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“I still don't get this new manhood”: Masculinity among first-time fathers “我还是不明白这种新的男子气概”：初为人父的男子气概

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1111/fare.70022

Einav Segev

Objective

The current research explores how men experience masculinity during the transition to fatherhood.

Background

The transition to fatherhood is a major developmental stage in men's growth. When they become fathers, they are required to redefine their masculine identity as they are exposed to the tension between traditional masculinity and the growing discourse of new masculinity.

Method

Based on the framework of ecological theory, this phenomenological study is based on interviews with first-time Israeli fathers.

Results

The research results suggest an ecological understanding of the process of constructing masculine identity in the transition to fatherhood. They indicate that the tension between the traditional hegemonic masculine identity and the emerging one in the transition to fatherhood occurs on three ecological levels. On the first, individual level, men experience intense emotions previously unfamiliar to them, as well as changes in their bodies and cognitive perceptions of their identity. On the second, microsystem level, they reconstruct their identity in relation to their partner. Finally, on the mesosystemic level, new fathers construct their identity by negotiating with societal norms and the perceptions of other men regarding their masculinity and fatherhood.

Conclusion

First-time fathers feel the need to adopt attitudes and behaviors that match traditional social expectations as well as meet the ambiguous definitions of new masculinity.

Implications

The article discusses the importance of raising the awareness of family counselors and social workers about the tensions and opportunities involved in this developmental stage.

目的探讨男性在转变为父亲的过程中如何体验男子气概。向父亲的转变是男性成长的一个重要发展阶段。当他们成为父亲时，他们被要求重新定义自己的男性身份，因为他们暴露在传统男子气概和日益增长的新男子气概话语之间的紧张关系中。方法基于生态学理论框架，本研究基于对以色列初生父亲的访谈进行现象学研究。结果本研究结果对男性向父亲身份转变过程中的男性身份建构过程提供了生态学的理解。他们指出，传统的男性霸权身份与向父亲身份过渡中出现的男性霸权身份之间的紧张关系发生在三个生态层面上。首先，在个人层面上，男性经历了他们以前不熟悉的强烈情绪，以及他们的身体和对自己身份的认知感知的变化。在第二个微系统层面上，他们重建自己与伴侣的身份。最后，在中观层面上，新父亲通过与社会规范和其他男性对其男子气概和父亲身份的看法进行谈判来构建自己的身份。结论初为人父者认为有必要采取符合传统社会期望的态度和行为，并满足新男性气概的模糊定义。本文讨论了提高家庭顾问和社会工作者对这一发展阶段所涉及的紧张和机会的认识的重要性。

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Grandparenting in China: Examining the links between family life experiences and grandparental involvement in caregiving 中国的祖父母养育：考察家庭生活经历与祖父母参与照顾之间的联系

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1111/fare.70017

Mengsha Luo

Objective

This study aimed to identify family trajectory patterns formed between the ages of 18 and 49 and to examine their associations with grandparental care likelihood and care involvement between the ages of 50 and 70.

Background

Guided by the life course perspective, understanding the determinants of grandparental caregiving is critical for family and aging policies. However, little is known about how early family life course experiences shape later-life grandparental roles.

Method

Nationally representative data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study were analyzed through sequence, cluster, and regression analyses.

Results

Five trajectory clusters were identified, ranging from stable “high/moderate/low fertility marriage” patterns to less common “union dissolution” and “cohabitation” clusters. Grandparents from stable, normative family patterns demonstrated higher odds of caregiving and devoted more weekly hours to grandchild caregiving compared to those with unstable, nonnormative patterns. The negative impacts of union dissolution were generally robust across demographic subgroups but were particularly pronounced for grandfathers and ethnic minority grandparents.

Conclusion

Family histories shape grandparents' caregiving roles through enduring impacts on both participation and intensity.

Implications

Findings underscore the life course perspective's relevance and suggest that interventions for grandparents with nonnormative family patterns may foster intergenerational caregiving and strengthen family relationships.

