Although marriage and fertility rates in South Korea have been declining for decades, many perceive having two or more children as the ideal. To understand the mismatch between childbearing desires and realities, this study describes the interrelatedness and incongruity of Korean women’s attitudes toward marriage, childbearing and gender roles by viewing attitudes as a multidimensional construct. Using data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families, latent transition analysis was conducted to identify classes of women with similar attitudinal response patterns and develop a typology of their personal dispositions toward family life. Three attitudinal classes emerged from the analysis: Traditional Familism, Transitional Ambivalence and Contemporary Individualism. The first class includes those with traditional attitudes to family formation and gender roles, while the latter two classes indicate a more positive orientation toward parenthood than marriage. This finding is particularly important in a context where having a child outside of marriage is rare and stigmatized, and suggests that low fertility may be potentially related to divergences in marriage and childbearing attitudes. Overall, these findings emphasize the importance of jointly considering attitudes across various family-related domains to better capture the complex attitudinal dynamics associated with women’s perceptions of family life.
{"title":"South Korea’s Fertility Puzzle: A Mismatch Between Sustained Childbearing Desires and Declining Fertility","authors":"Jolene Tan","doi":"10.3138/jcfs.54.2.030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.54.2.030","url":null,"abstract":"Although marriage and fertility rates in South Korea have been declining for decades, many perceive having two or more children as the ideal. To understand the mismatch between childbearing desires and realities, this study describes the interrelatedness and incongruity of Korean women’s attitudes toward marriage, childbearing and gender roles by viewing attitudes as a multidimensional construct. Using data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families, latent transition analysis was conducted to identify classes of women with similar attitudinal response patterns and develop a typology of their personal dispositions toward family life. Three attitudinal classes emerged from the analysis: Traditional Familism, Transitional Ambivalence and Contemporary Individualism. The first class includes those with traditional attitudes to family formation and gender roles, while the latter two classes indicate a more positive orientation toward parenthood than marriage. This finding is particularly important in a context where having a child outside of marriage is rare and stigmatized, and suggests that low fertility may be potentially related to divergences in marriage and childbearing attitudes. Overall, these findings emphasize the importance of jointly considering attitudes across various family-related domains to better capture the complex attitudinal dynamics associated with women’s perceptions of family life.","PeriodicalId":47212,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Family Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135804684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dobrotić, Ivana, Sonja Blum, Alison Koslowski (Eds.). <b>Research Handbook on Leave Policy: Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective</b>.","authors":"Yuexin Deng","doi":"10.3138/jcfs.54.2.060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.54.2.060","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47212,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Family Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135857057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial Comments","authors":"Silvia K. Bartolic","doi":"10.3138/jcfs.54.1.020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.54.1.020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47212,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Family Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44709160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Adolescents across the globe spend a significant amount of time engaging in online social behavior (OSB). Parents play an important role in influencing adolescent online behavior, however, there is limited understanding about what influences parent's management of their children's online behavior. The current study was designed to examine the complex associations between parents' attitudes about OSB, active parental mediation of adolescent's online behavior, and adolescent OSB using a diverse U.S. sample. Further, whether these associations are moderated by parent-child gender was examined. Results add insight into how, and under what circumstances fathers and mothers differentially monitor their adolescents' online behavior and what that means for adolescents' actual online behavior. Results also provide a preliminary understanding of the role parents' approval of OSB plays in adolescent OSB and how this association is moderated by parent-child gender. This research helps lay the groundwork for developing strategies targeted toward shaping and/or changing parents' attitudes about their sons' and daughters' OSB in ways that support mediation strategies and responsible adolescent OSB.Résumé:Les adolescents du monde entier passent beaucoup de temps à adopter un comportement social en ligne (CSEL). Le rôle des parents est important puisque ceux-ci exercent une influence sur le comportement en ligne des adolescents, toutefois nous avons une compréhension limitée de ce qui influence la gestion par les parents du comportement en ligne de leurs enfants. La présente étude vise à examiner les associations complexes entre les attitudes des parents à l'égard du CSEL, la médiation parentale active du comportement en ligne de l'adolescent et le CSEL adolescent à l'aide d'un échantillon américain diversifié. La question de savoir si ces associations sont modérées par le genre du parent et de l'enfant a elle aussi été examinée. Les résultats permettent de mieux comprendre comment et dans quelles circonstances les pères et les mères surveillent différemment le comportement en ligne de leurs adolescents et ce que cela signifie pour le comportement en ligne réel des adolescents. Les résultats fournissent également une compréhension préliminaire du rôle que joue l'approbation du CSEL par les parents chez les adolescents et comment cette association est modérée par le genre du parent et de l'enfant. Cette étude contribue à établir une base pour l'élaboration de stratégies visant à façonner et/ou à changer les attitudes des parents à l'égard du CSEL de leurs fils et filles et ainsi soutenir les stratégies de médiation ainsi qu'un CSEL responsable chez les adolescents.
