Childcare support and child social development in Japan: investigating the mediating role of parental psychological condition and parenting style

In humans, support from partners and alloparents is crucial for successful child-rearing and optimal child development. However, the complex relationships among childcare support, children's outcomes and parental characteristics have not been fully examined. We investigate how three sources of partner and alloparental support—partner's childcare participation, support from children's grandparents and support from non-kin—can be associated with child social development. We hypothesize that the associations between childcare support from partners/alloparents and child social development are partly mediated by parental psychological condition and parenting style. To test this, we conducted path analyses on online survey data collected in 2016 from parents of 3- to 5-year-old children in Japan. We found no evidence that childcare support had direct positive effects on child social development. Rather, the benefit of childcare support was mediated by its effects on parental psychological condition and parenting style, which in turn improved children's outcomes. At the same time, we found some evidence that greater availability of childcare support was directly associated with more behavioural difficulties in children. Our findings reveal the complex pathways between childcare support, parental characteristics and children's outcomes in Japan, showing potential mechanisms behind parental and alloparental effects in industrialized populations. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Multidisciplinary perspectives on social support and maternal–child health’.

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The effect of risk communication on preventive and protective Behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: mediating role of risk perception

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-020-10125-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Seyed Taghi Heydari ◽

Leila Zarei ◽

Ahmad Kalateh Sadati ◽

Najmeh Moradi ◽

Maryam Akbari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Perception ◽

Risk Communication ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Online Survey ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

And Control ◽

New Evidence

Abstract Background The COVID-19 outbreak is a global pandemic, during which the community preventive and protective behaviors play a crucial role in the containment and control of infection. This study was designed to contribute to the existing knowledge on how risk communication (RC) and risk perception (RP) affect protective and preventive behaviors (PPB) during the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods The required data were extracted from a national online survey of Iranian adults aged 15 and older during March 15–19, 2020 (n=3213). Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling. Results The study findings reveal that RC has direct and indirect positive effects on PB. Furthermore, this study also provides new evidence indicating that RP mediates the relationship between RC and PB and there is a two-way relationship between RC and RP. These interactions may have impact on risk communication strategies which should be adopted during this pandemic. Conclusion The study findings have remarkable implications for informing future communications as well as interventions during this ongoing outbreak and subsequent national risk events.

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How does perceived severity of COVID-19 influence purchase intention of organic food?

British Food Journal ◽

10.1108/bfj-06-2021-0701 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Hong Wang ◽

Baolong Ma ◽

Dan Cudjoe ◽

Rubing Bai ◽

Muhammad Farrukh

Keyword(s):

Purchase Intention ◽

Online Survey ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Organic Food ◽

Content Type ◽

Perceived Severity ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Health Consciousness ◽

Purchasing Intention

PurposeThe COVID-19 outbreak has been rapidly spreading around the world for more than a year. However, few studies have explored the connection between the perceived severity of COVID-19 and purchase intention of the health-related products, for example, organic food. Based on the stimulus–organism–response (S-O-R) framework, this study examines the influencing mechanism of perceived severity of COVID-19 on purchase intention of organic food.Design/methodology/approachTo evaluate the proposed model, an online survey was utilized to collect 1,104 valid questionnaires from China.FindingsThe findings suggest that (1) the perceived severity of COVID-19 has a significant positive impact on purchasing intention; (2) health consciousness acts as a mediating role between perceived severity of COVID-19 and purchasing intention and (3) perceived inconvenience negatively moderates the connection between perceived severity and purchase intention.Originality/valueThe findings of this paper provide new insights into the positive effects of COVID-19 and pave the way for governments and enterprises to promote the purchase behaviour of organic food.

