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Shared Placement and Parenting Stress Among Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers 共同安置与低收入非监护人父亲的育儿压力

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13036

Molly A. Costanzo, Yoona Kim, Daniel R. Meyer

Objective

We examine the relationship between shared placement and parenting stress for low-income fathers.

Background

Shared placement (joint physical custody), a living arrangement in which children whose parents live apart spend a significant amount of time living with each, has increased among families in the United States. Little is known about how this placement affects fathers' well-being, especially fathers with lower incomes and who have had a nonmarital birth.

Method

Our sample included 5,755 noncustodial fathers who enrolled in the National Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration. Using regression approaches, we estimate associations between measures of self-reported placement and parenting stress.

Results

We found that shared placement was statistically significantly associated with lower parenting stress levels (estimated magnitude of 5%–10%) compared with fathers without shared placement. This held for fathers with equal placement and those with substantial, but not equal, time. These results were consistent when accounting for confounding characteristics, suggesting the association may not be fully explained by selection into shared placement.

Conclusion

Shared placement is associated with lower levels of parenting stress for low-income noncustodial fathers compared with those fathers without it. We find that this holds true for any shared placement, equal placement, mother primary shared placement, and father primary shared placement.

Implications

Given the potential benefits of shared care, examining whether policy and practice are supporting this for lower resourced families may be particularly important. Fatherhood and other family-strengthening programs can support fathers in navigating potential stress driven by shared parenting arrangements.

我们研究了共同监护与低收入父亲的育儿压力之间的关系。共同监护（共同实际监护）是一种生活安排，父母分居的孩子在相当长的时间内与父母共同生活，这种情况在美国家庭中越来越多。我们的样本包括 5,755 名参加全国儿童抚养非监护父母就业示范项目的非监护父亲。我们发现，与没有共同安置的父亲相比，共同安置与较低的养育压力水平（估计幅度为 5%-10%）有显著的统计学关联。这一点在平等安置的父亲和有大量时间但不平等的父亲身上都是如此。当考虑到混杂特征时，这些结果是一致的，这表明这种关联可能并不能完全通过选择共同安置来解释。与没有共同安置的父亲相比，共同安置与低收入非监护父亲较低的养育压力水平相关。我们发现，在任何共同安置、平等安置、母亲主要共同安置和父亲主要共同安置的情况下，这一点都是正确的。鉴于共同照料的潜在益处，研究政策和实践是否支持资源较少的家庭这样做可能尤为重要。父亲角色和其他家庭强化项目可以帮助父亲们应对共同抚养安排可能带来的压力。

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Longing for belonging: Feeling loved (or not) and why it matters 渴望归属感：感受被爱（或不被爱）及其原因

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13029

Sumbleen Ali, Ronald P. Rohner, Preston A. Britner, Andrew Jahn

Objective

This study tested the hypothesis that adults who report having been unloved/rejected in childhood are likely to show greater activation in specific brain regions than adults who report a history of parental love/acceptance.

Background

Interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory (IPARTheory) argues that a specific set of effects of perceived parental acceptance and rejection appear with such near invariance across populations worldwide that it is likely that they are related to humankind's common biocultural evolution. If this is true, specific brain mechanisms are likely to differentially characterize responses to parental acceptance versus rejection.

Method

Using fMRI, the study experimentally manipulated rejection during a computer-based ball-toss game among 40 young adults. One group reported having been loved/accepted by both parents in childhood and self-reported being psychologically well-adjusted (AcceptedAdjusted, n = 20). The other group reported having been unloved/rejected by both parents in childhood and self-reported being psychologically maladjusted (RejectedMaladjusted, n = 20).

Results

Members of the RejectedMaladjusted group—as compared to members of the AcceptedAdjusted group—had increased activation in the posterior cingulate cortex and anterior cingulate cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, medial prefrontal cortex, insula, cuneus, precuneus, and amygdala. These brain regions critically support emotion processing.

Conclusion

This study provides a foundation for understanding neural mechanisms underlying emotion processing, as influenced by adults' memories of parental love or lack of love (acceptance-rejection) in childhood.

Implications

Findings may help clinicians and practitioners design therapeutic interventions that can lead to structural and functional changes in brain areas associated with emotion regulation, possibly counteracting some of the negative effects of early emotional trauma.