{"title":"Parental Approval, Active Mediation, and Adolescent Online Social Behavior: Differences by Parent-Child Gender Pairs","authors":"Angela Keyzers, J. Dworkin","doi":"10.3138/jcfs.54.1.040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.54.1.040","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Adolescents across the globe spend a significant amount of time engaging in online social behavior (OSB). Parents play an important role in influencing adolescent online behavior, however, there is limited understanding about what influences parent's management of their children's online behavior. The current study was designed to examine the complex associations between parents' attitudes about OSB, active parental mediation of adolescent's online behavior, and adolescent OSB using a diverse U.S. sample. Further, whether these associations are moderated by parent-child gender was examined. Results add insight into how, and under what circumstances fathers and mothers differentially monitor their adolescents' online behavior and what that means for adolescents' actual online behavior. Results also provide a preliminary understanding of the role parents' approval of OSB plays in adolescent OSB and how this association is moderated by parent-child gender. This research helps lay the groundwork for developing strategies targeted toward shaping and/or changing parents' attitudes about their sons' and daughters' OSB in ways that support mediation strategies and responsible adolescent OSB.Résumé:Les adolescents du monde entier passent beaucoup de temps à adopter un comportement social en ligne (CSEL). Le rôle des parents est important puisque ceux-ci exercent une influence sur le comportement en ligne des adolescents, toutefois nous avons une compréhension limitée de ce qui influence la gestion par les parents du comportement en ligne de leurs enfants. La présente étude vise à examiner les associations complexes entre les attitudes des parents à l'égard du CSEL, la médiation parentale active du comportement en ligne de l'adolescent et le CSEL adolescent à l'aide d'un échantillon américain diversifié. La question de savoir si ces associations sont modérées par le genre du parent et de l'enfant a elle aussi été examinée. Les résultats permettent de mieux comprendre comment et dans quelles circonstances les pères et les mères surveillent différemment le comportement en ligne de leurs adolescents et ce que cela signifie pour le comportement en ligne réel des adolescents. Les résultats fournissent également une compréhension préliminaire du rôle que joue l'approbation du CSEL par les parents chez les adolescents et comment cette association est modérée par le genre du parent et de l'enfant. Cette étude contribue à établir une base pour l'élaboration de stratégies visant à façonner et/ou à changer les attitudes des parents à l'égard du CSEL de leurs fils et filles et ainsi soutenir les stratégies de médiation ainsi qu'un CSEL responsable chez les adolescents.","PeriodicalId":47212,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Family Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42606054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This study examined how dual-earner couples in Korea coordinate their work time to cope with childcare responsibilities and whether they employ tag-team parenting. Using the 2019 Korean Time Use Survey data, we assessed time spent in childcare and paid work among dual-earner couples with young children. OLS regression analysis was conducted separately for mothers' and fathers' childcare time, focusing on time spent on paid work and differences in work schedules. Mothers tend to leave for work later and head home earlier compared to fathers, presumably to take care of children. Couples worked longer separately than concurrently, and paid work time was strongly associated with one's own and spousal time spent on childcare, supporting the desynchronization of work hours at the couple-level. Although the mother's major responsibilities for childcare are still prevalent in Korea, couples tend to desynchronize working time with spouses so that one parent can be present with the children.Résumé:Cette étude a examiné comment les couples à deux soutiens en Corée coordonnent leur temps de travail pour faire face aux responsabilités parentales et s'ils emploient le « tag-team parenting ». À l'aide des données de l'Enquête Budget-Temps Coréeenne de 2019, nous avons évalué le temps passé dans la garde des enfants et le