目的本研究旨在确定18至49岁之间形成的家庭轨迹模式，并研究其与50至70岁之间祖父母照顾可能性和照顾参与的关系。在生命历程视角的指导下，了解祖父母照顾的决定因素对家庭和老龄化政策至关重要。然而，关于早期的家庭生活经历如何塑造晚年祖父母的角色，我们知之甚少。方法采用序列分析、聚类分析和回归分析的方法，对中国健康与退休纵向研究中具有全国代表性的数据进行分析。结果从稳定的“高/中/低生育率婚姻”模式到不太常见的“婚姻解体”和“同居”模式，确定了5个轨迹集群。与那些不稳定、不规范的家庭模式相比，来自稳定、规范的家庭模式的祖父母表现出更高的照顾孙子的几率，并且每周花更多的时间照顾孙子。婚姻解体的负面影响在人口亚组中普遍存在，但对祖父和少数民族祖父母的影响尤为明显。结论家族史通过参与和强度的持久影响来塑造祖父母的照顾角色。研究结果强调了生命历程视角的相关性，并表明对非规范家庭模式的祖父母进行干预可能会促进代际照顾并加强家庭关系。

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Work–family conflict of sports coaches: A conservation of resources perspective 体育教练员的工作-家庭冲突：资源保护视角

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1111/fare.70015

Shin-Huei Lin, Mei-Yen Chen, Wan Chen Lu

Objective

This study examined the mediating role of work–family conflicts between the relationship of psychological capital and well-being, and the moderating role of political skills on the relationship of work–family conflicts and well-being.

Background

Research indicates that personal resources, such as psychological capital, may help working adults mitigate resource depletion caused by work–family conflicts. The conservation of resources theory states that individuals tend to acquire and protect resources to reduce stress and enhance well-being. Consequently, this study examined political skills in buffering the negative effects of work–family conflicts, suggesting that these skills improve individuals' ability to navigate and resolve resource-draining conflicts, thereby enhancing family satisfaction.

Method

A total of 270 full-time sports coaches in public schools in Taiwan participated in this study. Data were collected with questionnaires and analyzed by the SPSS software.

Results

Work–family conflicts mediated the positive relationship between psychological capital and family satisfaction. Political skill weakened the negative relationships between work–family conflicts and family satisfaction.

Conclusion

The mediating effect of psychological capital on family satisfaction through work–family conflict is weaker when political skill is high rather than low.

Implications

Psychological capital and political skills may function as personal resources that reduce the damage of work–family conflict to well-being.

目的探讨工作家庭冲突在心理资本与幸福感关系中的中介作用，以及政治技巧在工作家庭冲突与幸福感关系中的调节作用。研究表明，个人资源，如心理资本，可以帮助在职成年人缓解工作家庭冲突造成的资源枯竭。资源保护理论认为，个体倾向于获取和保护资源，以减少压力，提高幸福感。因此，本研究考察了政治技能在缓冲工作家庭冲突的负面影响方面的作用，表明这些技能提高了个人驾驭和解决资源消耗冲突的能力，从而提高了家庭满意度。方法选取270名公立学校专职体育教练员为研究对象。采用问卷调查方式收集数据，并采用SPSS软件进行分析。结果工作-家庭冲突在心理资本与家庭满意度之间起中介作用。政治技巧削弱了工作-家庭冲突与家庭满意度之间的负向关系。结论当政治技巧高时，心理资本通过工作-家庭冲突对家庭满意度的中介作用较弱。心理资本和政治技能可以作为个人资源，减少工作-家庭冲突对幸福感的损害。

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Long-reaching impacts of childhood trauma: A person-centered approach to understanding parents participating in divorce education 童年创伤的长期影响：以人为本的方法来理解父母参与离婚教育

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1111/fare.70016

Anthony J. Ferraro, Kayla Reed-Fitzke, Raymond E. Petren, Karen Oehme, Ann Perko

Objective

The objective of the current study was to understand how emergent patterns of childhood trauma correspond to baseline indicators for parents entering an online divorce education program.

Background

Families experiencing divorce frequently attend divorce education programs to help mitigate strains intrinsic to the divorce process. Existing research suggests there may be differences in how individuals experience divorce based on experiences of childhood trauma.

Method

Latent class analysis was used to identify homogenous subgroups based on eight adverse childhood experiences categories, using a sample of 1,719 individual parents who participated in an online divorce education program. A series of analyses of variance (ANOVAs) and multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVAs) were used to examine mean differences across demographics, baseline knowledge, and internal and external resources.

Results

In addition to a predetermined No Adversity group, three classes were identified: Low Adversity, Moderate Environmental Adversity, and High Environmental Adversity. Differences were found on demographic indicators, and internal and external resources.

