Actor–Partner Analyses of the Associations Between Harsh Discipline and Parent–Child Relationships in China

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051987015
Author(s):  
Zhaona Cai ◽  
Meifang Wang ◽  
Fang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
Psychological Aggression ◽  
Harsh Discipline ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Based on the actor–partner interdependence model (APIM), this study examined the actor and partner effects of parental harsh discipline on the parent–child relationship in a sample of Chinese children. A total of 1,149 Chinese middle-school-aged children who were recruited to participate in this survey completed measures of their fathers’ and mothers’ psychological aggression (PA) and corporal punishment (CP) toward them and their affinitive and conflicting relationship with the father and mother. Results from the APIM analysis showed that both fathers’ and mothers’ harsh discipline were negatively associated with parent–child affinity and positively associated with parent–child conflict (βs < .33, ps < .001). Furthermore, results also showed that mothers’ CP was negatively related to father–child affinity (βs = −.10, ps < .01) and mothers’ CP and PA were positively related to father–child conflict (βs < .13, ps < .01), whereas fathers’ harsh discipline was not related to mother–child relationship (βs > .04, ps > .05). Findings indicated that a parent’s harsh discipline affected not only their own relationship with children but also their spouse’s relationship with children. Findings in the present study highlighted the importance of decreasing both fathers’ and mothers’ use of harsh discipline when conducting appropriate prevention intervention to improve the parent–child relationship, especially the father–child relationship.

scholarly journals Child Parent Relationship Training (CPRT): Enhancing Parent-child Relationships for Military Families

10.18060/1881 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Staci J. Jensen-Hart ◽  
Jeff Christensen ◽  
Lacey Dutka ◽  
J. Corey Leishman
Keyword(s):  
Parental Stress ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Relationship ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Military families experience increased stress when facing issues of deployment, separation, and reunification. The increased stress impacts the parent-child relationship as well as child behavioral and emotional well-being. Although recognizing the resiliency of military families, research points to the need to monitor parental stress both pre- and post-deployment and highlights the inherent risks that separation and reunification pose for the parent-child relationship bond. This pilot study was designed to explore the effectiveness of the Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) Training Model as a proactive method of enhancing parent-child relationships, reducing parental stress, and preventing negative impact of military separations on children.

Kirogi Women’s Psychological Well-Being: The Relative Contributions of Marital Quality, Mother–Child Relationship Quality, and Youth’s Educational Adjustment

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther S. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Marital Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Transnational Family ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

The current study is based on the responses of 153 married Korean mothers accompanying their youth in the United States or in New Zealand while their spouses remained in Korea. Kirogi means “wild geese” in Korean and has come to refer to split-family transnational living for the sake of children’s education. Spillover, or a positive correlation, between indicators assessing marital and parent–child relationship quality was tested within the transnational family context. It was also hypothesized that mother–child relationship quality and youth’s educational progress would be positively and uniquely predictive of indicators of maternal well-being when compared with marital quality due to education-focused Confucian values among Koreans. Results indicated positive correlations between indicators of marital and parent–child relationship quality; and only measures of marital quality had unique associations with maternal well-being.

scholarly journals Positive valence bias and parent–child relationship security moderate the association between early institutional caregiving and internalizing symptoms

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 519-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle R. Vantieghem ◽  
Laurel Gabard-Durnam ◽  
Bonnie Goff ◽  
Jessica Flannery ◽  
Kathryn L. Humphreys ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Affective Processing ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Family Level ◽  
Positive Valence ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

AbstractInstitutional caregiving is associated with significant deviations from species-expected caregiving, altering the normative sequence of attachment formation and placing children at risk for long-term emotional difficulties. However, little is known about factors that can promote resilience following early institutional caregiving. In the current study, we investigated how adaptations in affective processing (i.e., positive valence bias) and family-level protective factors (i.e., secure parent–child relationships) moderate risk for internalizing symptoms in previously institutionalized (PI) youth. Children and adolescents with and without a history of institutional care performed a laboratory-based affective processing task and self-reported measures of parent–child relationship security. PI youth were more likely than comparison youth to show positive valence biases when interpreting ambiguous facial expressions. Both positive valence bias and parent–child relationship security moderated the association between institutional care and parent-reported internalizing symptoms, such that greater positive valence bias and more secure parent–child relationships predicted fewer symptoms in PI youth. However, when both factors were tested concurrently, parent–child relationship security more strongly moderated the link between PI status and internalizing symptoms. These findings suggest that both individual-level adaptations in affective processing and family-level factors of secure parent–child relationships may ameliorate risk for internalizing psychopathology following early institutional caregiving.

