A Network Approach to Parental Burnout

Background: The use of network analyses in psychology has increasingly gained traction in the last few years. A network perspective views psychological constructs as dynamic systems of interacting elements. Objective: We present the first study to apply network analyses to examine how the hallmark features of parental burnout — i.e., exhaustion related to the parental role, emotional distancing from children, and a sense of ineffectiveness in the parental role — interact with one another and with maladaptive behaviors related to the partner and the child(ren), when these variables are conceptualized as a network system. Participants and setting: In a preregistered fashion, we reanalyzed the data from a French-speaking sample (n = 1551; previously published in Mikolajczak, Brianda, Avalosse, & Roskam, 2018), focusing on seven specific variables: the three hallmark parental burnout features, partner conflict, partner estrangement, neglectful behavior toward children, and violent behavior toward children. Methods: We computed two types of network models, a graphical Gaussian model to examine network structure, potential communities, and influential nodes, and a directed acyclic graph to examine the probabilistic dependencies among the different variables. Results: Both network models pointed to emotional distance as an especially potent mechanism in activating all other nodes. Conclusions: These results suggest emotional distance as critical to the maintenance of the parental burnout network and a prime candidate for future interventions, while affirming that network analysis can successfully expose the structure and relationship of variables related to parental burnout and its consequences related to the partner and the child(ren).

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Emotional Exhaustion and Feeling Fed Up as the Driving Forces of Parental Burnout and its Consequences on Children: Insights from A Network Approach

10.31234/osf.io/mqu75 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rana Begum Kalkan ◽

M. Annelise Blanchard ◽

Moïra Mikolajczak ◽

isabelle roskam ◽

Alexandre Heeren

Keyword(s):

Network Analysis ◽

Emotional Exhaustion ◽

Driving Forces ◽

Gaussian Model ◽

Network Models ◽

Critical Feature ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Psychological Phenomena ◽

Parental Neglect ◽

Emotional Distance

Parental burnout results from chronic stress in parenting, and it can be accompanied by harmful behaviors such as parental neglect and violence. Network analysis examines psychological phenomena within a system of its constituents, and thus it is promising for understanding the distinct features of parental burnout and behaviors related to it. Recently, Blanchard et al. (2021) conducted the first network analysis of parental burnout and related harmful behaviors in the family context, but did so using an outdated measure and conceptualization of parental burnout. In the present study, in a sample of French-speaking parents (N = 3218, from five different previous studies), we aimed to investigate how each of the four features in the new conceptualization of parental burnout (i.e., emotional exhaustion, feeling fed up, emotional distance, and contrast with the previous parental self) interact with one another and with parental neglect and violence in a network system. In this preregistered reanalysis, we generated two network models commonly used with cross-sectional data: a Graphical Gaussian Model and a Directed Acyclic Graph. Our results point to emotional exhaustion and feeling fed up as key driving forces of the network structure, while emotional distance appears as a critical feature tying parental burnout with parental neglect and violence.

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Relationship of Cognitive Style to Locus of Control

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1973.37.2.553 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 553-554 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Walter G. McIntire ◽

Albert S. Dreyer

Keyword(s):

Locus Of Control ◽

Field Independence ◽

External Locus ◽

Control Scale ◽

Psychological Constructs ◽

Independence Model ◽

Embedded Figures Test ◽

External Locus Of Control ◽

Relationship Of ◽

Psychological Dimensions

The extent to which the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control model and the Witkin Field Dependence-Field Independence model were concerned with the same psychological dimensions was examined. Correlations between the Internal-External Locus of Control Scale and the Group Embedded-figures Test of .102 for 80 males and −.001 for 99 females were found. It was concluded that these are independent psychological constructs.

