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The impact of fathers' overseas employment on left-behind children in Turkey: A phenomenological exploration

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13146

Duygu Türker, Elif Çimşir

Objective

This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of Turkish children left behind (N = 16, age range 10–13 years) due to fathers' international work migration.

Background

International labor migration is prevalent among fathers in the rural areas of Turkey, significantly impacting the lives of left-behind children (LBC).

Method

Using a phenomenological qualitative approach, data were gathered through semistructured interviews and a focus group.

Results

Three primary themes and 10 subthemes emerged, including (a) risks associated with changes in the family system, such as parentification and neglect; (b) emotional and psychological reactions, such as grief and loss, feelings of alienation, concerns for the father's safety and well-being, and envy of peers; and (c) coping strategies and resources employed by participants, encompassing both positive and negative coping mechanisms, social support, and the quality and continuity of their relationship with their father.

Conclusion

LBC experience the impact of changes in familial structure resulting from their father's work migration, potentially leading to specific adverse circumstances such as parentification and neglect. In addition to facing the negative psychological effects of paternal absence, some of these children can effectively cope with the situation.

Implications

Addressing the potential risks of parentification, neglect, and psychological impacts at a structural level is crucial for promoting the well-being and resilience of LBC in Turkey and other countries.

目的本研究旨在探讨土耳其留守儿童（16 人，年龄在 10-13 岁之间）因父亲的国际工作移民而产生的生活经历。背景国际劳动力迁移在土耳其农村地区的父亲中十分普遍，对留守儿童（LBC）的生活产生了重大影响。方法采用现象学定性方法，通过半结构式访谈和焦点小组收集数据。结果出现了三个主要主题和十个次主题，包括：(a) 与家庭系统变化相关的风险，如父母化和忽视；(b) 情绪和心理反应，如悲伤和失落、疏离感、对父亲安全和福祉的担忧以及对同龄人的羡慕；(c) 参与者采用的应对策略和资源，包括积极和消极的应对机制、社会支持以及与父亲关系的质量和连续性。结论 LBC 经历了因父亲工作迁移而导致的家庭结构变化的影响，有可能导致特定的不利情况，如父母化和被忽视。除了要面对父亲不在身边的负面心理影响外，其中一些儿童还能有效地应对这种情况。启示在结构层面上解决父权化、忽视和心理影响的潜在风险，对于促进土耳其和其他国家的 LBC 的福祉和恢复能力至关重要。

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Adverse childhood experiences among parents in prison: Implications for parenting

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13134

Mariann A. Howland, Luke Muentner, Valerie Clark, Grant Duwe, Rebecca J. Shlafer

Objective

This study examined rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among parents of at least one minor child compared to nonparents in prison, and, among parents, mothers compared to fathers. We then assessed associations between ACEs and seven parenting variables (e.g., contact with children, interest in parenting classes).

Background

High rates of adverse and traumatic childhood experiences are documented among general prison samples. Little is known about ACEs specifically among parents in prison and possible impacts on parenting.

Method

Participants were 1,157 parents of at least one minor child (919 fathers, 198 mothers) and 549 nonparents from adult prisons in a Midwestern U.S. state. Measures were part of a larger needs and responsivity survey in 2021.

Results

Overall, 86% of individuals endorsed at least one ACE. Parents and nonparents reported similar levels of ACEs. Fathers endorsing more ACEs reported more challenges in parenting across six of seven variables. No statistically significant associations were found for mothers.

Conclusion

Findings underscore the need for both general and parenting-focused prison programs and practices to address the ubiquity of childhood trauma among those incarcerated.

Implications

Prison-based parenting interventions can be designed and tailored to respond to and disrupt intergenerational patterns of trauma, especially for fathers.

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Social networks and help-seeking among Korean immigrant intimate partner violence survivors

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-17 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13138

Jeongsuk Kim, Chunrye Kim

Objective

This study investigated help-seeking behaviors among Korean immigrant women facing intimate partner violence (IPV) and examined how their social networks influence the help-seeking process.

Background

Although existing research highlights the role of social networks in supporting IPV survivors, limited studies explore how these networks specifically impact Korean immigrant women's help-seeking experiences.

Method

We conducted in-depth interviews with 16 Korean immigrant women who self-identified as IPV survivors. Interviews occurred either in person at our New York office or via online or phone interviews. Thematic analysis was employed for data analysis.