TWO TREE DRAWING CONVENTIONS

1993 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 133-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER EADES ◽  
TAO LIN ◽  
XUEMIN LIN
Keyword(s):  
General Problem ◽  
Binary Trees ◽  
Minimum Size ◽  
Horizontal Line ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Textual Information ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithms ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Rooted trees abound in computing and it is often necessary to draw them for visualization and documentation purposes. In the classical convention for tree drawing, the tree is drawn in a “level” fashion, with nodes (represented by boxes) at depth k lying on a horizontal line at a distance of k units below the root. The parent — child relationships are represented by lines between the boxes. Several algorithms have been developed for constructing a compact layout of a tree in the classical convention. In this paper we investigate algorithms for drawing trees according to two new conventions. In the inclusion convention, nodes are represented by boxes, and the parent — child relationship is represented by inclusion of one box in another. The tip-over convention again represents nodes as boxes, and, like the classical convention, represents the parent — child relationship by lines between the boxes; however, we allow siblings to be arranged vertically rather than horizontally. For many of the cases which arise in visualization of trees (for example, binary trees with textual information at the leaves) we present polynomial time algorithms. However, the general problem of finding minimum size layouts for either of the new conventions is shown to be NP-hard.

scholarly journals The Effect of Choice Theory-Based Group Training on Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Parent-Child Relationship in Male Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Behmanesh ◽  
Shirali Kheramine ◽  
Khosro Ramezani
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Group Training ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Background and Purpose: Adolescence is considered as one of the most critical life periods since adolescents are being exposed to a variety of potential stimuli, whose inappropriate response to such stimuli would prevent their proper performance in society. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of choice theory-based group training on cognitive emotion regulation and parent-child relationships in male adolescents. Materials and Methods: The research method was experimental with a pretest-posttest-follow-up design and a control group. The statistical population included all male students of the senior -high school in Dogonbadan city in the academic year 2019. Using the multi-stage cluster sampling method, 30 samples were selected and randomly assigned into experimental and control groups (n=15 per group). The research instrument included the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) and The Parent-Child Relationship Survey. The reality therapy intervention was performed on the experimental group for ten 90-minute sessions. The follow-up was performed after 60 days. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was then used to analyze the data. Results: The participants included 30 male adolescents, aged between 15 and 17 years old. The research findings indicated that the choice theory-based group training was effective in promoting cognitive emotion regulation (F= 27.39, P= 0.0001) and parent-child relationship (F= 44.32, P= 0.0001). Also, their effects were sustainable until the follow-up period (P= 0.0001). Conclusion: Choice theory-based group training, as a therapeutic and clinical intervention, can be used as an appropriate and effective technique to promote cognitive emotion regulation and parent-child relationships among adolescents.

Is joint physical custody in the best interests of the child? Parent–child relationships and custodial arrangements

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 3752-3772
Author(s):  
Kim Bastaits ◽  
Inge Pasteels
Keyword(s):  
Best Interests ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Sole Custody ◽  
Joint Physical Custody ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Maternal Custody ◽  
Physical Custody ◽  
Parent Child

When thinking about custodial arrangements after a divorce, there has been a shift from sole custody (mainly by mothers) to joint physical custody after a divorce. In certain countries, joint physical custody has even become the primary, legal custodial arrangement. Joint physical custody, whether implemented in legislation or not, is believed to be in the best interests of the child, as children can shape a postdivorce relationship with both their mother and father. Nevertheless, many studies on joint physical custody focus only on child outcomes. This study aims to investigate (1) whether custodial arrangements matter in addition to the parental divorce for parent–child relationships and (2) whether joint physical custody provides a better framework for parent–child relationships than sole custody arrangements. The study adds to the existing literature by including both the mother–child relationship and the father–child relationship. Moreover, joint physical custody is not only compared to sole maternal custody, but also to sole paternal custody. Using a dyadic subsample of Belgian parents and children from the Divorce in Flanders data set ( N = 623), we compare two indicators of the parent–child relationship (parent–child communication and parenting) for children with married parents, with children in joint physical custody, sole maternal custody, and sole paternal custody. The results indicate that (1) the custodial arrangements after divorce affect parent–child relationships, in addition to the divorce, with regard to both open and problematic father–child communications and the support and control of children by mothers and fathers; and (2) joint physical custody, compared with sole custody (either by the mother or father), provides a better framework to shape a postdivorce parent–child relationship with both parents in terms of open communications and support.

