Are All Immigrant Families Created Equal? The Acculturation and Social Integration of Mixed-Nativity Families

2020 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2091197
Author(s):  
Phoebe Ho ◽  
Grace Kao
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Children Of Immigrants ◽  
Family Meals ◽  
Immigrant Mothers ◽  
Representative Data ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child ◽  
Mixed Nativity

A large proportion of the children of immigrants are in mixed-nativity families, with one immigrant and one native-born parent. Despite their significant presence, the theoretical and empirical underpinnings for understanding mixed-nativity families’ acculturation and social integration are lacking. Using nationally representative data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, we compare the parent-child and family-school relationships of mixed-nativity families—separating those with immigrant mothers from those with immigrant fathers—to those of immigrant-only and native-only families. We find that parent-child relationships in mixed-nativity families are similar to those of native-only families in that they enforce more rules and share fewer family meals. However, families with immigrant mothers—including those with native-born fathers—are less connected to their children’s schools and to other parents. Our results highlight the need to consider mixed-nativity families as distinct from both immigrant-only and native-only families.

Youth Internalizing Problems and Changes in Parent–Child Relationships Across Early Adolescence: Lability and Developmental Trends

2020 ◽  
pp. 027243162093119
Author(s):  
Melissa A. Lippold ◽  
Andrea Hussong ◽  
Gregory Fosco ◽  
Nilam Ram
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Parental Warmth ◽  
Linear Change ◽  
Developmental Trends ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Few longitudinal studies examine how changes in parent–child relationships are associated with changes in youth internalizing problems. In this longitudinal study, we investigated how developmental trends (linear change) and year-to-year lability (within-person fluctuations) in parental warmth and hostility across Grades 6 to 8 predict youth internalizing problems in Grade 9 ( N = 618) and whether these linkages differ for boys and girls. Developmental trends (greater decreases in warmth and increases in hostility) were associated with more youth internalizing problems. Greater year-to-year lability (more fluctuations) in father hostility and warmth were also associated with more internalizing problems. Greater lability in mother warmth was associated with more internalizing problems for girls only. The strongest effects of lability on internalizing problems were found for youth with the highest lability scores. This study underscores the importance of differentiating developmental trends from lability in parent–child relationships, both of which may be important for youth internalizing problems.

PSYCHOCORRECTIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Наталья Викторовна Чистякова ◽  
Вероника Вячеславовна Сидельникова
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Resource Potential ◽  
Interaction System ◽  
Adaptive Nature ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Адаптивный характер системы детско-родительских отношений в структуре семей с детьми-инвалидами зависит от уровня психологической готовности родителей к социальной реадаптации. Специфика организации психокоррекционной помощи определяется эффективностью системы взаимодействия «ребенок - родитель - специалист» с целью достижения социальной интеграции путем актуализации ресурсного потенциала семьи. The adaptive nature of parent-child relationships in the structure of children with disabilities families depends on the level of parents’ psychological readiness to a social readaptation. Organization specifics of the psycho-correctional assistance is determined by the effectiveness of “child-parent-specialist” interaction system to achieve a social integration by updating family’s resource potential.

scholarly journals How do biological and social kinship play out within families in the U.S.? An evolutionary perspective on perceived parental care and closeness in adolescents

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-195
Author(s):  
Sebastian Schnettler ◽  
Anja Steinbach
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Parental Care ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Add Health ◽  
National Longitudinal Study ◽  
Fixed Effects Regression ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Parent Child

Consistent with inclusive fitness theory, evolutionary biologists predict that individuals care more for their biological than their social children and hence that biological children assess the relationships to their parents better than stepchildren. To test this assumption, we use data from the U.S. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Unlike many other studies that have been conducted so far, this survey allows us to analyze the consequences of the dynamic between social and biological parent-child relationships within the same families. We use comparisons of sibling pairs and fixed-effects regression to achieve the within-family comparison. Both the descriptive and multivariate regression results confirm that – even after controlling for other relevant influences – biological parenthood matters with regard to children’s relationship assessments (perceived parental care and closeness of the parent-child relationship) and in both the relationships to resident fathers and mothers. In the discussion, we comment on the possible integration of the evolutionary and sociological perspectives and close with some recommendations for future data collection that could allow researchers to analyze the relative impact of biological and social influences on parent-child relationships on a more fine-grained level. Zusammenfassung Abgeleitet aus der Theorie der Verwandtenselektion sagen Evolutionsbiologen vorher, dass Individuen gegenüber ihren biologischen Kindern mehr Fürsorge zeigen sollten als gegenüber Kindern, zu denen eine soziale Elternschaft besteht. Entsprechend wird erwartet, dass biologische Kinder die Beziehungen zu ihren Eltern besser einschätzen als Stiefkinder. Zur Überprüfung dieser Hypothese ziehen wir die Daten der U.S. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) heran. Diese Studie erlaubt es, im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Datenquellen, die Konsequenzen der innerfamilialen Dynamik sozialer und biologischer Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen zu untersuchen. Um diesen Vergleich innerhalb der Familien zu ermöglichen, untersuchen wir Geschwisterdyaden und führen eine fixed-effects-Regression durch. Die Resultate der deskriptiven und der multivariaten Analysen bestätigen, dass der Status biologischer Elternschaft auch dann die Beziehungs-einschätzungen der Jugendlichen (wahrgenommene elterliche Fürsorge und emotionale Nähe) vorhersagt, wenn für andere relevante Einflussfaktoren kontrolliert wird – sowohl in Bezug auf die väterliche als auch auf die mütterliche Beziehung. In der Diskussion kommentieren wir das Ergebnis im Hinblick auf eine mögliche Integration evolutionsbiologischer und soziologischer Forschungsperspektiven und schließen mit einigen Empfehlungen für die zukünftige empirische Datenerhebung ab. Eine Umsetzung dieser Empfehlungen könnte es interessierten Forscherinnen und Forschern in Zukunft ermöglichen, die relative Bedeutung biologischer und sozialer Einflüsse auf die Eltern detaillierter zu untersuchen.