travail rémunéré chez les couples à deux soutiens avec de jeunes enfants. L'analyse des régressions OLS a été menée séparément pour le temps consacré à la garde des enfants par les mères et les pères, en mettant l'accent sur le temps consacré au travail rémunéré et les différences dans les horaires de travail. Les mères ont tendance à partir travailler plus tard et à rentrer chez elles plus tôt que les pères, probablement pour s'occuper des enfants. Les couples travaillaient plus longtemps séparément que concurremment, et le temps de travail rémunéré était fortement associé au temps passé par le conjoint et soi-même à la garde des enfants, appuyant la désynchronisation des heures de travail au niveau du couple. Bien que les principales responsabilités en matière de garde d'enfants pèsent encore sur la mère en Corée, les couples ont tendance à désynchroniser le temps de travail avec les conjoints afin qu'un parent puisse être présent avec les enfants.
摘要:本研究考察了韩国双职工家庭如何协调工作时间来承担照顾孩子的责任,以及他们是否采用了标签团队育儿方式。利用2019年韩国时间使用调查数据,我们评估了有年幼孩子的双职工夫妇在照顾孩子和有偿工作上花费的时间。对母亲和父亲的育儿时间分别进行OLS回归分析,重点关注有偿工作时间和工作时间的差异。与父亲相比,母亲往往更晚上班,更早回家,大概是为了照顾孩子。夫妻分开工作的时间比同时工作的时间长,带薪工作时间与自己和配偶花在育儿上的时间密切相关,这支持了夫妻工作时间的不同步。虽然在韩国,主要的育儿责任仍然是由母亲承担,但夫妻们倾向于与配偶不同步工作时间,以便父母中的一方能够陪伴孩子。(3)“联合抚养”:“联合抚养”指的是“联合抚养”,“联合抚养”指的是“联合抚养”,“联合抚养”指的是“联合抚养”。À 1 'aide des dondones de 1 'Enquête Budget-Temps comenest de 2019, nous avons samvaluesle temtems passpassers dans la garde des enfants和le travail - csammunacrise les couples / deux soutiens avec de jeunes enfants。L'analyse des reacresression OLS a samest men men samparacresment pour le temps consacres res res res res res res res res res res, en metant L 'accent sur le temps consacres res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res res resLes mentresttendance, partir travailler,加上,tarard, tretrer, chez,加上,tôt, que, Les pentres, probment pour s'occuper des enfants。夫妇之间的交换和长时间的交换是一致的,而夫妇之间的交换和长时间的交换是一致的,他们交换和长时间的交换是一致的,他们交换和长时间的交换是一致的。“我不知道责任的原则是什么,”他说,“我不知道你们是什么人,你们是什么人,你们是什么人,你们是什么人,你们是什么人,你们是什么人。”
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{"title":"Message from the Managing Editor","authors":"T. Martin","doi":"10.3138/jcfs.54.1.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.54.1.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47212,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Family Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42572184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Kekkonen, M. Böök, Katja Kokkinen, Kaisa Malinen, M. Matias, J. Baxter, A. Rönkä
Abstract:Although primarily a practical matter in a family, coparenting is strongly modified by the existing culture and surrounding society. The development of coparenting, especially in its early stages is highly affected by existing gender ideologies, work cultures and family policies. Despite the widely agreed importance of socio-cultural embeddedness of coparenting, less is known about the interplay between coparenting systems and wider social and policy contexts. This study analyzed how existing work and family policies and underlying sets of values and beliefs frame the meaning, form, and construction of coparenting during early parenthood. To better understand how the sociocultural context frames the construction of coparenting, a critical interpretive synthesis (CIS) method was applied for searching, sampling, analyzing, and synthesizing the coparenting literature. The interpretative review process included the following phases: a broadly defined search strategy, applying systematic inclusion and exclusion criteria, and conducting a descriptive mapping and an in-depth process analysis and synthesis of all the selected articles (N = 24). The review yielded three frameworks, in which new parents construct their coparenting in diverse socio-cultural contexts: gender equality, family solidarity, and social support. The studies falling into these frameworks see the effects of the form of the coparenting relationship (parents only/parents plus) and the role of institutional support (high/low) and cultural and religious beliefs (high/low) on coparenting differently. The literature synthesis indicated that coparenting is a dynamic system in which parents and other parental figures adopt culturally appropriate practices and roles when taking care of children. These findings, which broaden the dominant western-centered perspective on coparenting, can be used in the development of family policies, services, and coparenting programs for today's diverse, global