scholarly journals Parentification Experiences of Filipino Young Professional Daughters During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-32
Author(s):  
Jaena Clarice C. Teng ◽  
Angela Dionne F. Hilario ◽  
Lauren Marie A. Sauler ◽  
Ma. Cristina M. De Los Reyes ◽  
Myla Arcinas
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Role Reversal ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Young Professional ◽  
Familial Obligations ◽  
Parent Child ◽  
At Home

Parentification refers to parent-child role reversal wherein the child adopts the parent's role instrumentally or emotionally. This role reversal practice between the parent and the child is not uncommon in certain cultures. The cultural dynamics and familial obligations at play have positive and negative outlooks with varying effects. This study focused on the effects of instrumental parentification experiences on psychological resilience and interpersonal relationships among selected Filipino young professional daughters during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Using purposive sampling, 19 Filipino young professional daughters from Metro Manila, Philippines, were selected for the study. Online interviews were conducted and thematic analysis was employed to process the data. Findings showed that most of the daughters, with “utang na loob” (indebtedness) value system, wholeheartedly accepted instrumental parentification. Thus, more tasks and responsibilities were shouldered by them due to the COVID-19 lockdown wherein older parents need to stay at home due to the fear of contracting the disease. Almost all shared that the COVID-19 pandemic tested their parent-child relationship. A few expressed that it made them let go of personal growth opportunities and experienced problems with their parents' relationship, given the uncertainties brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, they shared that they could not leave their ageing parents in this time of COVID-19 pandemic and that with proper balancing of tasks and responsibilities at home and at work, parentification made them to become more self-reliant, mature faster, and responsible daughters.

Older Parents and their Middle-Aged Children: Symmetry or Asymmetry in their Relationship

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kees Knipscheer ◽  
Anton Bevers
Keyword(s):  
Middle Aged ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Intergenerational Relationship ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

ABSTRACTThis study focussed on aspects of the relationship between older parents and their middle aged children. Interviews with 74 parents and with one of their children informed us about topics and perceptions relevant in this intergenerational relationship. Data were analysed in terms of agreements and disagreements between parent and child, and of perceived agreements and disagreements. Four items were selected for closer analysis as they exhibited both a high amount of disagreement and a low amount of perceived disagreement. These findings are discussed in terms of the developmental stake theory, a metaorientation and assymmetry in the parent-child relationship.

Creativity Similarity? The Mediating Role of Climate for Creativity at Home Environment on the Relationship between Mother’s and Child’s Creative Thinking

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Maria Jankowska ◽  
Joanna Maria Kwaśniewska ◽  
Izabela Lebuda ◽  
Eliza Maria Witkowska
Keyword(s):  
Home Environment ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Creative Potential ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Parent Child ◽  
At Home

This study investigates the link between mother’s and children’s (8 to 9 years of age) creative thinking, focusing in particular on how mothers’ creativity interacts with climate for creativity in the parent-child relationship in predicting the offspring’s creative potential assessed by the Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production (TCT-DP). The moderating role of the children’s gender in this relationship was also assessed. In a sample of parent-child dyads (N = 66), it was demonstrated that (a) mother’s and child’s creative thinking was related within dyads, (b) four dimensions of climate for creativity at home environment, namely Encouragement to Experience Novelty and Variety, Encouragement of Nonconformism, Support of Perseverance in Creative Efforts, and Encouragement to Fantasize partially mediated this relationship, and (c) child’s gender did not moderate the investigated relationship. Moreover, there were no differences in climate for creativity between girls and boys, except for the fact that mothers support nonconformism more strongly in their sons than in daughters. Results were discussed in light of potential family transmission mechanisms of creative potential. It was also indicated the study’s implications for practice and directions for future research that stem from this project.

scholarly journals Associations between gaming disorder, parent-child relationship, parental supervision, and discipline styles: Findings from a school-based survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vu Manh Cuong ◽  
Sawitri Assanangkornchai ◽  
Wit Wichaidit ◽  
Vu Thi Minh Hanh ◽  
Hoang Thi My Hanh
Keyword(s):  
Video Gaming ◽  
Parental Supervision ◽  
Parenting Practice ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
School Based ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child ◽  
At Home

