The effect of the amount of web diary writing on psychological health: A panel study examining the mediating effects.

Objectives: Understanding peer play behaviors in young children is crucial because children's personal characteristics influence their peer play behaviors. In this study, we investigated the relationship between children’s temperament (4 years old), fathers’ parenting behavior (5 years old), and peer play behavior (6 years old) using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Korean Children (PSKC). In addition, the mediating effect of fathers’ parenting behavior on the relationship between children’s temperament and peer play behavior was investigated.Methods: A total of 1,070 children and their fathers were extracted for analysis from the Korean Children's Panel Study (PSKC) 2012 (Year 5) to 2014 (Year 7). The correlations between the relevant variables and the mediating effects of fathers’ parenting behavior were analyzed using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 25.0.Results: Correlation analysis showed that children’s emotionality and sociability were associated with fathers’ parenting behavior, whereas their sociality and activity were associated with their play disturbance. Next, there was no mediating effect of fathers’ warmth on the relationship between children’s temperament and children’s peer play interactions. The full mediating effects of the fathers’ control on the relationship between the child’s temperament (emotionality and sociability) and peer play behaviors such as disruption and disconnection were confirmed. Children’s activity had a direct effect on their peer play interaction and disruption.Conclusion: Peer play behavior revealed the importance of fathers’ controlling parenting behaviors and children’s temperament, especially in peer play disruption and disconnection. In particular, we confirmed the influence of father’s controlling parenting behavior on children’s sociability and emotionality temperament.

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Psychological Health and Smoking in Young Adulthood

Emerging Adulthood ◽

10.1177/2167696819858812 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 216769681985881

Author(s):

Allison M. Schmidt ◽

Shelley D. Golden ◽

Nisha C. Gottfredson ◽

Susan T. Ennett ◽

Allison E. Aiello ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Young Adulthood ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Regression Models ◽

Panel Study ◽

Critical Time ◽

Income Dynamics ◽

Short Term ◽

Mental Health Diagnosis ◽

Health Diagnosis

Introduction: Young adulthood is a critical time for the emergence of risk behaviors including smoking. Psychological health is associated with smoking, but studies rarely track both over time. We used longitudinal data to assess whether average patterns of psychological health influenced average patterns of smoking and whether short-term fluctuations in psychological health influenced fluctuations in smoking. Method: Young adults aged 18–30 from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics were followed from 2007 to 2013, and mean trajectories of smoking were modeled. Psychological health variables included ever having a mental health diagnosis and time-varying distress. Results: In regression models, individuals with poorer psychological health (higher distress or a diagnosis) were more likely to be smokers and to smoke greater number of cigarettes. The association of diagnosis with number of cigarettes smoked increased with age. Conclusions: Smoking-related interventions should target individuals with poorer psychological health, even if they have no formal mental health diagnosis.

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The Serial Multiple Mediating Effects of Social Withdrawal and Smartphone Dependency and the Influence of Negative Parenting Attitude on Adolescents’ Academic Helplessness

Family and Environment Research ◽

10.6115/fer.2020.040 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 58 (4) ◽

pp. 601-611

Author(s):

Jae Yoon Kim ◽

Heesoo Han ◽

Eunyoung Park ◽

Min Ju Kang

Keyword(s):

Social Withdrawal ◽

Panel Study ◽

First Grade ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

Parenting Attitudes ◽

Korean Children ◽

Negative Parenting ◽

Study Results ◽

Parenting Attitude

This study examined the effects of negative parenting attitudes on adolescents’ academic helplessness through the mediating effects of social withdrawal and smartphone dependency. Data from the panel study of Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey 2018 (KCYPS 2018) collected by the National Youth Policy Institute (NYPI) was used to examine the research model. The subjects of the study consisted of 2,541 first grade middle school students (1,375 boys and 1,166 girls). Confirmatory factor analysis [CFA], structural equation modeling [SEM], and bootstrapping analysis were conducted by means of SPSS 25.0, AMOS 25.0, and Hayes’s PROCESS programs to examine the serial multiple mediating effects. The study results were as follows. First, negative parenting attitude had a direct effect on adolescents’ academic helplessness. This implies that adolescents who perceive their parents’ attitudes to be high in coercive, rejective, and chaotic levels indicate that they can easily get exhausted in academic settings. Second, negative parenting attitudes had an indirect effect on adolescents’ academic helplessness through social withdrawal and smartphone dependency. The results suggest that a high level of negative parenting attitude leads to higher social withdrawal and smartphone dependency that influences adolescents’ academic helplessness.

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Stressful Life Events and Physical and Psychological Health: Mediating Effects of Differentiation of Self in a Spanish Sample

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy ◽

10.1111/jmft.12358 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 578-591 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Martiño Rodríguez‐González ◽

Maria Schweer‐Collins ◽

Elizabeth A. Skowron ◽

Rafael Jódar ◽

Virginia Cagigal ◽

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Keyword(s):

Life Events ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Stressful Life Events ◽

Differentiation Of Self ◽

Stressful Life ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

Physical And Psychological Health

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Intervention mediating effects of self-efficacy on patient physical and psychological health following ICD implantation

Journal of Behavioral Medicine ◽

10.1007/s10865-021-00244-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ana C. S. Liberato ◽

Elaine A. Thompson ◽

Cynthia M. Dougherty

Keyword(s):

Psychological Health ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

Icd Implantation ◽

Physical And Psychological Health

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The Structural Relationship among Trajectories of Ego-resilience, Neglectful Parenting, Bilingual Competency, and Acculturative Stress of Multicultural Adolescents in South Korea

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12052108 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 2108 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Boram No ◽

Sujeong Kang ◽

Nam Kyung Lee ◽

Naya Choi

Keyword(s):

Acculturative Stress ◽

Psychosocial Development ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Panel Study ◽

Well Being ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

Latent Growth ◽

Ego Resilience

The purpose of this study was to investigate the trajectories of multicultural adolescents’ ego-resilience, to compare the effects of neglectful parenting and bilingual competency on the trajectories, and to analyze the longitudinal mediation effect of ego-resilience on these variables’ influence to acculturative stress. In order to accomplish these aims, analysis was conducted using the data of 1,392 adolescents from the Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study. For statistical analysis, AMOS 20.0 was utilized for latent growth modeling and structural equation modeling. Results indicated: (1) a quadratic increase in ego-resilience of multicultural adolescents; (2) a difference in the trajectory of ego-resilience according to gender, with males displaying lower initial values and more rapid growth; (3) significant effects of neglectful parenting and bilingual competency on the trajectories of ego-resilience; and (4) mediating effects of ego-resilience between (a) neglectful parenting and acculturative stress, and (b) bilingual competence and acculturative stress. In accordance with the view of adolescents as prospective leaders in promoting a sustainable future, this study offers insight on the positive psychosocial development and well-being of multicultural adolescents.

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