人际接受-拒绝理论（IPARTheory）认为，感知到的父母接受和拒绝会产生一系列特定的影响，这些影响在世界各地的人群中几乎都是不变的，因此它们很可能与人类共同的生物文化进化有关。如果这是真的，那么特定的大脑机制很可能会对父母的接受和拒绝做出不同的反应。这项研究利用 fMRI，在 40 名年轻成年人中对基于计算机的抛球游戏中的拒绝进行了实验性操纵。其中一组报告说，他们在童年时得到过父母的爱/接纳，并自称心理适应良好（AcceptedAdjusted，n = 20）。与 "接受调整 "组的成员相比，"拒绝调整 "组的成员在后扣带回皮层、前扣带回皮层、背外侧前额叶皮层、内侧前额叶皮层、脑岛、楔形丘、楔前丘和杏仁核的激活程度有所增加。这项研究为了解情绪处理的神经机制奠定了基础，这些机制受到成年人对童年时期父母爱或缺乏爱（接受-拒绝）的记忆的影响。研究结果可能有助于临床医生和从业人员设计治疗干预措施，从而使与情绪调节相关的脑区发生结构和功能变化，可能抵消早期情绪创伤的一些负面影响。

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Relationships Among Parental Self-Efficacy, Home Learning Activities, and Child Skills 父母自我效能感、家庭学习活动和儿童技能之间的关系

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-04-14 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13031

Juliane Gessulat, Katharina Kluczniok, Elisa Oppermann, Yvonne Anders

Objective

To investigate relationships among parental self-efficacy, home learning activities, and children's socioemotional and language skills for preschool children.

Background

Higher parental self-efficacy is often related to better child skills and with more home learning activities. However, the relationships between parental self-efficacy, home learning activities, and children's skills have not yet been investigated.

Method

The path models draw on data from 727 parents of preschool children (full sample: 85.1% female, 50.9% employed, 24.8% non-German family language) and a subsample of 108 parents of preschool children who soon transition to elementary school in Germany. The self-report data come from the German evaluation study “Language Daycare Centers.”

Results

We found significant positive links among (a) general parental self-efficacy with home learning activities and children's language skills, (b) language supporting parental self-efficacy with home learning activities and children's socioemotional skills, and (c) a negative link between language supporting parental self-efficacy and children's socioemotional problems.

Conclusion

The more self-efficacious parents felt, the more often they offered home learning activities and the higher they rated their children's language skills at age 5 years.

Implication

The findings highlight the importance of parental self-efficacy for engaging with children and the positive parental assessment of children's skills. Promoting parental self-efficacy might stimulate home learning activities and improve the home learning environment.

研究学龄前儿童家长自我效能感、家庭学习活动与儿童社会情感和语言技能之间的关系。家长自我效能感越高，儿童技能越好，家庭学习活动也越多。路径模型的数据来自 727 位学龄前儿童的家长（全样本：85.1% 为女性，50.9% 有工作，24.8% 家庭语言为非德语），以及 108 位即将升入德国小学的学龄前儿童家长的子样本。自我报告数据来自德国 "语言日托中心 "评估研究。我们发现：(a) 家长对家庭学习活动的一般自我效能感与儿童的语言技能之间存在显著的正向联系；(b) 家长对家庭学习活动的语言支持自我效能感与儿童的社会情感技能之间存在显著的正向联系；(c) 家长的语言支持自我效能感与儿童的社会情感问题之间存在显著的负向联系。研究结果突出表明，家长的自我效能感越强，他们提供家庭学习活动的频率就越高，他们对子女 5 岁时语言技能的评价就越高。提高家长的自我效能感可以促进家庭学习活动，改善家庭学习环境。

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What are we worried about? Midlife married couples' financial concerns about their retirement 我们在担心什么？中年已婚夫妇对退休后财务问题的担忧

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-04-10 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13028

Jeremy B. Yorgason, Dikla Segel-Karpas, Ashley Ermer, Hailey Weller, Shenan Owens, Brandan E. Wheeler

Objective

This study explored how marital financial collaboration and approval along with financial constructs predicted midlife couples' reports of retirement financial concerns.

Background

Retirement is an expected time of life that many couples plan for in advance. Despite knowing that years of life without regular income are anticipated, many people experience financial strain in retirement, which can impact their marital happiness.

Method

Data for this study came from a sample of 324 midlife (M_age = 44 years) couples that participated in the Flourishing Families study. We examined predictors of financial worries for retirement using dyadic probit regression models.

Results

Results suggested that both husbands and wives worried about having insufficient income and heavy debt in retirement, and that husbands had particular concerns about excess spending. Findings from predictive models suggested that husbands and wives both reported that better financial collaboration, husbands' approval of partners' financial behaviors, better physical health, and to some degree higher income, higher education, and having retirement savings, were protective against financial worries for retirement. In contrast, wives' reports of having retirement benefits and working more hours per week were risk factors.