Conclusion

Childhood trauma plays an important role in an individual's experience of the divorce process and divorce education programs need to be attuned to who parents entering such programs are.

Implications

Decision-makers should consider using trauma-informed and tailored designs to meet the needs of diverse parents in divorce education programming.

当前研究的目的是了解儿童创伤的紧急模式如何与父母进入在线离婚教育计划的基线指标相对应。经历离婚的家庭经常参加离婚教育项目，以帮助减轻离婚过程中固有的压力。现有的研究表明，基于童年创伤的经历，人们对离婚的感受可能会有所不同。方法利用参与在线离婚教育项目的1,719名父母的样本，使用潜类分析来确定基于八个不良童年经历类别的同质亚组。使用一系列方差分析（ANOVAs）和多变量方差分析（MANOVAs）来检查人口统计学、基线知识和内部和外部资源之间的平均差异。结果除了预先确定的无逆境组外，还确定了三个类别：低逆境、中等环境逆境和高环境逆境。在人口指标以及内部和外部资源方面发现了差异。结论童年创伤在离婚过程中扮演着重要的角色，离婚教育项目需要与参加此类项目的父母相适应。决策者应考虑在离婚教育项目中使用创伤信息和量身定制的设计来满足不同父母的需求。

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Dyadic empathy and well-being: The mediating role of dyadic coping in couples 二元共情与幸福感：夫妻二元应对的中介作用

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1111/fare.70018

Amaraporn Surakarn, Chaiyut Kleebbua, Charin Suwanwong

Background

COVID-19 significantly impacted family well-being, resulting in challenges such as loss of income, job loss, financial difficulties, psychological distress, and domestic violence.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of dyadic coping in the relationship between dyadic empathy and well-being of couples.

Method

A dyadic approach was adopted, using the actor–partner interdependence mediation model (APIMeM) and data collected from 232 heterosexual married couples, where only one partner was employed in the tourism industry. Participants completed online self-reported measures of dyadic empathy, dyadic coping, and well-being from January to May 2021. Path analyses were conducted, and bootstrap tests were used. Our results revealed that the hypothesized model shows a good fit with the data.

Results

The APIMeM analysis showed that the actor effect and partner effect of dyadic empathy on well-being were completely mediated through dyadic coping among wives, whereas they were partially mediated among husbands.

Conclusions

This study concluded that dyadic coping plays a mediating role in the relationship between dyadic empathy and well-being among couples.

Implications

These results suggest that interventions aimed at enhancing dyadic coping could be particularly beneficial for improving the well-being of couples. Tailored approaches may be needed to address the different mediation effects observed between husbands and wives.

COVID-19严重影响了家庭福祉，导致收入损失、失业、经济困难、心理困扰和家庭暴力等挑战。目的探讨二元应对在二元共情与夫妻幸福感关系中的中介作用。方法采用二元方法，采用行为人-伴侣相互依赖中介模型（APIMeM），对232对异性恋已婚夫妇（其中一方从事旅游业）进行数据分析。2021年1月至5月，参与者完成了在线自我报告的双重同理心、双重应对和幸福感测量。进行通径分析，并采用自举检验。结果表明，假设模型与实际数据拟合较好。结果APIMeM分析表明，二元共情对幸福感的行动者效应和伴侣效应完全通过妻子的二元应对来调节，而在丈夫的二元应对中则有部分调节。结论二元应对在夫妻二元共情与幸福感的关系中起中介作用。这些结果表明，旨在增强二元应对的干预措施可能特别有利于改善夫妻的幸福。可能需要量身定制的方法来解决在丈夫和妻子之间观察到的不同调解效果。

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“Defying the odds”: Black couples' motivation to abstain from sex until marriage “不顾一切”：黑人夫妇婚前禁欲的动机

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1111/fare.70009

Emily N. McKnight, Armon R. Perry

Objective

Using a phenomenological approach, this study explored the motivation and perceived benefits, from a marital and familial perspective, of African American married couples who abstained from sex until marriage.

Background

African American marital trends show high rates of children born to unwed parents and a prevalence of single-parent households, suggesting that marriage has become less institutionalized for African Americans despite the known benefits of strong, long-term marriages, which positively impact individuals, couples, and families in this community in terms of finances and emotional and physical health.