Results

Two primary themes emerged regarding Korean immigrants' help-seeking behavior in IPV situations: (a) passive help-seeking within interpersonal networks and (b) active help-seeking through ethnic-based online networks. Korean women tended to avoid disclosing IPV and seeking help from family or local church members. Instead, they often preferred to seek anonymous support through ethnic-based online platforms.

Conclusions

Existing interpersonal networks were rarely used as a route for seeking help, primarily due to cultural norms and stigma. However, online Korean communities emerged as a meaningful resource, facilitating connections with others facing similar challenges and providing anonymous support.

Implications

To facilitate IPV disclosure and better support abused Korean immigrants, we should promote and enhance online platforms that offer confidential emotional support, information, and resources.

目的本研究调查了面临亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的韩国移民妇女的求助行为，并探讨了她们的社交网络如何影响求助过程。背景虽然现有研究强调了社会网络在支持 IPV 幸存者方面的作用，但很少有研究探讨这些网络如何具体影响韩国移民妇女的求助经历。方法我们对 16 名自认为是 IPV 幸存者的韩国移民妇女进行了深入访谈。访谈在我们的纽约办事处进行，或者通过在线或电话访谈进行。数据分析采用了主题分析法。结果韩国移民在 IPV 情况下的求助行为主要有两个主题：（a）在人际网络中被动求助；（b）通过基于种族的在线网络主动求助。韩国妇女倾向于避免向家人或当地教会成员披露 IPV 和寻求帮助。相反，她们往往更愿意通过基于种族的网络平台寻求匿名支持。结论现有的人际网络很少被用作寻求帮助的途径，这主要是由于文化规范和耻辱感造成的。然而，网上韩国社区成为一种有意义的资源，它促进了与其他面临类似挑战的人的联系，并提供匿名支持。启示为了促进 IPV 的披露并更好地支持受虐待的韩国移民，我们应该推广和加强提供保密情感支持、信息和资源的在线平台。

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Chinese parents' education anxiety, parenting, and problem behaviors in preschool children: Child competence as moderator

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-16 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13135

Mingzhu Wang, Yaming Lin, Qianqian Xu, Hui Liu, Yiwei Li, Qimeng Duan

Objective

This study investigated how parental education anxiety was associated with preschoolers' internalizing and externalizing problems, and whether these associations were mediated by parenting styles. Additionally, the moderating role of children's competence in learning was examined.

Background

Chinese parents are generally anxious about their children's education. However, the implications of parental education anxiety for children's adjustment and the underlying mechanisms are still unclear.

Method

A total of 317 Chinese parents of preschool children aged 5 to 6 years from urban areas of China participated in this study and completed a set of questionnaires online.

Results

Parental education anxiety was positively associated with internalizing and externalizing problems in preschool children. Such associations were mediated by authoritarian parenting, whereas the mediating role of authoritative parenting was not significant. Children's competence in learning moderated the link between parental education anxiety and child internalizing problems across child gender, whereas its moderating role in the link between parental education anxiety and child externalizing problems was only evident in boys. In addition, the positive relation of parental education anxiety to authoritarian parenting was stronger in families with children who had low competence than in families with children who had high competence.

Conclusion

Parental education anxiety was a risk factor for children's psychological adjustment, and authoritarian parenting represented one of the underlying mechanisms. Moreover, children's competence in learning buffered the adverse effects of parental education anxiety.

Implications

Intervention programs need to develop strategies that can alleviate parents' education anxiety. The cultivation of children's overall competence is also needed.

目的本研究探讨了父母的教育焦虑与学龄前儿童的内化和外化问题之间的关系，以及这些关系是否受父母教养方式的影响。此外，研究还探讨了儿童学习能力的调节作用。研究背景中国家长普遍对子女的教育感到焦虑。然而，父母的教育焦虑对儿童适应的影响及其内在机制尚不清楚。方法共有317名来自中国城市地区的5至6岁学龄前儿童的家长参与了本研究，并在线填写了一套问卷。结果家长的教育焦虑与学龄前儿童的内化和外化问题呈正相关。专制型养育方式对这种关联具有中介作用，而权威型养育方式的中介作用不显著。在不同性别的儿童中，儿童的学习能力可以调节父母教育焦虑与儿童内化问题之间的联系，而父母教育焦虑与儿童外化问题之间的联系的调节作用仅在男孩中明显。此外，在子女能力较低的家庭中，父母教育焦虑与专制型养育的正相关关系比子女能力较高的家庭更强。结论父母的教育焦虑是影响儿童心理适应的一个危险因素，而专制型教养方式是其潜在机制之一。此外，儿童的学习能力可以缓冲父母教育焦虑的不利影响。启示干预计划需要制定能够缓解父母教育焦虑的策略。此外，还需要培养儿童的综合能力。

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Partnership trajectories toward childlessness in China

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-11 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13136

Yanwen Wang, Zheng Mu

Objective

Drawing on the life course perspective, this study examined partnership trajectories of childless individuals to understand the drivers and processes of becoming childless in China.

