This paper examines the way divorced mothers' long‐run employment, long‐run earnings, and subjective experiences of work–family conflict differ by children's postdivorce living arrangements.Children's living arrangements are an important—and somewhat overlooked—determinant of mothers' postdivorce economic outcomes. Parenting commitments and resource availability tied to the amount of time children spend in residence can impact mothers' experiences of work–family conflict and consequent employment.The paper uses linked administrative and survey data for divorced parents in Wisconsin. It applies a mixed‐methods approach, first using multivariate regression models to control for baseline characteristics in exploring mothers' labor market outcomes and experiences of work–family conflict, and subsequently performing content analysis on open‐ended survey responses to enhance the findings from the quantitative analysis.Mothers with shared physical custody are 5% more likely to report being employed in the long run, experience 6% less work–family conflict, and show larger increases in long‐term earnings than mothers who have sole physical custody of their children. However, the higher long‐term earnings of shared placement mothers cannot be attributed to lower work–family conflict.Shared placement mothers enjoy a labor market advantage in the long term after divorce, but more research is needed to understand the mechanisms behind this relationship.Public policy encouraging shared placement can be beneficial for divorced mothers' economic outcomes.
{"title":"Children's living arrangements and labor market outcomes of divorced mothers in Wisconsin","authors":"Trisha Chanda","doi":"10.1111/fare.13062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13062","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the way divorced mothers' long‐run employment, long‐run earnings, and subjective experiences of work–family conflict differ by children's postdivorce living arrangements.Children's living arrangements are an important—and somewhat overlooked—determinant of mothers' postdivorce economic outcomes. Parenting commitments and resource availability tied to the amount of time children spend in residence can impact mothers' experiences of work–family conflict and consequent employment.The paper uses linked administrative and survey data for divorced parents in Wisconsin. It applies a mixed‐methods approach, first using multivariate regression models to control for baseline characteristics in exploring mothers' labor market outcomes and experiences of work–family conflict, and subsequently performing content analysis on open‐ended survey responses to enhance the findings from the quantitative analysis.Mothers with shared physical custody are 5% more likely to report being employed in the long run, experience 6% less work–family conflict, and show larger increases in long‐term earnings than mothers who have sole physical custody of their children. However, the higher long‐term earnings of shared placement mothers cannot be attributed to lower work–family conflict.Shared placement mothers enjoy a labor market advantage in the long term after divorce, but more research is needed to understand the mechanisms behind this relationship.Public policy encouraging shared placement can be beneficial for divorced mothers' economic outcomes.","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141652433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We estimate the prevalence of suicidal ideation among partnered U.S. adults overall and by sexual identity using a population‐representative sample of cohabiting and married adults.Intimate partner problems and other aspects of intimate relationships are substantial precipitating factors to suicide. Even so, there are currently no family‐based interventions targeting suicide risk among adults; this may be because little is known as to how prevalent suicidal ideation and behaviors are in the context of intimate relationships. Sexually diverse adults show higher proportions of suicidal ideation than heterosexual adults.Weighted logistic regression was used to analyze data from a subsample of the National Couples' Health and Time Study (n = 3,618), a population‐representative sample of cohabiting and married adults. Unadjusted and model‐adjusted prevalence estimates for suicidal ideation (thoughts and plans) were calculated.The model adjusted prevalence estimates for suicide thoughts and plans were similar to estimates among general population samples. Bisexual and queer+ respondents had double the odds of reporting suicide thoughts and plans compared with gay, lesbian, and heterosexual respondents.Cohabiting and married adults showed a similar prevalence of suicidal ideation as the general population. Bisexual and queer+ adults are a growing U.S. population and require unique attention because they confront higher suicide risk compared with not only heterosexual but also gay and lesbian adults.Family‐based interventions are needed to target suicidal ideations and behaviors among adults, including those who are married or cohabiting. Sexually diverse adults should not be treated as a monolithic group when tailoring interventions for sexually diverse populations.