Method

For this study, we collected in-depth qualitative interview data, both individual and dyadic, from 38 African American couples (N = 76 individuals) who decided to abstain from sex until marriage.

Results

The emergent themes illuminated a depiction of how the participants' childhood and adult experiences, observing or experiences with births out of wedlock, single-parent homes, or stereotypical hypersexuality motivated them to abstain individually and as a couple.

Conclusion

The study findings revealed the participants' perspectives on their beliefs about the consequences of premarital sex, their confidence in their ability to be successful in abstaining, and the perceived benefits that their relationships derived from abstaining prior to marriage.

Implications

Based on study findings, implications for future research on African American couples and families, including the role of abstinence on relationship and sex education interventions and evaluations, are discussed.

目的采用现象学方法，从婚姻和家庭的角度探讨非裔美国已婚夫妇婚前禁欲的动机和感知收益。非裔美国人的婚姻趋势显示，未婚父母所生孩子的比例很高，单亲家庭也很普遍，这表明，尽管众所周知，牢固、长期的婚姻对个人、夫妻和家庭在经济、情感和身体健康方面都有积极的影响，但非裔美国人的婚姻已经变得不那么制度化了。方法在本研究中，我们收集了38对非裔美国夫妇（N = 76个人）的深度定性访谈数据，这些夫妇决定在结婚前禁欲。结果：新兴主题阐明了参与者的童年和成年经历、观察或经历非婚生子女、单亲家庭或刻板的性欲过度如何促使他们个人和夫妻戒酒。研究结果揭示了参与者对婚前性行为后果的看法，他们对自己成功戒除性行为能力的信心，以及他们认为婚前戒除性行为给他们的关系带来的好处。在此基础上，讨论了对未来非裔美国夫妇和家庭研究的启示，包括禁欲在关系和性教育干预和评估中的作用。

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“It's like jihad”: Working mothers, household, and caregiving demands during COVID-19 lockdown in Saudi Arabia “就像圣战”：在沙特阿拉伯新冠肺炎封锁期间，职业母亲、家庭和护理需求

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1111/fare.70011

Sarah A. Almalki, Youngjin Kang, Lawrence H. Ganong

Objective

This research explored the lived experiences of married working mothers in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic brought widespread changes to daily life, including shifts in work arrangements and access to child care, affecting families around the world. In Saudi Arabia, these disruptions highlighted the challenges faced by working mothers, particularly in how traditional gender expectations may have shaped their experiences during lockdowns. Using a symbolic interactionist lens, these challenges can be seen as shaped by evolving meanings of work, caregiving, and gender roles within daily family interactions.

Method

Interpretive phenomenology was used to analyze the data from semistructured interviews with nine married Saudi women who were employed.

Results

Mothers spent more time in wage employment and in domestic labor than before COVID-19 lockdown as they prioritized their family's needs. Participants were (a) facing greater stressors and strains due to the pandemic, (b) doing more household and caregiving demands, and (c) coping with demands and seeking balance between work and family. Working mothers lost help from traditional sources of household assistance, and husbands generally did not provide help.

Implications.

Working mothers faced more demands on their time and energy and received less help during the COVID-19 lockdown, largely in part because they, their partners, and other potential sources of aid internalized the gendered norms of the larger social system.

Conclusion

This study highlights how the pandemic increased stress for working mothers and explores ways to better support them.

目的探讨沙特阿拉伯已婚职业母亲在新冠肺炎疫情封锁期间的生活经历。2019冠状病毒病大流行给日常生活带来了广泛的变化，包括工作安排的转变和儿童保育的获取，影响了世界各地的家庭。在沙特阿拉伯，这些干扰凸显了职业母亲面临的挑战，特别是传统的性别期望如何影响了她们在封锁期间的经历。从象征性互动主义的角度来看，这些挑战可以被视为由日常家庭互动中工作、照顾和性别角色的不断演变的意义所塑造的。方法采用解释现象学方法对9名沙特已婚就业妇女的半结构化访谈数据进行分析。结果与COVID-19封锁前相比，母亲们花在有工资就业和家务劳动上的时间更多，因为她们优先考虑家庭需求。参与者(a)由于大流行而面临更大的压力和压力，(b)承担更多的家务和护理需求，以及(c)应对需求并寻求工作与家庭之间的平衡。职业母亲失去了传统家庭援助来源的帮助，丈夫通常也不提供帮助。的影响。在COVID-19封锁期间，职业母亲面临更多的时间和精力需求，得到的帮助更少，这在很大程度上是因为她们、她们的伴侣和其他潜在的援助来源内化了更大社会体系的性别规范。本研究强调了大流行如何增加了职业母亲的压力，并探讨了更好地支持她们的方法。