Association between poverty indicators and social relations

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-423
Author(s):  
Fruzsina Albert ◽  
Gábor Hajdu
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Material Deprivation ◽  
Income Poverty ◽  
Representative Data ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Poverty Indicators

We analyse the association between poverty indicators and social relations using nationally representative data from Hungary. We focus on four poverty indicators (the three standard indicators of Eurostat and perceived financial problems) and a rich set of social relationship indicators (18 variables). Material deprivation is the most strongly linked to the measures of social ties and social integration, whereas income poverty is associated the least strongly with them. Although income poverty is probably the most widely used poverty indicator, our results suggest that material deprivation and even subjective poverty reflect better the multidimensional nature of poverty and social exclusion.

scholarly journals Child Health CheckPoint: cohort summary and methodology of a physical health and biospecimen module for the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. 3-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan A Clifford ◽  
Sarah Davies ◽  
Melissa Wake
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Phenotypic Data ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Normal Ranges ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Neonatal Blood Spots ◽  
Parent Child

Objectives‘Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children’ (LSAC) is Australia's only nationally representative children’s longitudinal study, focusing on social, economic, physical and cultural impacts on health, learning, social and cognitive development. LSAC's first decade collected wide-ranging repeated psychosocial and administrative data; here, we describe the Child Health CheckPoint, LSAC’s dedicated biophysical module.Design, setting and participantsLSAC recruited a cross-sequential sample of 5107 infants aged 0–1 year and a sample of 4983 children aged 4–5 years in 2004, since completing seven biennial visits. CheckPoint was a cross-sectional wave that travelled Australia in 2015–2016 to reach LSAC’s younger cohort at ages 11–12 years between LSAC waves 6 and 7. Parent–child pairs participated in comprehensive assessments at 15 Assessment Centres nationwide or, if unable to attend, a shorter home visit.MeasuresCheckPoint’s intergenerational, multidimensional measures were prioritised to show meaningful variation within normal ranges and capture non-communicable disease (NCD) phenotype precursors. These included anthropometry, physical activity, fitness, time use, vision, hearing, and cardiovascular, respiratory and bone health. Biospecimens included blood, saliva, buccal swabs (also from second parent), urine, hair and toenails. The epidemiology and parent–child concordance of many measures are described in separate papers.Results1874 (54% of eligible) parent–child pairs and 1051 second parents participated. Participants' geographical distribution mirrored the broader Australian population; however, mean socioeconomic position and parental education were higher and fewer reported non-English-speaking or Indigenous backgrounds. Application of survey weights partially mitigates that the achieved sample is less population representative than previous waves of LSAC due to non-random attrition. Completeness was uniformly high for phenotypic data (>92% of eligible), biospecimens (74%–97%) and consent (genetic analyses 98%, accessing neonatal blood spots 97%, sharing 96%).ConclusionsCheckPoint enriches LSAC to study how NCDs develop at the molecular and phenotypic levels before overt disease emerges, and clarify the underlying dimensionality of health in childhood and mid-adulthood.

scholarly journals Porndemic? A longitudinal study of pornography use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a nationally representative sample of Americans

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua B. Grubbs ◽  
Samuel Perry ◽  
Shane Winfield Kraus ◽  
Jennifer T. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Representative Data ◽  
Problematic Use ◽  
Pornography Use ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Many ◽  
Time Point

Of the many changes in daily life brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing efforts and governmentally mandated lockdowns were among the most drastic. Coinciding with these changes, popular pornography websites made some previously premium content available for free, spurring dramatic increases in traffic to these websites. This increase in time spent at home and reported increases in traffic to specific pornographic websites led to some speculation that pornography use might generally increase over the course of the pandemic and that problematic use might also increase. To test these speculations and quantify the effects of the pandemic and its associated restrictions on social behaviors on pornography use, we analyzed data from a longitudinal sample of American adults. Baseline, nationally representative data were collected in August, 2019 via YouGov (N=2,518). Subsequent data were collected in February, 2020 (n=1,677), May, 2020 (n=1,533), August, 2020 (n=1,470), and October, 2020 (n=1,269). Results indicated that, in May, 2020, immediately following the height of the first wave of pandemic related lockdowns, more people reported past month pornography use than at any other time point. Among those who reported use in May, 2020, only 14% reported increases in use since the start of the pandemic, and their use returned to levels similar to all other users by August of 2020. In general, pornography use trended downward over the pandemic, for both men and women. Problematic pornography use trended downward for men and remained low and unchanged in women. Collectively, these results suggests that many fears about pornography use during pandemic related lockdowns were largely not supported by available data.

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