我们使用具有人口代表性的同居和已婚成年人样本,估算了有伴侣的美国成年人总体自杀意念的流行率,以及不同性别身份的自杀意念的流行率。尽管如此,目前还没有针对成年人自杀风险的家庭干预措施;这可能是因为人们对亲密关系中自杀意念和行为的普遍程度知之甚少。加权逻辑回归用于分析《全国夫妇健康与时间研究》(National Couples' Health and Time Study)子样本(n = 3,618)中的数据,该子样本是具有人口代表性的同居和已婚成年人样本。计算了自杀意念(想法和计划)的未调整流行率估计值和模型调整流行率估计值。与男同性恋、女同性恋和异性恋受访者相比,双性恋和同性恋+受访者报告有自杀念头和计划的几率要高出一倍。双性恋和 "同性恋+"成年人在美国人口中的比例不断增加,需要给予特别关注,因为与异性恋以及男同性恋和女同性恋相比,他们面临的自杀风险更高。在为不同性取向的人群定制干预措施时,不应将不同性取向的成年人视为一个单一的群体。
{"title":"Emerging Ideas. Suicidal ideation among partnered U.S. adults by sexual identity","authors":"A. M. VanBergen, C. K. Dush, W. Manning","doi":"10.1111/fare.13060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13060","url":null,"abstract":"We estimate the prevalence of suicidal ideation among partnered U.S. adults overall and by sexual identity using a population‐representative sample of cohabiting and married adults.Intimate partner problems and other aspects of intimate relationships are substantial precipitating factors to suicide. Even so, there are currently no family‐based interventions targeting suicide risk among adults; this may be because little is known as to how prevalent suicidal ideation and behaviors are in the context of intimate relationships. Sexually diverse adults show higher proportions of suicidal ideation than heterosexual adults.Weighted logistic regression was used to analyze data from a subsample of the National Couples' Health and Time Study (n = 3,618), a population‐representative sample of cohabiting and married adults. Unadjusted and model‐adjusted prevalence estimates for suicidal ideation (thoughts and plans) were calculated.The model adjusted prevalence estimates for suicide thoughts and plans were similar to estimates among general population samples. Bisexual and queer+ respondents had double the odds of reporting suicide thoughts and plans compared with gay, lesbian, and heterosexual respondents.Cohabiting and married adults showed a similar prevalence of suicidal ideation as the general population. Bisexual and queer+ adults are a growing U.S. population and require unique attention because they confront higher suicide risk compared with not only heterosexual but also gay and lesbian adults.Family‐based interventions are needed to target suicidal ideations and behaviors among adults, including those who are married or cohabiting. Sexually diverse adults should not be treated as a monolithic group when tailoring interventions for sexually diverse populations.","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141655923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Louis J. Labuschagne, V. Koen, Jessica Daniel‐Smit
The study's aim was to explore and describe adolescent offenders' experiences of their fathers' involvement before and during their own incarceration in a South African context.Research on father involvement is focused predominantly on adult offenders' experiences of father involvement without emphasis on adolescents' experiences regarding father involvement, including in a South African context.A qualitative explorative‐descriptive research design was employed. A nonprobability, purposive sampling technique was used, and the sample size was determined through data saturation. The sample included nine male adolescents between the ages of 17 and 19 years from a correctional center in Pretoria, South Africa. Semistructured individual interviews and drawings made by participants were used as the data collection methods and data were analyzed thematically.Two main themes with subthemes were identified: Experiences of father absence before and/or during incarceration and desires for and suggestions to improve father involvement.The findings are primarily indicative of the general lack of father involvement and fatherly support experienced by participants.The findings highlight the need for adolescent offenders to have access to counseling or therapy and intervention programs suitable for juvenile correctional centers focusing specifically on providing young, incarcerated, male adolescents with paternal role models that can help foster a sense of ethical and moral guidance and provision of different forms of support. Father intervention programs including men's talks, motivational speaking, and psychoeducational programs to advise fathers on how to be more involved in their children's lives are recommended.