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Looking into some of the risk factors of mental health: the mediating role of maladaptive schemas in mothers’ parenting style and child anxiety disorders

Journal of Public Mental Health ◽

10.1108/jpmh-08-2017-0028 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 69-78

Author(s):

Narges Adibsereshki ◽

Mahdi Abdollahzadeh Rafi ◽

Maryam Hassanzadeh Aval ◽

Hassan Tahan

Keyword(s):

Anxiety Disorders ◽

Parenting Style ◽

Parenting Styles ◽

Childhood Anxiety ◽

Child Rearing ◽

Maladaptive Schemas ◽

Content Type ◽

Childhood Anxiety Disorders ◽

Mediating Role

PurposeAnxiety disorders have a high prevalence in children. Those children with anxious symptoms are more likely to experience significant disruption in their lives. This disruption can interrupt or even stop a child from participating in a variety of typical childhood experiences. It is understood that genetic and environmental factors may cause this disorder. The purpose of this paper is to focus on environmental factors, namely, the mediating role of maladaptive schemas in mothers’ child-rearing and childhood anxiety disorders.Design/methodology/approachThis study used correlation-modeling to assess the analysis. The sample included 326 students (aged 9-12 years old) and their mothers. The parenting style (Baumrind, 1973), Early Maladaptive Schema (Rijkeboer and de Boo, 2010), and anxiety disorders (Muriset al., 2006) questionnaires were used in this study.FindingsThe results showed a relationship between parenting styles of mothers and childhood anxiety disorders, a significant correlation between childhood maladaptive schemas and childhood anxiety disorders, a relation between child-rearing styles and childhood maladaptive schemas, and finally a mediating role on childhood anxiety disorders and mothers’ child-rearing styles for some childhood maladaptive schemas.Originality/valueThis research contributes to the knowledge base of the importance of children’s mental health. The paper analyzes the relationship of mothers’ parenting styles and children’s anxiety. It also focuses on maladaptive schemas as a mediator and its relationship with childhood anxiety disorders.

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Gender and Organizational Conflict Management: The Mediating Role of Personality

10.31234/osf.io/zewmr ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Maciej Kościelniak ◽

Jarosław Piotrowski ◽

Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska

Keyword(s):

Conflict Management ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Online Survey ◽

Conflict Behavior ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Conflict Management Styles ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Big Five Model

Many authors examined the interplay between gender and conflict management preferences, but those findings were often mixed and inconsistent. In the current paper we tried to explain those inconsistencies by investigating the mediating role of personality for the relationship of gender and conflict management. Rahim's inventory was used for identifying five conflict management styles, and Big Five Model theory was a base for assessing participants' personality traits. Data were collected from a sample of 1,055 working Poles (52.7% women), in an online survey. Based on the structural equation modeling we detected multiple indirect mediating paths of gender on conflict management via personality traits, while no direct effect of gender was observed. Despite some limitations, the study sheds light on the actual role of gender in conflict behavior and the importance of personality traits in the conflict management, both from a theoretical and practical perspective.

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IQ and digital inequality: An empirical investigation

New Media & Society ◽

10.1177/14614448211024012 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 146144482110240

Author(s):

Alexander JAM van Deursen ◽

Jan AGM van Dijk

Keyword(s):

Intelligence Quotient ◽

Online Survey ◽

Empirical Investigation ◽

Internet Access ◽

Normative Reasons ◽

Cultural Resources ◽

Digital Inequality ◽

Cognitive Intelligence ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Current Contribution

Cognitive intelligence is rarely discussed in the context of digital inequality for practical and normative reasons: substantial difficulties around measurements and the fact that it cannot (easily) be changed. In the current contribution, cognitive intelligence is studied in relation to resources and appropriation theory which explains digital inequality as a process of four successive phases of Internet access: motivational, material, skills, and usage. For the measurement of cognitive intelligence, we build on considerable efforts devoted to developing alternatives to cumbersome intelligence quotient (IQ) tests of intelligence. We conducted a two-wave online survey in the Netherlands, resulting in a sample of 1733 respondents. The importance of IQ was confirmed with direct positive effects on education, economic, social, and cultural resources, and on Internet attitude and skills. The results reveal several details that can enhance our understanding of the specific mechanisms through which IQ and education operate in digital inequalities.

