Parent–Child Relationship Satisfaction: The Influence of Family Communication Orientations and Relational Maintenance Behaviors

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey S. Aloia
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Relational Maintenance ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Maintenance Behaviors ◽  
Relational Maintenance Behaviors ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child ◽  
Conversation Orientation

This study examined emerging adults’ satisfaction with parent–child relationships as a function of family communication orientations and relational maintenance behaviors. Two hundred and eleven emerging adults completed measures assessing family communication orientations (conversation and conformity), relational maintenance behaviors (shared tasks, shared networks, positivity, openness, and assurances), and satisfaction with parent–child relationships. Results demonstrated that family conversation orientation and relational maintenance behaviors were positively associated with relationship satisfaction; family conformity orientation was not related to relationship satisfaction. Furthermore, findings indicated support for a model in which positivity and openness mediated the association between family conversation orientation and children’s satisfaction with parent–child relationships.

Relational maintenance behaviors in the sibling relationship

2001 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. Myers ◽  
Joshua Black ◽  
Adam Bukaty ◽  
Alexa Callin ◽  
Lindsay A. Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
Relational Maintenance ◽  
Maintenance Behaviors ◽  
Relational Maintenance Behaviors

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.

Grandchildren’s Perceptions of Grandparents’ Use of Relational Maintenance Behaviors

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel H. Mansson
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Relational Maintenance ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Maintenance Behaviors ◽  
Adult Grandchildren ◽  
Relational Maintenance Behaviors ◽  
Pearson Correlations

The purposes of this study were to examine (a) grandchildren’s perceptions of the extent to which their grandparents’ use relational maintenance behaviors; (b) grandchildren’s perceived differences in grandparents’ use of relational maintenance behaviors as functions of grandparent sex, grandchild sex, and grandparent–grandchild (GP-GC) family lineage; and (c) the relationships between grandchildren’s perceptions of their grandparents’ use of relational maintenance behaviors and the grandchildren’s self-reported GP-GC relational characteristics. Young adult grandchildren ( N = 209) completed a questionnaire in reference to a specific GP-GC relationship. Descriptive statistics indicated that grandparents use the seven relational maintenance behaviors (i.e., advice, assurances, conflict management, networks, openness, positivity, and tasks) to different degrees. However, the multivariate analyses of variance did not indicate any significant effects for grandparent and grandchild sex or GP-GC family lineage on perceived grandparental use of relational maintenance behaviors. Conversely, Pearson correlations provided support for the hypothesized positive relationships between grandchildren’s perceptions of their grandparents’ use of relational maintenance behaviors and the grandchildren’s self-reported GP-GC relational characteristics.

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.

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