{"title":"Adolescent offenders' experiences of father involvement in a South African context","authors":"Louis J. Labuschagne, V. Koen, Jessica Daniel‐Smit","doi":"10.1111/fare.13064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13064","url":null,"abstract":"The study's aim was to explore and describe adolescent offenders' experiences of their fathers' involvement before and during their own incarceration in a South African context.Research on father involvement is focused predominantly on adult offenders' experiences of father involvement without emphasis on adolescents' experiences regarding father involvement, including in a South African context.A qualitative explorative‐descriptive research design was employed. A nonprobability, purposive sampling technique was used, and the sample size was determined through data saturation. The sample included nine male adolescents between the ages of 17 and 19 years from a correctional center in Pretoria, South Africa. Semistructured individual interviews and drawings made by participants were used as the data collection methods and data were analyzed thematically.Two main themes with subthemes were identified: Experiences of father absence before and/or during incarceration and desires for and suggestions to improve father involvement.The findings are primarily indicative of the general lack of father involvement and fatherly support experienced by participants.The findings highlight the need for adolescent offenders to have access to counseling or therapy and intervention programs suitable for juvenile correctional centers focusing specifically on providing young, incarcerated, male adolescents with paternal role models that can help foster a sense of ethical and moral guidance and provision of different forms of support. Father intervention programs including men's talks, motivational speaking, and psychoeducational programs to advise fathers on how to be more involved in their children's lives are recommended.","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141664367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The aim was (a) to assess the association between family estrangement and psychological well‐being in adulthood, (b) to investigate potential differences in this association by type of relationship (intergenerational vs. siblings), and (c) to assess whether estrangement from multiple family relations (parents and siblings) is associated with cumulative disadvantage.Family estrangement is a quantitatively relevant phenomenon, whose association with psychological well‐being in adulthood has been insufficiently investigated.Analysis of data from the German Family Panel (pairfam; N = 5,245) involved running ordinary least squares regressions on the association between previous experiences of family estrangement (in Waves 5, 7, 9, and 11) with respondents' (aged 24–48 years) life satisfaction and depressiveness in Wave 11.Family estrangement was negatively correlated with psychological well‐being. The strength of this relationship did not substantially differ by type of relationship (parents vs. siblings). Associations were strongest if estrangement from both parental and sibling ties was reported.Family estrangement is significantly associated with reduced psychological well‐being. This applies to vertical and horizontal ties in the family system. Co‐occurrence of estrangement from parents and siblings bears particularly strong negative relationships with psychological well‐being.Researchers and practitioners should consider spillovers of estrangement processes among family members and be aware of cumulative disadvantages this might bring about.
{"title":"Emerging Ideas. Family estrangement and its association with life satisfaction and depressiveness in adulthood","authors":"K. Hank","doi":"10.1111/fare.13063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13063","url":null,"abstract":"The aim was (a) to assess the association between family estrangement and psychological well‐being in adulthood, (b) to investigate potential differences in this association by type of relationship (intergenerational vs. siblings), and (c) to assess whether estrangement from multiple family relations (parents and siblings) is associated with cumulative disadvantage.Family estrangement is a quantitatively relevant phenomenon, whose association with psychological well‐being in adulthood has been insufficiently investigated.Analysis of data from the German Family Panel (pairfam; N = 5,245) involved running ordinary least squares regressions on the association between previous experiences of family estrangement (in Waves 5, 7, 9, and 11) with respondents' (aged 24–48 years) life satisfaction and depressiveness in Wave 11.Family estrangement was negatively correlated with psychological well‐being. The strength of this relationship did not substantially