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Perceived sense of closeness and belonging for relative versus nonrelative adoptive families 亲属收养家庭与非亲属收养家庭的亲近感和归属感

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.1111/fare.70008

Eun Koh, Nancy Rolock, Braveheart Gillani, Jeesoo Jeon, Kevin R. White, Rong Bai, Zoë Breen Wood

Objective

This study investigated how relationships were perceived by young adults (YA) who were adopted and adoptive parents (AP) and differences by relationship type: (a) relatives versus nonrelatives and (b) grandparents versus other relatives versus nonrelatives.

Background

Research is lacking on the impact of different relationship types on closeness and belonging from both YA and AP perspectives.

Methods

Descriptive and bivariate analyses examined differences among distinct relationship types. Logistic regression analyses for YA (n = 187) and AP (n = 291) samples examined how relationship types impacted perceived sense of closeness and belonging.

Results

In both YA and AP samples, grandparents had higher odds of reporting a sense of closeness and belonging in adoption relationship compared with other relatives and nonrelatives. Overall, higher levels of a perceived sense of closeness and belonging were reported for the AP samples than for the YA samples.

Conclusion

Although kinship adoption generally presents unique advantages over non-kinship adoption, experiences vary by relationship type. Adoption by more distant relatives may present greater risk than adoption by grandparents. Further, AP may perceive greater closeness and belonging than YA.

Implications

Different supports may be necessary for adoptive families based on the nature of the relative status between AP and YA. For example, grandparents and distantly related caregivers may have very different service and support needs, and policy makers and service providers should consider the unique strengths and needs of each type of adoptive family.

目的本研究探讨了被收养和养父母（AP）的年轻人（YA）如何感知关系，以及关系类型的差异：(a)亲属与非亲属，(b)祖父母与其他亲属与非亲属。背景从YA和AP的角度研究不同关系类型对亲密度和归属感的影响尚缺乏。方法描述性和双变量分析检验不同关系类型之间的差异。对YA （n = 187）和AP （n = 291）样本的逻辑回归分析检验了关系类型如何影响感知的亲密感和归属感。结果在YA和AP样本中，与其他亲属和非亲属相比，祖父母在收养关系中报告亲密感和归属感的几率更高。总体而言，AP样本比YA样本报告了更高水平的亲近感和归属感。结论虽然亲属收养总体上比非亲属收养具有独特的优势，但不同关系类型的收养体验有所不同。远亲收养比祖父母收养的风险更大。此外，AP可能比YA感受到更大的亲密感和归属感。根据AP和YA之间的相对地位的性质，收养家庭可能需要不同的支持。例如，祖父母和远亲照顾者可能有非常不同的服务和支持需求，政策制定者和服务提供者应考虑每种收养家庭的独特优势和需求。

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Interparental relationships, attachment orientations, and Arab adolescents' consumption of sexually explicit materials 亲子关系、依恋取向与阿拉伯青少年对露骨性材料的消费

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-06-29 DOI: 10.1111/fare.70010

Suha Daw, Alex Kharmatz, Miri Scharf

Objective

This study examined personal and familial characteristics that may predict adolescent consumption of sexually explicit material (CSEM) in a conservative culture.

Background

Adolescent sexual development can be influenced by various personal and familial characteristics, and media exposure. Although conservative cultures often discourage discussions about sexuality, avoiding online sexual content is challenging.

Method

Four hundred sixty-two Arab adolescents in Israel (59.31% female, M_age = 14.98 years, SD = 1.63) completed questionnaires regarding interparental relationships, attachment orientations, and CSEM.

Results

Findings revealed positive associations between attachment anxiety toward both parents, attachment avoidance toward mothers, interparental conflict, and CSEM. Attachment avoidance toward fathers and interparental intimacy had no significant association with CSEM. Attachment insecurity mediated the association between conflictual interparental relationship and CSEM.

