scholarly journals The Effects of the Mother-Child Relationship and Marital Satisfaction on the Subjective Well-Being of Mothers with Young Children

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee-Kyung Park ◽  
Gab-Jung Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

Coparenting across the Deployment Cycle: Observations from Military Families with Young Children

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1447-1469
Author(s):  
Ellen R. DeVoe ◽  
Abigail M. Ross ◽  
Renee Spencer ◽  
Alison Drew ◽  
Michelle Acker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Service Member ◽  
Home Front ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
Very Young Children ◽  
Deployment Cycle ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Wartime Deployment

Contemporary service members and their partners have adapted their coparenting to respond to the specific transitions and disruptions associated with wartime deployment cycles and evolving child development. This qualitative study draws upon interviews with service member and home front parents of very young children to characterize their coparenting experiences throughout the deployment cycle. Parents described varied approaches as they considered their children’s developmental capacities, the fluidity of demands throughout deployment, and the service member’s well-being during reintegration. A common theme was the key role of home front parents in facilitating the service member–child relationship through communication and maintaining the presence of the deployed parent in the child’s everyday life. Reintegration challenges included redistribution of coparenting roles, the pacing of the service member into family roles, and concerns related to the returning parent’s distress. Study findings highlight areas of coparenting throughout the deployment cycle that can be supported though prevention and intervention efforts.

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 Economic strain and subjective well-being in married couples with children: A dyadic analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marialena Kostouli ◽  
Despoina Xanthopoulou ◽  
Christina Athanasiades
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Economic Strain ◽  
Family Obligations ◽  
Financial Situation

The aim of this dyadic study was to investigate whether the economic strain (i.e., perceived deterioration of the financial situation and difficulty to respond to family obligations) experienced by married couples with children relates to their satisfaction with life, and whether marital satisfaction and parental self-efficacy mediate this relationship. To this end, we took both actor (i.e., partners' economic strain was expected to relate to their own life satisfaction via their own marital satisfaction and parental self-agency), as well as partner (i.e., partners' economic strain was expected to relate to their spouses' life satisfaction via their spouse's marital satisfaction and parental self-agency) effects into account. A total of 134 married couples with children participated in the study. Dyadic analyses revealed that wives’ perceived difficulty to respond to family obligations related to their husbands’ life satisfaction, via their husbands’ parental self-agency. Moreover, annual family income related negatively to wives’ life satisfaction, via wives’ difficulty to respond to their family obligations. In addition, husbands’ deterioration of their financial situation related negatively to their life satisfaction, via their marital satisfaction. Last but not least, husbands’ deterioration of their financial situation related negatively to their wives’ marital satisfaction and parental self-agency. These findings have important implications for counseling because they suggest that married couples' subjective well-being suffers in times of financial turmoil, while gender differences determine the psychological processes through which economic strain relates to husbands' and wives' life satisfaction.

scholarly journals What Mothers of Young Children Care about: A Grounded Theory Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Gowri Parameswaran
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Personal Wellbeing ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

Mainstream psychology of parenting styles minimizes the wisdom of mothers in being able to navigate parenting within a complex ever-changing system. This empirical study involves in-depth interviews conducted in two different contexts. This paper explores the major concerns mothers have about their child-rearing experiences, their children’s welfare, and the impact that these concerns have had on their personal wellbeing. The paper will outline some ways in which mothers attempt to address the barriers to a fulfilling mother-child relationship.

scholarly journals Mother–child Engagement in Sports and Outdoor Activities: Intensive mothering, purposive leisure, and implications for health and relationship closeness

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Knoester ◽  
Victoria T. Fields
Keyword(s):  
Sports Participation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Outdoor Activities ◽  
Intensive Mothering ◽  
Organized Sports ◽  
Good Parent ◽  
Relationship Closeness ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
Child Engagement

Using Fragile Families & Child Well-Being data (N = 3,252) from the U.S., this study examines mother-child interactions in sports and outdoor activities with their nine-year old children, and their association with mothers’ perceptions of the extent to which they think they are a good parent. The study also considers the implications of these mother-child engagement activities for the health of both generations and for their feelings of relationship closeness. The results reveal that most mothers participate in sports or outdoor activities with their child once per week or more; also, mother-child interactions are positively associated with mothers’ perceptions of being a good parent. In addition, we find that mother-child interactions in sports and outdoor activities are positively associated with mothers’ reports of their health and relationship closeness, but that it is children’s organized sports participation (and not mother-child interactions in sports and outdoor activities) that is positively associated with the children’s reports of their health and mother-child relationship closeness. Overall, there is support for understanding mother-child interactions in sports and outdoor activities as extensions of intensive mothering expectations and purposive leisure goals, and interactions that have positive implications for health and relationship closeness.

Breastfeeding in Women Having Experienced Childhood Sexual Abuse

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constanze Elfgen ◽  
Niels Hagenbuch ◽  
Gisela Görres ◽  
Emina Block ◽  
Brigitte Leeners
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Lactation Period ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Background: Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) can have a serious effect on general and obstetric health. Breastfeeding includes several triggers for memories of abuse experiences, which will likely influence decisions about breastfeeding and its implementation in daily life. This is important since breastfeeding improves maternal well-being and bonding with the child. Research aim: As breastfeeding strongly influences the long-term health of children, we investigated experiences with breastfeeding in women with a history of CSA. Methods: Data on breastfeeding were collected within a research project designed to compare labor and delivery experiences in women with a history of CSA to women without such antecedents. Data from 85 women having experienced CSA and 170 controls pair-matched for maternal age, children’s age, and nationality were evaluated. The clinical record of pregnancy and a self-administered questionnaire were used to collect data. Results: Although the prevalence of breastfeeding was similar in women with and without CSA experiences (96.5% vs. 90.6%), women exposed to CSA more often described complications associated with breastfeeding (77.7% vs. 67.1%, p = .08). Mastitis (49.4% vs. 27.6%, p < .01) and pain (29.4% vs. 18.8%, p = .15) were reported significantly more often by women after CSA. For 20% of women after CSA, breastfeeding was a trigger for memories of CSA. Furthermore, 58% of women with CSA reported dissociation when breastfeeding. Conclusion: In addition to the growing list of potential health consequences of CSA experience, this experience seems to be associated with an increased number of problems when breastfeeding. However, most women with a history of CSA intend to breastfeed despite particular challenges related to CSA. A support protocol tailored to the specific needs of these women during pregnancy and the lactation period may help to improve breastfeeding and the early mother–child relationship.

Stepfather Involvement and Adolescent Well-Being

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 1191-1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia S. Vogt Yuan ◽  
Hayley A. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Maternal Involvement ◽  
National Longitudinal Study ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Nonresidential Father ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the authors explore how aspects of stepfather involvement are related to adolescent well-being and whether these relationships depend on maternal involvement, non-residential father involvement, or amount of time in the household. Results indicate that a close, nonconflictual stepfather-stepchild relationship improves adolescent well-being, but it is most beneficial when the adolescent also has a close, nonconflictual mother-child relationship. Engaging in shared activities with the stepfather decreases depression when the stepfather has been in the household for a longer period of time. The relationships between stepfather involvement and adolescent well-being are separate from nonresidential father involvement.

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