differ by type of relationship (parents vs. siblings). Associations were strongest if estrangement from both parental and sibling ties was reported.Family estrangement is significantly associated with reduced psychological well‐being. This applies to vertical and horizontal ties in the family system. Co‐occurrence of estrangement from parents and siblings bears particularly strong negative relationships with psychological well‐being.Researchers and practitioners should consider spillovers of estrangement processes among family members and be aware of cumulative disadvantages this might bring about.","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141670723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can experience issues in motor development and fall short of physical activity (PA) recommendations. Family members, especially parents and siblings, play important roles in influencing their motor behaviors.This study investigated motor behaviors (i.e., levels of PA, parent‐perceived motor competence, and related family dynamics) in children with ASD during a historical event—the COVID‐19 pandemic—during which most service approaches were not being used, and children with ASD were staying at home with their parents and neurotypical (NT) siblings.This cross‐sectional study recruited 17 ASD–NT–parent triads (51 participants in total). Motor behaviors were all measured by questionnaires and surveys, with levels of PA also measured objectively using ActiGraph GT3X. Descriptive analyses were conducted.Children with ASD participated in more types of sedentary activities than leisure‐time and sports activities. Parents perceived a low level of motor competence in their children with ASD, and compared with siblings, they perceived more interactions and higher self‐efficacy in supporting PA in children with ASD.The findings of this study can be helpful to us as we evolve our understanding and strategies to influence motor behaviors in children with ASD, ultimately to advance our service‐delivery model to include family‐based approaches.This study should inform future ASD studies of the importance of providing quality family‐based PA/education programs for children with ASD and boosting parents' and NT siblings' self‐efficacy in supporting PA in children with ASD.
患有自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)的儿童可能会在运动发育方面遇到问题,并且达不到建议的体力活动(PA)水平。本研究调查了自闭症谱系障碍儿童的运动行为(即体力活动水平、父母感知的运动能力以及相关的家庭动态),当时正值历史事件--COVID-19 大流行,大多数服务方法尚未使用,自闭症谱系障碍儿童都与父母和神经正常(NT)的兄弟姐妹待在家里。所有运动行为均通过问卷和调查进行测量,同时还使用 ActiGraph GT3X 对 PA 水平进行了客观测量。与休闲和体育活动相比,患有 ASD 的儿童参加了更多类型的久坐活动。家长认为 ASD 儿童的运动能力水平较低,与兄弟姐妹相比,他们认为在支持 ASD 儿童参与体育锻炼方面,他们有更多的互动和更高的自我效能感。这项研究的结果将有助于我们加深对影响 ASD 儿童运动行为的理解和策略,最终推进我们的服务提供模式,将基于家庭的方法纳入其中。本研究应为未来的 ASD 研究提供参考,使我们认识到为 ASD 儿童提供高质量的基于家庭的 PA/ 教育计划以及提高父母和 NT 兄弟姐妹支持 ASD 儿童 PA 的自我效能的重要性。
{"title":"Motor behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder with a neurotypical sibling","authors":"Yuemei Lu, Janet Hauck","doi":"10.1111/fare.13052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13052","url":null,"abstract":"Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can experience issues in motor development and fall short of physical activity (PA) recommendations. Family members, especially parents and siblings, play important roles in influencing their motor behaviors.This study investigated motor behaviors (i.e., levels of PA, parent‐perceived motor competence, and related family dynamics) in children with ASD during a historical event—the COVID‐19 pandemic—during which most service approaches were not being used, and children with ASD were staying at home with their parents and neurotypical (NT) siblings.This cross‐sectional study recruited 17 ASD–NT–parent triads (51 participants in total). Motor behaviors were all measured by questionnaires and surveys, with levels of PA also measured objectively using ActiGraph GT3X. Descriptive analyses were conducted.Children with ASD participated in more types of sedentary activities than leisure‐time and sports activities. Parents perceived a low level of motor competence in their children with ASD, and compared with siblings, they perceived more interactions and higher self‐efficacy in supporting PA in children with ASD.The findings of this study can be helpful to us as we evolve our understanding and strategies to influence motor behaviors in children with ASD, ultimately to advance our service‐delivery model to include family‐based approaches.This study should inform future ASD studies of the importance of providing quality family‐based PA/education programs for children with ASD and boosting parents' and NT siblings' self‐efficacy in supporting PA in children with ASD.","PeriodicalId":48206,"journal":{"name":"Family Relations","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141335579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}