Abstract Background and aims Vietnam implemented numerous measures to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 among school students, including study-at-home/self-quarantine. During the study-at-home period, adolescents may engage in more video gaming than usual, potentially contributing to gaming disorder. However, the regionally-representative prevalence of gaming disorder and its association with parenting practice and discipline practice have not been described. We assessed the prevalence of gaming disorder among Vietnamese adolescents during the initial 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associations between gaming disorder and parenting practice and discipline practice. Methods We conducted a school-based, self-administered cross-sectional survey of 2,084 students in Hanoi, Vietnam (response rate = 97.1%). The survey included standardized instruments translated from English to Vietnamese. We performed multilevel logistic regressions to assess the associations between parenting practice, discipline practice, and gaming disorder. Results The prevalence of gaming disorder among the respondents was 11.6%. Healthy parent-child relationship was protective against gaming disorder (Adj OR = 0.36; 95% CI = 0.21, 0.62). Non-supervision, non-discipline, violent discipline were positively associated with gaming disorder. Discussion and Conclusions We found associations between gaming disorder and parent-child relationship, parental supervision, and parental discipline. Future interventional studies should consider assessing the effect of fostering healthy parent-child relationships and appropriate discipline on the occurrence or prognosis of gaming disorders.

scholarly journals A Qualitative Study Examining Parental Involvement in Youth Sports over a One-Year Intervention Program

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (19) ◽  
pp. 3563
Author(s):  
Ausra Lisinskiene ◽  
Marc Lochbaum
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Parent Child

The purpose of this 12-month intervention program was to examine parent–child relationship changes within the sports context. A qualitative interpretative phenomenological analysis was used for the study design. Ten families consented to in-depth interviews. The participants were 10 youth sport parents who had one child each aged 5–6 years. The intervention program involved the participation of all the parents and children. The program integrated psychological, educational, and sports skills into pre-organized sports training sessions. The study results revealed that the intervention program had a positive impact on the parent–child relationship in the sports context. Additionally, the study results suggest that parental involvement in the intervention program positively affected parent–child attachment, the quality of interpersonal relationships between the parent and the child, and effective parenting strategies. Future intervention programs should include both parent and children dyads.

scholarly journals How do Interpersonal Relationships Relieve Adolescents’ Problematic Mobile Phone Use? The Roles of Loneliness and Motivation to Use Mobile Phones

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 2286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Zhen ◽  
Ru-De Liu ◽  
Wei Hong ◽  
Xiao Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Problematic Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Teacher Student Relationship ◽  
Student Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

The current study aimed to explore the underlying mechanisms of how interpersonal relationships relieve adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) and to examine the potential mediating roles of loneliness and motivation to use mobile phones. Four thousand five hundred and nine middle school students from four provinces in China were recruited to participate in the investigation. The results showed that the parent–child relationship but not the teacher–student relationship, had a direct and negative effect on PMPU. The parent–child relationship had indirect effects on PMPU through the mediators of loneliness, escape motivation and relationship motivation; the teacher–student relationship had indirect effects on PMPU only through the mediating factors of loneliness and escape motivation. Both parent–child and teacher–student relationships indirectly affected PMPU through a two-step path from loneliness to escape motivation. These findings highlight the more salient role of the parent–child relationship than that of the teacher–student relationship in directly alleviating PMPU and indicate that satisfying interpersonal relationships can buffer adolescents’ PMPU by lowering their loneliness and motivation to use mobile phones.

Psychosocial Study of Childhood Poisoning: A 5-Year Follow-up

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 439-444
Author(s):  
James A. Margolis
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Find ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Childhood Poisoning ◽  
Childhood Accidents ◽  
Developmental Characteristics ◽  
Parent Child

Forty-two of 52 families that were participants in a retrospective study of childhood poisoning 5 years ago were included in this follow-up study. During the interim, none of the subjects or their siblings poisoned themselves and there was no shift from poisoning to other types of childhood accidents. Socioeconomic factors and school performance do not differentiate the groups. However, the poisoned children, especially the repeaters, have more behavior problems during latency than the control children and are characterized as hyperactive, "aggressive-impulsive," and "passive-anxious." The present study indicates that childhood poisoning is not only related to maladaptation in the child and family at the time of the poisoning, but predicts later problems in the child that are focused on difficulties in interpersonal relationships rather than exposing him to increased accident susceptibility. A parent-child relationship in the form of a "power struggle," misdirected anger, and developmental characteristics of oral explorative behavior, mimicry, and negativism predispose toddlers to ingest poisons. Preventitive implications concentrate on the parent-child relationship rather than environmental risk. This approach includes education regarding developmental characteristics of the toddler, parent guidance to prevent power struggles and other inadequate methods of dealing with the child and ongoing intervention to help the child find more appropriate ways of handling aggression. These seem necessary both to reduce further poisonings and as primary prevention of serious characterologic problems later in the child's development.

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