The Good Parent: Southern Italian Mothers’ Conceptualization of Good Parenting and Parent–Child Relationships

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 1583-1603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Grazia Lo Cricchio ◽  
Alida Lo Coco ◽  
Charissa S. L. Cheah ◽  
Francesca Liga
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Good Parent ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
And Control ◽  
Constant Comparative Analysis ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Thirty mothers, ranging in age between 30 and 46 years, participated in seven focus groups aimed at analyzing perceptions and ideas of the characteristics of a good parent and parent–child relationship in southern Italy (Sicily). The discussions were transcribed and analyzed using the constant comparative analysis approach. Two major themes, discipline and affection, emerged from the discussions about the idea of a good parent, with seven further subthemes. In defining good parenting beliefs and practices, Sicilian mothers mostly believed that control, discipline, and demandingness were imperative and prioritized over warmth and responsiveness. Despite the importance given to demandingness, a good parent–child relationship was predominantly described as the result of a balance between love and control, mainly based on communication, confidence, and respect. Our findings were interpreted and discussed with consideration to the collectivistic and familistic nature of Sicilian society.

EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1129-1135
Author(s):  
William S. Langford ◽  
Virginia N. Wilking ◽  
Elma Olson
Keyword(s):  
Child Behavior ◽  
Child Psychiatry ◽  
Parental Behavior ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Child Patient ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Day By Day ◽  
Parent Child

As emotional problems in children are closely rebated to disturbances in parent-child relationships, much of the discussion was focused around this aspect of the topic. Much of the pediatrician's activities with parents concerns itself with attempts to influence parent-child relationships for the benefit of the child patient. A great deal has been learned in child psychiatry about the management of untoward and destructive parental behavior. Much of this knowledge can be used by the pediatrician in his day by day practice. Although, some psychiatric techniques are not applicable in the practice of pediatrics, it is important for the pediatrician to understand his role and not to assume that he is or needs to be a psychiatrist in his attempts at solving difficulties which are presented to him. Psychiatry has learned some things of what the parent-child relationship shouldn't be. The question might then be raised, "What is a good one?" This can be defined as the capacity in the parent to meet with the child in all matters of day by day living without undue tensions, anxieties on preoccupations. Brenneman has pointed out that about 80% of the practice of pediatrics is in dealing with the parents and one most work through them in an effort to solve the child's problems. There is seldom a situation that involves only the child. It almost always involves the parents and their interaction with the child. Our understanding of many emotional problems has been furthered by our greater knowledge of child behavior and yet we are still too ready to categorize parents and especially mothers with such words as hovering, rejecting, cold, warm, etc., which have little real meaning in terms of understanding how they got that way.

Addressing Intergenerational Trauma With an Innovative Instrument and Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-271
Author(s):  
Sheila Sweeney
Keyword(s):  
Reflective Functioning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
African American Mothers ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Mental Experience ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Parent–child relationships have been researched in many ways. This article describes a qualitative study using the concept of reflective functioning (defined by Slade as the parent's capacity to hold and reflect upon her own and her child's internal mental experience) as a framework. The study focused on understanding the experiences of early childhood adversities, social supports, and the reflective functioning capacity of 11 young adult African American mothers and their children in urban and suburban areas of Minnesota. Findings included that the participants did not perceive adversities as bad, but as part of a daily norm; they demonstrated that they have social support and know how to access it; and they showed the ability to reflect on their children's emotions and experiences as well as the parent–child relationship. Participants talked about transmitting good things to their children while simultaneously protecting them from negative experiences. Thus, parents were able to change patterns that could affect their children's well-being.

Parent-Child Relationships and Homosexuality

1972 ◽  
Vol 121 (564) ◽  
pp. 525-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Robertson
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Psychiatric Population ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

A review of some of the literature concerned with the aetiology of homosexuality shows that certain variables, in particular those involving the relationship between the homosexual and his parents, differ between studies involving populations of neurotic homosexuals and those concerned with non-psychiatric populations. Investigators concerned with the former group (Bieber et al., 1962; O'Connor, 1964; West, 1955), have placed emphasis on the importance of the mother-child relationship, having found this to be abnormally intense in the case of many homosexuals. On the other hand, a well controlled study by Bene (1965), involving a non-psychiatric population of homosexuals, revealed no difference between her homosexual and heterosexual groups as regards maternal overprotection. Her findings caused her to place more emphasis on the father-child relationship.

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