multicultural families.Résumé:Bien qu'étant initialement un sujet d'ordre pratique dans la famille, le coparentage est fortement modifié par la culture existante et la société environnante. Le développement du coparentage, en particulier, à son stade précoce, est fortement affecté par les idéologies existantes liées au genre, les cultures de travail et les politiques familiales. En dépit de l'importance largement reconnue de l'intégration socio-culturelle du coparentage, on en sait moins au sujet de l'interaction entre les systèmes de coparentage et des contextes sociaux et politiques plus élargis. L'étude a analysé la manière dont le travail existant et les politiques familiales, et l'ensemble de valeurs et de croyances sous-jacentes délimitent la signification, la forme et la construction du coparentage pendant la période précoce de la parentalité. Afin de mieux comprendre la manière dont le contexte socioculturel encadre la construction du coparentage, une synthèse interprétative critique (
{"title":"An Interpretative Synthesis of Coparenting Among New Parents in Diverse Sociocultural Contexts","authors":"M. Kekkonen, M. Böök, Katja Kokkinen, Kaisa Malinen, M. Matias, J. Baxter, A. Rönkä","doi":"10.3138/jcfs.54.1.030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.54.1.030","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Although primarily a practical matter in a family, coparenting is strongly modified by the existing culture and surrounding society. The development of coparenting, especially in its early stages is highly affected by existing gender ideologies, work cultures and family policies. Despite the widely agreed importance of socio-cultural embeddedness of coparenting, less is known about the interplay between coparenting systems and wider social and policy contexts. This study analyzed how existing work and family policies and underlying sets of values and beliefs frame the meaning, form, and construction of coparenting during early parenthood. To better understand how the sociocultural context frames the construction of coparenting, a critical interpretive synthesis (CIS) method was applied for searching, sampling, analyzing, and synthesizing the coparenting literature. The interpretative review process included the following phases: a broadly defined search strategy, applying systematic inclusion and exclusion criteria, and conducting a descriptive mapping and an in-depth process analysis and synthesis of all the selected articles (N = 24). The review yielded three frameworks, in which new parents construct their coparenting in diverse socio-cultural contexts: gender equality, family solidarity, and social support. The studies falling into these frameworks see the effects of the form of the coparenting relationship (parents only/parents plus) and the role of institutional support (high/low) and cultural and religious beliefs (high/low) on coparenting differently. The literature synthesis indicated that coparenting is a dynamic system in which parents and other parental figures adopt culturally appropriate practices and roles when taking care of children. These findings, which broaden the dominant western-centered perspective on coparenting, can be used in the development of family policies, services, and coparenting programs for today's diverse, global multicultural families.Résumé:Bien qu'étant initialement un sujet d'ordre pratique dans la famille, le coparentage est fortement modifié par la culture existante et la société environnante. Le développement du coparentage, en particulier, à son stade précoce, est fortement affecté par les idéologies existantes liées au genre, les cultures de travail et les politiques familiales. En dépit de l'importance largement reconnue de l'intégration socio-culturelle du coparentage, on en sait moins au sujet de l'interaction entre les systèmes de coparentage et des contextes sociaux et politiques plus élargis. L'étude a analysé la manière dont le travail existant et les politiques familiales, et l'ensemble de valeurs et de croyances sous-jacentes délimitent la signification, la forme et la construction du coparentage pendant la période précoce de la parentalité. Afin de mieux comprendre la manière dont le contexte socioculturel encadre la construction du coparentage, une synthèse interprétative critique (","PeriodicalId":47212,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Family Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45022216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lamb, Sarah. Being