, and encouragement to fantasize), and parents’ visual mental imagery. 313 parents of children between 6 and 12 years of age participated in the study. The results indicated that (a) a constructive parenting style was positively related to three of four factors of the climate for creativity in the parent–child relationships, i.e. encouragement to experience novelty and variety, support of perseverance in creative efforts, and encouragement to fantasize in the parent–child relationship; (b) parents’ level of vividness of mental imagery was positively related with both parental acceptance of child and autonomy support as well as components of climate for creativity in parent–child relationship; (c) mothers scored significantly higher than fathers in exhibiting acceptance of a child; (d) parents’ gender played an important role in the relations between dimensions of constructive parenting style and factors of climate for creativity in parent–child relationships. Findings were discussed in terms of the implications for further research and theory development in the area of family influences on the development of children’s creativity.


2021 ◽  
pp. 350-387
Author(s):  
N V Lowe ◽  
G Douglas ◽  
E Hitchings ◽  
R Taylor

This chapter charts the changing legal position of children. It starts by considering the former importance of the status of legitimacy and its near complete abolition. It then discusses the changing nature of the parent–child relationship and the development of the law from paternal authority to shared parental responsibility. Finally the chapter considers the developing notion of children’s autonomy and independent rights which has both limited the scope of legitimate parental authority and emphasised that the interests of children are a matter of public, as well as private, concern. This latter point is well illustrated by the growing importance of the role of the Children’s Commissioner.


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