Conclusion

Marital financial collaboration and approval of partner financial responsibility by both members of dyads may have lifelong benefits, including as couples prepare for retirement.

Implications

Efforts to provide greater access to retirement savings plans may also support couples from various social and economic backgrounds. Findings suggest that marital happiness in retirement could be increased as spouses work together in financial aspects of their lives.

本研究探讨了婚姻中的财务合作与认可以及财务结构如何预测中年夫妇对退休财务问题的报告。本研究的数据来自参与 "幸福家庭 "研究的 324 对中年（年龄 = 44 岁）夫妇的样本。结果表明，丈夫和妻子都担心退休后收入不足和债务沉重，丈夫尤其担心支出过多。预测模型的结果表明，丈夫和妻子都报告说，更好的财务合作、丈夫对伴侣财务行为的认可、更好的身体健康，以及在一定程度上更高的收入、更高的教育程度和拥有退休储蓄，都对退休后的财务担忧具有保护作用。夫妻双方在财务方面的合作以及对伴侣财务责任的认可可能会带来终生的益处，包括在夫妻双方为退休做准备时。研究结果表明，如果配偶双方在生活的财务方面携手合作，退休后的婚姻幸福感就会增加。

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Mothers of children who died by suicide 自杀身亡儿童的母亲

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-04-10 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13027

Bilha Paryente

Background

This study examined the journey back to routine of mothers of children who died by suicide.

Objective

This research was aimed at understanding mothers' thoughts, emotions, and coping strategies with the loss of their child, using the salutogenic approach and examining their perceptions of available coping resources to study their sense of coherence and thereby promote relevant professional interventions.

Method

Semistructured in-depth interviews with 30 mothers aged 50 to 65 years who had lost a child in the preceding 4 to 18 years.

Results

Following content analysis, data were structured into three themes: (a) understanding of the new reality through the difficulty of returning to one's routine or choosing life, adjusting to social life, and finding new recreational activities; (b) coping with the help of others, avoiding coping, and dealing with the family by open conversations and managing with the rest of the children; and (c) emotional processing of the loss seen through the shock and the sense of having overlooked something, guilt, and relief.

Conclusions

Mothers were found to be on a complex journey to restore routine after an upsetting event. They built a routine for themselves with an awareness of the difficulty of this process as they attempted to return to their routine or to change it.

Implications

Informed and tailored interventions could provide a partial sense of relief for mothers of children who have committed suicide.

本研究探讨了自杀身亡儿童的母亲回归常规生活的历程。本研究旨在了解母亲在失去孩子后的想法、情绪和应对策略，采用致救方法，考察她们对可用应对资源的看法，以研究她们的协调感，从而促进相关的专业干预措施。本研究对 30 位年龄在 50 至 65 岁之间、在过去 4 至 18 年间失去孩子的母亲进行了半结构化深入访谈。经过内容分析，数据被分为三个主题：(a) 对新现实的理解，包括恢复日常工作或选择生活的困难、适应社会生活和寻找新的娱乐活动；(b) 在他人的帮助下应对、避免应对、通过公开对话和与其他孩子的管理来处理家庭问题；以及 (c) 对失去孩子的情绪处理，包括震惊、感觉忽略了什么、内疚和解脱。她们为自己建立了一种常规，并意识到这一过程的困难，因为她们试图恢复或改变自己的常规。知情和有针对性的干预措施可以为自杀儿童的母亲提供部分解脱感。

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The earlier couples first discussed finances, the better? A dyadic, longitudinal replication and extension 夫妻越早开始讨论财务问题越好？夫妻双方的纵向复制和扩展

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-04-08 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13030

Matthew T. Saxey, Ashley B. LeBaron-Black, Naomi F. Inman, Jeremy B. Yorgason, Erin K. Holmes

Objective

We examined associations among couples' first financial discussion, healthy financial communication, marital satisfaction, and financial disagreements with cross-sectional and longitudinal dyadic data.

Background

Prior research on these associations has only used cross-sectional data from one respondent.

Method

We used actor–partner interdependent structural equation modeling with a sample of 1,079 mixed-gender, newlywed dyads to estimate cross-sectional and longitudinal models.

Results

Cross-sectionally, both husbands' and wives' reports of their first financial discussion predicted better marital satisfaction and fewer financial disagreements through their own report of healthy financial communication. Longitudinally, only husbands' report of the couple's first financial discussion positively predicted between-person changes in both husbands' and wives' marital satisfaction two waves later. Additionally, whereas husbands' healthy financial communication predicted changes in their own marital satisfaction, financial disagreements, and wives' financial disagreements over time, wives' healthy financial communication only predicted changes in their own perception of financial disagreements.