Single in India: Stories of Gender, Exclusion, and Possibility","authors":"Shema Abraham, S. Ranganathan","doi":"10.3138/jcfs.2023-br01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.2023-br01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47212,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Family Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48931930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:The quality of partnered relationships is integral to individual and family health and well-being over the life span. Significant shifts in ethno-cultural diversity, parental roles, and family life contribute to more complex partnership experiences in North American society. Drawing from a socio-cultural life course lens, we examine parental marital satisfaction/quality in later life in terms of ethnicity, socio-demographic variables (e.g., ethnic identity, gender, age, health status) and family context (e.g., presence of children at home, intergenerational relations, retirement status). Data are drawn from a sample of 454 married/partnered adults aged 50+ with a least one child aged 19–35 who reside in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, from four cultural groups: British, Chinese, Persian/Iranian, and South Asian. Using Ordinary Linear Regression, we model predictors of three dependent variables: global marital satisfaction and two sub-scales, including positive and negative emotional/cognitive appraisals of relationship quality. Several ethnic group contrasts were supported, with Chinese reporting lower global marital satisfaction than the South Asians and Persian/Iranians reporting lower levels of positive marital appraisals than the South Asians. In addition, these associations were nuanced by interactions between ethnicity and gender, revealing distinct relationships with the dependent variables. Results also support associations for several covariates. In particular, greater income satisfaction and those reporting lower conflict with their children had higher marital quality; and males and those reporting better health only had positive associations with the global marital satisfaction scale. Implications for theorizing relationship quality in later life and recommendations for those who work with culturally diverse older adults (e.g., mental health care professionals, community service providers) are discussed.Résumé:La qualité des relations conjugales fait partie intégrante de la santé et du bien-être individuels et familiaux tout au long de la vie. Des changements importants dans la diversité ethnoculturelle, les rôles parentaux et la vie familiale contribuent à des expériences de partenariat plus complexes dans la société nord-américaine. Dans une perspective socioculturelle du parcours de vie, nous examinons la satisfaction/la qualité de la relation conjugale des parents plus tard dans la vie en termes d'ethnicité, de variables sociodémographiques (par exemple, l'identité ethnique, le sexe, l'âge, l'état de santé) et le contexte familial (par exemple, la présence d'enfants au foyer, les relations intergénérationnelles, la situation à la retraite). Les données sont tirées d'un échantillon de 454 adultes mariés/partenaires âgés d'au moins 50 ans, ayant au moins un enfant âgé de 19 à 35 ans, résidant dans la région métropolitaine de Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique et appartenant à l'un des quatre groupes culturels suivants : b
{"title":"Happily Ever After or Not? Marital Quality among Culturally Diverse Older-Aged Canadian Parents","authors":"Barbara A. Mitchell, Sandeep K. Dhillon","doi":"10.3138/jcfs.54.1.050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.54.1.050","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The quality of partnered relationships is integral to individual and family health and well-being over the life span. Significant shifts in ethno-cultural diversity, parental roles, and family life contribute to more complex partnership experiences in North American society. Drawing from a socio-cultural life course lens, we examine parental marital satisfaction/quality in later life in terms of ethnicity, socio-demographic variables (e.g., ethnic identity, gender, age, health status) and family context (e.g., presence of children at home, intergenerational relations, retirement status). Data are drawn from a sample of 454 married/partnered adults aged 50+ with a least one child aged 19–35 who reside