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Organic Beekeeping Practices in Romania: Status and Perspectives towards a Sustainable Development

Agriculture ◽

10.3390/agriculture11040281 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 281

Author(s):

Cristina Bianca Pocol ◽

Peter Šedík ◽

Ioan Sebastian Brumă ◽

Antonio Amuza ◽

Aurica Chirsanova

Keyword(s):

Online Survey ◽

Primary Data ◽

Organic System ◽

Environmental Aspect ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Travel Restrictions ◽

Health Related ◽

Social Components ◽

Demand For Health ◽

Organic Principles

Romanian beekeeping faces a lot of challenges nowadays due to the problems related to climate change, the use of pesticides in agriculture, but also to the pandemic crisis. In this context, organic beekeeping represents an important alternative to traditional apicultural practices. The purpose of the study was to present the current situation of organic beekeeping in Romania, but also to identify some aspects related to sustainability. The research methodology was based on secondary and primary data. An online survey was conducted in 2020 on a sample of 433 Romanian beekeepers. The main findings showed that the majority of participants were aware of organic principles and were familiar with the concept of sustainability in beekeeping. However, only a small percentage of beekeepers were certified in the organic system. The evaluation of the concept of sustainability showed that the most important factor for the surveyed beekeepers was the environmental aspect, followed by the economic and social components. The pandemic crisis has negatively impacted the beekeepers’ activities due to travel restrictions and the limited access to the apiaries. If, in economic terms, they were affected by the sales drop in the first months of the crisis, there were also some positive effects such as the increase in demand for health-related products.

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Teacher enthusiasm and students’ social-behavioral learning engagement: The mediating role of student enjoyment and boredom in Chinese EFL classes

Language Teaching Research ◽

10.1177/13621688211014538 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 136216882110145

Author(s):

Jean-Marc Dewaele ◽

Chengchen Li

Keyword(s):

Second Language Acquisition ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Future Research ◽

Learning Engagement ◽

Behavioral Learning ◽

Mediating Role ◽

English Classes ◽

Teacher Enthusiasm ◽

Instructed Second Language Acquisition ◽

Complex Relationships

Teacher enthusiasm is attracting growing attention in educational and learner psychology research. There is evidence that teacher enthusiasm is contagious in class and positively affects student emotions. Their fundamental role in shaping student engagement has also been well documented. However, the links – between teacher enthusiasm and student emotions, and between student emotions and engagement – remain underexplored in instructed second language acquisition. The present study adopted a mixed-method approach to examine the complex relationships between perceived teacher enthusiasm, emotions (enjoyment and boredom), and social-behavioral learning engagement among 2,002 learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) from 11 universities in China. Quantitative analyses showed small to large correlations between perceived teacher enthusiasm, enjoyment, boredom, and social-behavioral learning engagement. In addition, student enjoyment and boredom were found to co-mediate the relationship between perceptions of teacher enthusiasm and student social-behavioral engagement in English classes. Qualitative interviews with nine students provided insights into the potential causes of the statistical patterns. Theoretical and pedagogical implications are discussed, followed by directions for future research.

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Minority stress, resilience, and health in Italian and Taiwanese LGB+ people: A cross-cultural comparison

Current Psychology ◽

10.1007/s12144-021-01387-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Roberto Baiocco ◽

Cristiano Scandurra ◽

Fausta Rosati ◽

Jessica Pistella ◽

Salvatore Ioverno ◽

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Keyword(s):

Minority Stress ◽

Online Survey ◽

Health Problems ◽

Sexual Stigma ◽

Common Path ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Cross Cultural Comparison ◽