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Conceptualization of Educational Persistence within Malaysian Higher Institution

International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change ◽

10.4018/ijissc.2017010103 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 46-57

Author(s):

Monsurat Olusola Mosaku ◽

Mohamed Najib Abdul Ghafar

Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

Goal Orientation ◽

Questionnaire Development ◽

Theoretical Models ◽

Developmental Model ◽

Grade Point ◽

Psychological Constructs ◽

Educational Persistence ◽

Higher Institution ◽

Relationship Of

Psychological constructs have been empirically linked to academic performance (as measured by Grade Point Average) and its improvement. Focal amid these psychological constructs are Goal Orientation, Self-Regulated Strategies, Disposition to Persevere and Attention. However, researches have been dedicated on the relationship of a few of these variables to academic performance but have not been examined as a single framework incorporating the theoretical models of all these variables. This study thus investigates a composite integrated model of the above mentioned variables to assess the learning quality of students termed as Educational Persistence. Its attainment warrants the utilization of a questionnaire developmental model. This study conceptualizes Educational Persistence for Malaysian higher education based on Cohen and Swerdlik (2002) questionnaire development model.

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Network Approach to Items and Domains From the Toronto Alexithymia Scale

Psychological Reports ◽

10.1177/0033294119889586 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 123 (5) ◽

pp. 2038-2052 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Giovanni Briganti ◽

Paul Linkowski

Keyword(s):

Factor Model ◽

Network Models ◽

Clinical Intervention ◽

Graph Analysis ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Data Set ◽

Toronto Alexithymia Scale ◽

French Speaking ◽

Shared Variance ◽

Three Factor

The aim of this study is to explore network structures of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale in a large sample of 1925 French-speaking Belgian university students and compare results with previous studies from different samples and tools to identify potential targets for clinical intervention. We estimated network models for the 20 items of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and for its three domains difficulty identifying feelings, difficulty describing feelings, and externally oriented thinking. We explored item connectivity through node predictability (shared variance with other network components). We performed an exploratory graph analysis to explore the dimensionality of our data set and compare results with the original three-factor model; because a different model was proposed, we estimated an additional network structure on the new structure. Items from the Toronto Alexithymia Scale connect both within and between domains. The three-domain network identifies difficulty describing feelings as the most connected domain. The exploratory graph analysis reported that three items from externally oriented thinking form a new domain, distraction. In the new four-domain network, difficulty describing feelings remains the most interconnected domain; however, two negative connections are found. Our findings support the relative importance of identifying and describing feelings as a meaningful target for intervention.

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The place of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the current osteoarthritis guidelines

Modern Rheumatology Journal ◽

10.14412/1996-7012-2020-2-123-130 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 123-130

Author(s):

E. A. Taskina ◽

N. G. Kashevarova ◽

L. I. Alekseeva

Keyword(s):

Musculoskeletal Diseases ◽

Pain Syndrome ◽

Oral Dosage ◽

Knee Oa ◽

Network Analyses ◽

Drug Of Choice ◽

Inflammatory Drugs ◽

Anti Inflammatory ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The paper provides a review of the data available in the literature on the relationship of pain to the risk of OA progression. Network analyses and numerous studies, including those conducted at the V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, have confirmed that pain syndrome is one of the significant predictors of knee OA progression. The major class of medications for OA pain includes nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The paper gives data on the efficacy of meloxicam in OA patients, which is widely used in both Russia and other countries of the world. Meloxicam is characterized by a good safety profile in the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular and renal systems. It is the drug of choice in patients with musculoskeletal diseases, in particular OA. Good results in severe pain syndrome have been shown by a step-by-step regimen of meloxicam when the injection formulation of the drug is used in the first days of treatment, and then, to consolidate what has been gained from therapy, its oral dosage form is administered in terms of concomitant diseases.

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HUBUNGAN PERAN ORANG TUA DENGAN KEMAMPUAN TOILET TRAINING PADA ANAK USIA TODDLER DI PAUD PERMATA BUNDA RW 01 DESA JATI SELATAN 1 SIDOARJO

Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.33086/jhs.v8i1.219 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Devi Muji Rahayu ◽

Firdaus S.Kep., Ns., M.Kes

Keyword(s):

Sampling Technique ◽

Toilet Training ◽

Parental Role ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significance Level ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Role Of Parents ◽