in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, from four cultural groups: British, Chinese, Persian/Iranian, and South Asian. Using Ordinary Linear Regression, we model predictors of three dependent variables: global marital satisfaction and two sub-scales, including positive and negative emotional/cognitive appraisals of relationship quality. Several ethnic group contrasts were supported, with Chinese reporting lower global marital satisfaction than the South Asians and Persian/Iranians reporting lower levels of positive marital appraisals than the South Asians. In addition, these associations were nuanced by interactions between ethnicity and gender, revealing distinct relationships with the dependent variables. Results also support associations for several covariates. In particular, greater income satisfaction and those reporting lower conflict with their children had higher marital quality; and males and those reporting better health only had positive associations with the global marital satisfaction scale. Implications for theorizing relationship quality in later life and recommendations for those who work with culturally diverse older adults (e.g., mental health care professionals, community service providers) are discussed.Résumé:La qualité des relations conjugales fait partie intégrante de la santé et du bien-être individuels et familiaux tout au long de la vie. Des changements importants dans la diversité ethnoculturelle, les rôles parentaux et la vie familiale contribuent à des expériences de partenariat plus complexes dans la société nord-américaine. Dans une perspective socioculturelle du parcours de vie, nous examinons la satisfaction/la qualité de la relation conjugale des parents plus tard dans la vie en termes d'ethnicité, de variables sociodémographiques (par exemple, l'identité ethnique, le sexe, l'âge, l'état de santé) et le contexte familial (par exemple, la présence d'enfants au foyer, les relations intergénérationnelles, la situation à la retraite). Les données sont tirées d'un échantillon de 454 adultes mariés/partenaires âgés d'au moins 50 ans, ayant au moins un enfant âgé de 19 à 35 ans, résidant dans la région métropolitaine de Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique et appartenant à l'un des quatre groupes culturels suivants : b","PeriodicalId":47212,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Family Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47033860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Dworkin, Qiyue Cai, Samantha LeBouef, Elizabeth Hruska
Abstract:For many families, COVID-19 has disrupted students’ higher education experience. To better understand how COVID-19 has not just impacted students but family systems, in the current study, the ABC-X model of family stress was applied to college families. The COVID-19 pandemic created stressors for college families (A), which impacted families depending on the resources available to them (B), and how the families understand and perceive these stressors has impacted students’ college experience (C). For college students and their families, an outcome of working to respond to these stressors could be delaying graduation, or changing academic plans (X). During October and November 2020, 3,932 parents of college students across the United States, representing more than 75 institutions, completed a 15-minute online survey. Findings revealed that families and students were differentially impacted by COVID-19, in the family stressors they experienced, and also in their academic stressors. What is particularly important in these data is that families matter—when families were supported, students did better and when parents reported a greater negative impact of COVID-19 they also reported students were less likely to maintain their graduation plans and more likely to change their academic plans. Incorporating a family lens into future research on college students is critical for advancing the field and supporting student success.Résumé:Pour beaucoup de familles, COVID-19 a disrupté l'expérience de l’enseignement supérieur. Pour comprendre mieux comment COVID-19 a été ne juste pas l’impact de l'étudiants mais aussi le système famille, dans l’étude courante, le ABC-X modèle de stresse famille a été appliqué aux familles collèges. La pandémie de COVID-19 a fabriqué les facteurs de stress pour le famille d’université (A), lequel a impacté les familles dépendamment les ressources disponible a ils (B). Laquelle les familles comprennent et perçoit ces facteurs de