Moderated Mediation Model ◽

The Relationship

AbstractThe present study, using a moderated mediational model, explored levels of distal/proximal stressors, rumination, resilience, and health in a group of Italian and Taiwanese LGB+ people. The study also examined the role of internalized sexual stigma (ISS) and rumination as mediators between discrimination and health, and resilience as a moderator of the relationship between discrimination and ISS, rumination, and health, respectively. An online survey was administered to 508 LGB+ participants (270 Italian and 238 Taiwanese) whose age ranged from 18 to 70 years (M = 37.93, SD = 13.53). The moderated mediation model was tested through a series of path analyses stratified by group nationality. Italian participants reported higher discrimination and resilience, but lower ISS, rumination, and health problems compared to their Taiwanese counterparts. The only common path between groups was the direct effect of discrimination on health problems. The mediating role of ISS and rumination in the relationship between discrimination and health, as well as the moderating role of resilience, were partly significant only for the Italian group. Conclusions: The findings suggest that mediators and moderators used to evaluate the effects of minority stress on health may differ between groups; further culturally sensitive research in the field of LGB+ health is needed.

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Posttraumatic Growth and Bereavement

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ◽

10.1177/0030222816652971 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 75 (4) ◽

pp. 311-336 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Andrew B. Lumb ◽

Myriam Beaudry ◽

Celine Blanchard

Keyword(s):

Posttraumatic Growth ◽

Online Survey ◽

Cognitive Appraisals ◽

Autonomous Motivation ◽

Survey Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Loved One ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Controlled Motivation ◽

Task Oriented

No research drawing from Self-Determination Theory has investigated the bereavement experience of individuals or how motivation can help facilitate posttraumatic growth (PTG) following the death of a loved one. In two cross-sectional studies, university students completed an online survey. Study 1 investigated the contribution of global autonomous and controlled motivation in statistically predicting PTG above and beyond previously researched correlates. Study 2 explored the mediating role of cognitive appraisals and coping in explaining the relationship between global motivation orientations and PTG. Results indicated that in comparison to controlled motivation, autonomous motivation was positively related PTG, even after controlling for previously researched correlates. Mediation results indicated an indirect effect of global autonomous motivation on PTG through task-oriented coping. Collectively, these findings suggest the importance of incorporating motivation into models of PTG. Clinical implications of these findings are also discussed.

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The effect of consumers' religiosity on consumer ethics: the mediating role of ethical ideology

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics ◽

10.1108/apjml-08-2020-0590 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Denni Arli ◽

Fandy Tjiptono

Keyword(s):

Consumer Ethics ◽

Ethical Ideology ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Content Type ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Central Java ◽

Consumer Ethics Scale ◽

The Impact

PurposeReligious doctrines generally encourage people to behave ethically. However, in daily life, individuals notice inconsistencies between religious beliefs and behavior, leading them to ask, in the context of commerce, why religious consumers would behave unethically. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of consumers' intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on their ethical behavior. Specifically, the moderating effect of ethical ideology on the relationship between Indonesian consumers' religiosity and their ethics was examined by means of a survey.Design/methodology/approachThe data derived from the questionnaire were complemented by convenience samples of Indonesians living in Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY) in central Java. The researchers distributed 600 questionnaires in two major shopping malls and several housing areas in the region, of which 467 were completed and returned, for an overall response rate of 77.8%.FindingsThe results indicated that the participants' intrinsic religiosity negatively impacted their ethical beliefs and was mediated by their idealistic ethical ideology. The present study also found that idealism had negative effects on three of the four dimensions of the consumer ethics scale (CES) (actively benefiting, passively benefiting and questionable behavior), while relativism had positive effects on two of the dimensions (passively benefiting and questionable behavior.Research limitations/implicationsOne limitation of the present study was that the analysis did not distinguish among the religions practiced by the respondents to the questionnaire.Originality/valueThis is one of the first few studies investigating the mediating role of ethical ideology in a religious society. This study contributes to the literature on these issues in theoretical and managerial terms by extending the Hunt-Vitell theory (1986) to the context of consumer ethics.

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