Relationship Of

Introduce: The events that often occurs in toddler is inability to perform the toilet training. It is because the parents are less active in their role. The purpose of this study is to know the relationship of parental role with the ability of toilet training for toddler in Permata Bunda Early childhood education at RW 01 of Jati Selatan 1 village Sidoarjo. Study design is analytic with cross-sectional approach. The population were all parents and toddler. Number of sample were 24 respondents taken by simple random sampling technique. Data were collected by questionnaire and observation. The independent variable is role of parents and the dependent variable is the ability of toddler performed toilet training. The data obtained were processed by SPSS 17.0 use chi-square test with significance level α (0.05). The results of study of role of parents indicate that a half of parents (50%) had lack of parental roles and the capabilities of toilet training for the toddler mostly (54.2%) were not able to perform toilet training. Based on chi-square test found p = 0.001 < 0.05, which means that H0 is rejected so there is relationship of parental role with the ability of toilet training for toddler. Conclusions of this study is the better role of parents, the better the ability of the child. Suggested to parents to understand the learning readiness of children in toilet training so it can maximize child learning and toilet training capabilities.

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Dynamics-function relationship of N-terminal acetyltransferases: the β6β7 loop modulates substrate accessibility to the catalytic site

10.1101/502799 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Angèle Abboud ◽

Pierre Bédoucha ◽

Jan Byška ◽

Thomas Arnesen ◽

Nathalie Reuter

Keyword(s):

Normal Mode Analysis ◽

Network Models ◽

Catalytic Site ◽

Mode Analysis ◽

Ligand Specificity ◽

Hairpin Loop ◽

Domains Of Life ◽

Function Relationship ◽

Relationship Of

N-terminal acetyltransferases (NATs) are enzymes catalysing the transfer of the acetyl from Ac-CoA to the N-terminus of proteins, one of the most common protein modifications. Unlike NATs, lysine acetyltransferases (KATs) transfer an acetyl onto the amine group of internal lysines. To date, not much is known on the exclusive substrate specificity of NATs towards protein N-termini. All the NATs and some KATs share a common fold called GNAT. The main difference between NATs and KATs is an extra hairpin loop found only in NATs called β6β7 loop. It covers the active site as a lid. The hypothesized role of the loop is that of a barrier restricting the access to the catalytic site and preventing acetylation of internal lysines. We investigated the dynamics-function relationships of all available structures of NATs covering the three domains of life. Using elastic network models and normal mode analysis, we found a common dynamics pattern conserved through the GNAT fold; a rigid V-shaped groove, formed by the β4 and β5 strands and three relatively more dynamic loops α1α2, β3β4 and β6β7. We identified two independent dynamical domains in the GNAT fold, which is split at the β5 strand. We characterized the β6β7 hairpin loop slow dynamics and show that its movements are able to significantly widen the mouth of the ligand binding site thereby influencing its size and shape. Taken together our results show that NATs may have access to a broader ligand specificity range than anticipated.

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Shifting levels of ecological network's analysis reveals different system properties

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rstb.2019.0326 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 375 (1796) ◽

pp. 20190326 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nathalie Niquil ◽

Matilda Haraldsson ◽

Télesphore Sime-Ngando ◽

Philippe Huneman ◽

Stuart R. Borrett

Keyword(s):

Biological Networks ◽

General Pattern ◽

Network Models ◽

Time Step ◽

Philosophical Foundations ◽

Network Analyses ◽

Planktonic Food ◽

Node Level ◽

System Properties ◽

Level Of Analysis

Network analyses applied to models of complex systems generally contain at least three levels of analyses. Whole-network metrics summarize general organizational features (properties or relationships) of the entire network, while node-level metrics summarize similar organization features but consider individual nodes. The network- and node-level metrics build upon the primary pairwise relationships in the model. As with many analyses, sometimes there are interesting differences at one level that disappear in the summary at another level of analysis. We illustrate this phenomenon with ecosystem network models, where nodes are trophic compartments and pairwise relationships are flows of organic carbon, such as when a predator eats a prey. For this demonstration, we analysed a time-series of 16 models of a lake planktonic food web that describes carbon exchanges within an autumn cyanobacteria bloom and compared the ecological conclusions drawn from the three levels of analysis based on inter-time-step comparisons. A general pattern in our analyses was that the closer the levels are in hierarchy (node versus network, or flow versus node level), the more they tend to align in their conclusions. Our analyses suggest that selecting the appropriate level of analysis, and above all regularly using multiple levels, may be a critical analytical decision. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Unifying the essential concepts of biological networks: biological insights and philosophical foundations'.

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