Conclusion

Insecure attachment and conflictual interparental relationships might increase adolescents' CSEM as a means of addressing distress. Conflictual interparental relationships might spillover to family relationships, increasing insecure attachment, which might increase the frequency of adolescents' CSEM.

Implications

Interventions for Arab adolescents could focus on coping strategies in times of distress to mitigate reliance on maladaptive behaviors such as CSEM. Family-based interventions addressing more open communication could be beneficial. Programs should be culturally tailored to suit the particular characteristics of Arab society.

目的本研究探讨了保守文化中青少年性暴露材料消费的个人和家庭特征。青少年的性发展受到各种个人和家庭特征以及媒体接触的影响。虽然保守的文化往往不鼓励讨论性，但避免网上的性内容是一项挑战。方法对462名以色列阿拉伯裔青少年（女性59.31%，年龄14.98岁，SD = 1.63）进行父母间关系、依恋取向和CSEM问卷调查。结果发现对父母双方的依恋焦虑、对母亲的依恋回避、父母间冲突与CSEM呈正相关。对父亲的依恋回避和父母之间的亲密关系与CSEM无显著相关。依恋不安全感在亲子冲突关系与CSEM之间起中介作用。结论不安全的依恋和父母间的冲突关系可能会增加青少年的CSEM，作为一种处理痛苦的手段。冲突的父母关系可能会溢出到家庭关系中，增加不安全的依恋，从而增加青少年的CSEM的频率。对阿拉伯青少年的干预可以集中在痛苦时期的应对策略上，以减轻对诸如CSEM等适应不良行为的依赖。以家庭为基础的干预措施解决更开放的交流可能是有益的。课程应该在文化上进行调整，以适应阿拉伯社会的特点。

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Profiles of parents' upward and downward comparisons and their associations with parenting 父母向上和向下比较的概况及其与养育子女的关系

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2025-06-28 DOI: 10.1111/fare.70007

Lovisa Burman, Johanna Jonsson, Terese Glatz, Bénédicte Mouton

Objective

The aim of this study was to explore whether there are naturally occurring groups of parents who display different profiles of upward (i.e., comparing with those better off) and downward (i.e., comparing with those worse off) social comparisons, and if these differ on parental symptoms, self-efficacy, and positive parenting behaviors.

Background

While social comparisons can contribute to self-evaluation and offer opportunities for self-improvement by providing new information, they may also be associated with less positive parenting. One reason for different outcomes is the type of comparisons (i.e., upward or downward), which has not been studied using person-oriented analysis within the parenting literature.

Method

A sample of 187 parents of children aged between 2 to 5 years were included (85% mothers and 15% fathers). Cluster analysis was used to explore profiles of parents depending on their upward and downward social comparisons, and analyses of variance were used to examine mean level differences.

Results

Results yielded a four-cluster solution. In general, engaging in upward or downward social comparisons were associated with less positive outcomes. However, parents in the cluster who did predominantly upward comparisons showed more parental symptoms and less positive parenting.

Conclusion

The frequency and direction of social comparisons are important, with parents engaging in predominantly upward comparisons showing the greatest vulnerability.

Implications

Practitioners can help parents to reflect on their comparisons and to identify parents who focus mostly on others who they believe are doing better.

目的本研究的目的是探讨是否存在自然发生的父母群体，他们表现出不同的向上（即与较富裕的人相比）和向下（即与较贫穷的人相比）社会比较的特征，以及这些特征在父母症状、自我效能感和积极的父母行为方面是否存在差异。虽然社会比较有助于自我评价，并通过提供新信息为自我完善提供机会，但它们也可能与不那么积极的父母教育有关。不同结果的一个原因是比较的类型（即向上或向下），这在育儿文献中尚未使用以人为本的分析进行研究。方法对187名2 ~ 5岁儿童家长进行调查，其中母亲占85%，父亲占15%。本研究采用聚类分析方法探讨父母的上下社会比较特征，采用方差分析方法检验平均水平差异。结果得到了一个四簇解。总的来说，参与向上或向下的社会比较与较少的积极结果相关。然而，以向上比较为主的父母表现出更多的父母症状和更少的积极教育。结论社会比较的频率和方向是重要的，父母以向上比较为主，表现出最大的脆弱性。影响实践者可以帮助父母反思他们的比较，并识别那些主要关注他们认为做得更好的人的父母。

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