Conclusion

Future relational and financial outcomes for mixed-gender newlyweds appear to benefit from an earlier first financial discussion in their relationship.

Implications

Therapists and educators should focus on the timing and quality of couples' financial communication to help couples mitigate financial disagreements and improve marital satisfaction.

我们利用夫妻双方的横截面和纵向数据研究了夫妻双方首次财务讨论、健康的财务沟通、婚姻满意度和财务分歧之间的关联。我们对 1,079 个男女混合的新婚夫妇样本采用了演员-伴侣相互依存结构方程模型来估计横截面和纵向模型。从横截面来看，丈夫和妻子关于第一次财务讨论的报告通过他们自己关于健康财务沟通的报告预测了更好的婚姻满意度和更少的财务分歧。从纵向来看，只有丈夫对夫妻第一次财务讨论的报告能积极预测丈夫和妻子两次婚姻满意度的人际变化。此外，随着时间的推移，丈夫的健康财务沟通预测了他们自己的婚姻满意度、财务分歧和妻子的财务分歧的变化，而妻子的健康财务沟通只预测了他们自己对财务分歧的看法的变化。治疗师和教育工作者应该关注夫妻财务沟通的时间和质量，以帮助夫妻减少财务分歧并提高婚姻满意度。

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Sanctification of African American Couple Relationships and Relational Forgiveness 非裔美国人夫妻关系的圣化与关系宽恕

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-04-05 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13026

Antonius D. Skipper, Cassandra D. Chaney, Andrew H. Rose, Richard W. Wiley Jr, Chelsey C. Wooten, Tamecia Myers Curry, Debra Lavender-Bratcher, TJ Moore, Jordan Kennedy

Objective

Using participant responses from 525 different-sex married and cohabiting African American couples, we examined the dyadic association between relational sanctification and relational forgiveness.

Background

Religion has a central role in the lives of many African Americans because it traditionally has been a place of refuge against stressors that disproportionally impact African Americans. However, little is known about how African American couples utilize relational sanctification as a strength.

Method

Data were collected from African American couples between October 2019 and January 2020 as part of a larger study called the Strong African American Couples Project. Utilizing dyadic panels from Qualtrics, this project specifically targeted African American couples who were cohabiting (n = 233) or married (n = 292) thus, enabling us to analyze a multigroup actor–partner interdependence model.

Results

Significant actor effects were found between sanctification and individual as well as perceived partner forgiveness in married and cohabiting couple relationships. No significant partner effects were found.

Conclusion

These findings highlight the importance of recognizing various aspects of religiosity and spirituality within relationships, especially for African American couples with historically high rates of dissolution and self-rated religiosity.

Implications

As interventionalists work with religious and spiritual African American couples, they need to understand the role that sanctity may have within these partner relationships and the positive impact it can have on relational outcomes.

宗教在许多非裔美国人的生活中扮演着核心角色，因为宗教历来是抵御压力的庇护所，而这些压力对非裔美国人的影响尤为严重。然而，人们对非裔美国人夫妇如何利用关系圣化作为一种力量知之甚少。作为一项名为 "强大的非裔美国人夫妇项目 "的大型研究的一部分，我们在 2019 年 10 月至 2020 年 1 月期间收集了非裔美国人夫妇的数据。该项目利用 Qualtrics 的二元面板，专门针对同居（n = 233）或已婚（n = 292）的非裔美国夫妇，从而使我们能够分析多组行为者-伴侣相互依存模型。在已婚和同居夫妇关系中，圣化与个人以及感知到的伴侣宽恕之间存在显著的行为者效应。这些研究结果强调了在夫妻关系中认识到宗教性和灵性的各个方面的重要性，尤其是对于解体率和自评宗教性历来较高的非裔美国夫妻而言。当干预人员与信教和有灵性的非裔美国夫妻合作时，他们需要了解神圣性在这些伴侣关系中可能扮演的角色，以及它对关系结果可能产生的积极影响。

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How do law and religion influence child marriage? A qualitative study using content analysis 法律和宗教如何影响童婚？利用内容分析进行定性研究

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-03-29 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13025

Bahman Baraie, Mehdi Rezaei, Haidar Nadrian, Hossein Matlabi

Objective

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of religion and law on child marriage in Sanandaj, Iran.

Background

The prevalence of child marriage is 16.65% in Iran and 11% in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj. This study considers the legality and legitimacy of this practice in Iran.