Background

Despite the rise in childlessness in China, little is known about the within-group heterogeneity in partnership trajectories leading to childlessness and their sociodemographic correlates.

Method

The study employed sequence analysis and multinomial and ordinary least squares regressions using a sample of 778 childless men and women aged 40 and above from the China Family Panel Studies in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018.

Results

Five clusters of partnership trajectories were identified: never partnered (51.8%), early marriage (24.8%), late marriage (9.4%), on-time marriage (9.3%), and unpartnered via divorce or widowhood (4.9%). Men with low socioeconomic status were most likely to become childless through never being married, and their privileged counterparts were mostly through on-time or late marriage. The early-marriage and unpartnered clusters mostly consisted of women, and among women, those with an urban hukou or low education were more likely to be divorced. The overall heterogeneity in partnership trajectories to childlessness declined, and most complexity observed was limited to the unpartnered cluster.

Conclusion

Partnership trajectories to childlessness in China are heterogenous and stratified but increasingly homogenous.

Implications

Due to the persistent connections between marriage and childbearing, Chinese individuals become childless through more standardized life course trajectories than before.

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Emerging Ideas. How important is formal child support for family economic well-being?

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13133

Maria Cancian, Molly A. Costanzo, Daniel R. Meyer

Objective

This study investigates the role of child support in family economic well-being and how it has shifted over recent decades, considering differences by family characteristics.

Background

The formal child support program has wide reach and has historically been an important source of income for some. Recent critiques indicate the potential for negative impacts on families and decreasing efficacy.

Methods

Using data from the 1998, 2008, and 2018 Current Population Survey and the linked Child Support Supplement, this study compares proportions of total family income drawn from child support and other sources. Nonpoor and poor custodial families are considered as well as other relevant subgroups.

Results

For poor families, child support increased from 11% to 15% of family income in 1997–2007 then declined to 12% in 2017. For nonpoor families, it declined over the period, from 3.9% to 3.4% to 2.6%. For poor families with orders, almost 23% of income comes from child support; for those receiving payments, the proportion is 33%.

Conclusion

Across most subgroups, child support is no longer increasing in importance and, for some groups, is a declining share of income. Nonetheless, it remains an important source of income for many low-income families.

Implications for Emerging Ideas

This study provides updated evidence about the changing importance of formal child support for families. Understanding the importance of formal support is important in weighing the benefits of income received relative to potential costs of enforcing payments on low-income parents and any disruptions to their relationships with their children it may cause.

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Challenges and coping of children in large Jewish Ultra-Orthodox families during the COVID-19 pandemic

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-02 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13132

Netanel Gemara, Henya Kornik

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on the well-being and functioning of children and families worldwide. The distinctive contexts in which these families live play a crucial role in determining the extent of the pandemic's effects. The Jewish Ultra-Orthodox community in Israel, with its unique context, experienced the repercussions of the pandemic in distinct ways.

Objective

This qualitative study, guided by the context-informed theoretical perspective, aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences and perspectives of Ultra-Orthodox families with multiple children regarding the challenges and coping of children during the pandemic, while considering the unique contexts that shape their lives.

Method

Semistructured interviews were conducted with 15 parents (eight mothers and seven fathers) and 35 children (18 girls and 17 boys) from Ultra-Orthodox families. All families had at least six children (M = 7.5). Thematic analysis was employed to analyze the interview data, allowing for the generation of shared themes among the participants' narratives.

Results

The findings revealed four primary areas that presented challenges for Ultra-Orthodox families during the COVID-19 pandemic: children's studies, fear, crowdedness, and community detachment. Despite these adversities, the study also sheds light on the coping mechanisms employed by Ultra-Orthodox families of religious beliefs, parental involvement, and the family.