stress a impacté l’expérience d’université pour ces étudiants (C). Pour les étudi-ants d'université et leurs familles, un résultat de travail à répondre à ces stresseurs a pourrait retarder la graduation, ou changer les plans académique (X). Pendant octobre et novembre 2020, 3,932 parents des étudiants aux universités des États-Unis, représentent plus de 75 institutions, complète un sondage de 15 minutes. Le découvert révèle que ces familles et étudiants ont été différentiels impactés par COVID-19, dans le stress ils expérience, familialement et académiquement. Lequel est particulièrement important en ces data est-ce les familles comptent -quand les familles a été supporté, l’étudiants a fait meilleur et quand les parents reporté un plus grand impact négatif de COVID-19 ils aussi reporté les étudiants étaient moins susceptibles de maintenir leurs plans d'obtention du diplôme et plus susceptibles de changer leurs plans d’académie. Incorporer une lentille de famille dans la recherche future sur les
{"title":"College Family Coping and Disruptions During COVID-19: A Consideration of the ABC-X Model of Family Stress","authors":"J. Dworkin, Qiyue Cai, Samantha LeBouef, Elizabeth Hruska","doi":"10.3138/jcfs.53.4.040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.53.4.040","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:For many families, COVID-19 has disrupted students’ higher education experience. To better understand how COVID-19 has not just impacted students but family systems, in the current study, the ABC-X model of family stress was applied to college families. The COVID-19 pandemic created stressors for college families (A), which impacted families depending on the resources available to them (B), and how the families understand and perceive these stressors has impacted students’ college experience (C). For college students and their families, an outcome of working to respond to these stressors could be delaying graduation, or changing academic plans (X). During October and November 2020, 3,932 parents of college students across the United States, representing more than 75 institutions, completed a 15-minute online survey. Findings revealed that families and students were differentially impacted by COVID-19, in the family stressors they experienced, and also in their academic stressors. What is particularly important in these data is that families matter—when families were supported, students did better and when parents reported a greater negative impact of COVID-19 they also reported students were less likely to maintain their graduation plans and more likely to change their academic plans. Incorporating a family lens into future research on college students is critical for advancing the field and supporting student success.Résumé:Pour beaucoup de familles, COVID-19 a disrupté l'expérience de l’enseignement supérieur. Pour comprendre mieux comment COVID-19 a été ne juste pas l’impact de l'étudiants mais aussi le système famille, dans l’étude courante, le ABC-X modèle de stresse famille a été appliqué aux familles collèges. La pandémie de COVID-19 a fabriqué les facteurs de stress pour le famille d’université (A), lequel a impacté les familles dépendamment les ressources disponible a ils (B). Laquelle les familles comprennent et perçoit ces facteurs de stress a impacté l’expérience d’université pour ces étudiants (C). Pour les étudi-ants d'université et leurs familles, un résultat de travail à répondre à ces stresseurs a pourrait retarder la graduation, ou changer les plans académique (X). Pendant octobre et novembre 2020, 3,932 parents des étudiants aux universités des États-Unis, représentent plus de 75 institutions, complète un sondage de 15 minutes. Le découvert révèle que ces familles et étudiants ont été différentiels impactés par COVID-19, dans le stress ils expérience, familialement et académiquement. Lequel est particulièrement important en ces data est-ce les familles comptent -quand les familles a été supporté, l’étudiants a fait meilleur et quand les parents reporté un plus grand impact négatif de COVID-19 ils aussi reporté les étudiants étaient moins susceptibles de maintenir leurs plans d'obtention du diplôme et plus susceptibles de changer leurs plans d’académie. Incorporer une lentille de famille dans la recherche future sur les","PeriodicalId":47212,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Family Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42335069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}