Conclusion

These findings contribute to understanding how Ultra-Orthodox families experienced and navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the interplay among religious beliefs, family dynamics, and community structures in shaping their responses.

Implications

The insights gained from this study may inform the development of culturally competent support services for Ultra-Orthodox families during crises while potentially offering broader ideas for understanding how close-knit religious communities cope with acute crises that threaten their traditional ways of life.

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Parent–child emotional availability, children's early emotional reflectivity skills, and social behavior in kindergarten

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-12-26 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13131

Inbar Sofri, Amanda Czik, Yair Ziv

Objective

The study aims to explore a complex and multilayered dynamic, in which relationships within the family are associated with the child's relationships outside the family through the child's reflectivity.

Background

Attachment theory posits that the mother's emotional availability toward her child influences the child's ability to understand and verbalize their own and others' feelings and that this ability is a strong predictor of children's social behavior. This remains relatively understudied during the kindergarten years.

Method

The sample included 146 kindergarten children (81 boys; mean age = 66.84 months). During a home visit, the mother–child dyad was filmed to assess emotional availability, and a researcher interviewed the child (through a storytelling procedure) to assess the child's reflectivity. Additionally, the child's main kindergarten teacher completed questionnaires reporting on the children's verbal abilities and social skills.

Results

We found clear support for connections between the mother–child relationship quality, children's emotional reflectivity capabilities, and children's social behavior in kindergarten.

Conclusions

The findings highlight the importance of relationships within the family context and their contribution to children's early emotional skills and social behavior.

Implications

The study sheds light on children's emotional reflectivity and its associations with the parent–child relationship quality and kindergarten children's social skills. These associations can lead to more informed intervention programs and to emphasizing the advantages of using storytelling techniques to better understand children's emotional capacities.

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Patterns of parental conflict after separation: Links with the Dark Triad

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-12-20 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13126

Julia Reim, Stefanie Amberg, Janin Zimmermann, Ulrike Lux, Sabine Walper

Objective

The aim of this study was to uncover patterns of parental postseparation conflict and to investigate possible links to the personality factors of the Dark Triad (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy).

Background

Studies revealed different postseparation coparenting patterns that explain why some parents face long-lasting conflicts after separation. However, the role of legal disputes and links to parental personality traits have mostly been neglected so far.

Method

The analyses included 486 separated parents from the German Family Panel “pairfam” in year 2020–2021. We aimed to identify postseparation patterns of conflict, including coparenting and legal conflict, by using latent profile analysis. Possible links between latent profiles and the Dark Triad were assessed.

Results

Three postseparation conflict profiles were found: a cooperative, a parallel-derogating, and a conflictual profile. Links between these profiles and the Dark Triad could be found for narcissism, with membership to the conflictual profile being more likely with higher narcissism values.

Conclusion

The findings show that a significant proportion of separated families is affected by postseparation conflict and that parents' personality plays a role here.

Implications

The results indicate that interventions targeting families affected by postseparation conflict should take parental personality traits into account.

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Family networks of lesbian and gay people in Switzerland

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13124

Olga Ganjour, Eric D. Widmer, Marta Roca i Escoda

Objective

The aim of this study was to estimate the relevance of the family of choice hypothesis in family networks of lesbian and gay individuals living in Switzerland and its implications for their social capital.

Background

Over the past three decades, family scholars have paid more attention to the emergence of family configurations of LGBTQ+ people that extend beyond the nuclear family and blood kin, with voluntary kin and family of choice playing a key role. However, family networks of lesbian and gay individuals remain an unexplored topic in Switzerland, a country that has taken an extended period to implement institutional acknowledgment of lesbian and gay family rights.

Method

Personal network methods were used to map the main types of family networks of lesbian and gay individuals. In collaboration with an association advocating for lesbian and gay families in Switzerland, the study collected ego-centered network data on their family.

Results

The results reveal that the nuclear family holds prominence in many family networks of lesbian and gay people included in the sample, with limited involvement of either blood kin or voluntary kin, which has consequences for their family-based social capital.

Conclusion

The family of choice hypothesis is largely rejected. The focus on the nuclear family is consistent with the late legal recognition of same-sex marriage and parenthood in Switzerland.

Implications

The importance of the nuclear family in the family networks of LGBTQ+ people, as well as the relative diversity of such networks, should be considered by professionals dealing with health and social issues, as well as by legislators, policymakers, and organizations working to promote the family rights of lesbian and gay people and their full social acceptance.

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