Method

Eligible participants were selected through purposive sampling. Participants included three groups: parents of a married child (n = 7), women who were child brides (n = 19), and experts (sociologists, marriage concluders, and marriage counselors; n = 7). The research question was “What impact do religious and legal factors have on the decision of families in child marriage?” The data were gathered using semistructured in-depth interviews and analyzed by conventional content analysis method.

Results

The findings were generally categorized into four main themes including law–religion issues (subthemes: marriageable age in civil law, Sharia principles), predisposed religious interpretations (subthemes: religious interpretations confirming child marriage, interpretations rejecting child marriage), institutional factors (subthemes: official agencies, religious factors), and religious viewpoint of families toward child marriage (subthemes: avoidance of sin, reference of parents/children to religious rules).

Conclusions

The intersection of law, religion, and family institutions, with their interconnected rules, encourage child marriage (particularly for girls) in Sanandaj, Iran. Any change in these factors (mostly civil law and Sharia) may influence the demands of families for child marriage.

本研究旨在调查宗教和法律对伊朗萨南达季童婚的影响。在伊朗，童婚的发生率为 16.65%，而在库尔德城市萨南达季，童婚的发生率为 11%。本研究探讨了伊朗童婚的合法性和正当性。参与者包括三个群体：已婚儿童的父母（7 人）、童养媳妇女（19 人）和专家（社会学家、婚姻缔结者和婚姻顾问；7 人）。研究问题是 "宗教和法律因素对童婚家庭的决定有什么影响？研究采用半结构式深度访谈收集数据，并通过传统的内容分析法进行分析。研究结果总体上分为四大主题，包括法律-宗教问题（副主题：民法中的适婚年龄、伊斯兰教法原则）、倾向性宗教解释（副主题：肯定童婚的宗教解释、反对童婚的宗教解释）、制度因素（副主题：官方机构、宗教因素）以及家庭对童婚的宗教观点（副主题：避免罪恶、父母/子女参照宗教规则）。在伊朗萨南达季，法律、宗教和家庭机构相互交织，相互关联，助长了童婚（尤其是女孩童婚）。这些因素（主要是民法和伊斯兰教法）的任何变化都可能影响家庭对童婚的要求。

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“It's just a technological version of us”: Three-generation family WhatsApp groups in Israel "这只是我们的技术版本"：以色列三代同堂的家庭 WhatsApp 群组

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13023

Galit Alkobi, Natalia Khvorostianov

Objective

This qualitative study analyzes communication practices, roles, and rules developed by family members while participating in a three-generation WhatsApp family group (WFG).

Background

Although instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp have become increasingly popular with families worldwide, study findings of the digital family formation process, roles, rules, and family communication styles have remained fragmented. Combining the rich familism ideology with technological skills makes the Israel digital family a good study case.

Method

We conducted 43 semistructured interviews with WFG participants representing three generations of Jewish Israeli families.

Results

All WFGs were organized in the form of a three-generation family tree, including one or a couple of older people in the core and a significant number of their younger relatives in the upper tree levels, where WFG membership was used as a marker of family belonging. WFG members played roles of kinkeepers, flickerers (rarely commenting participants), and silent warm experts. WFGs used two rules for communication—problematic discourse avoidance and exaggerated writing style—and two strategies for enforcing those rules—temporarily excluding rule breakers from the general group or ignoring messages of offending participant(s).

Conclusion

Maintaining the WFG is not a single initiative but a collective, well-coordinated endeavor of all family generations, which helps to include grandparents in the digital family, gives WFG participants a sense of family belonging, and reproduces the image of the untroubled family.

Implications

The research findings can be helpful for educators, family therapists, social workers, and social policy professionals. Moreover, the study's results can benefit families who want to open WhatsApp family groups.

这项定性研究分析了家庭成员在参与三代 WhatsApp 家庭群组（WFG）时所形成的沟通方式、角色和规则。尽管 WhatsApp 等即时通讯应用程序在全球家庭中越来越受欢迎，但有关数字家庭的形成过程、角色、规则和家庭沟通方式的研究结果仍然支离破碎。我们对代表以色列犹太家庭三代人的 WFG 参与者进行了 43 次半结构式访谈。所有 WFG 都是以三代家庭树的形式组织起来的，核心是一个或几个年长者，上层是他们的大量年轻亲属，WFG 成员身份被用作家庭归属的标志。WFG 成员扮演着亲属守护者、闪烁者（很少发表评论的参与者）和沉默的热心专家的角色。WFG 使用两种交流规则--避免有问题的话语和夸张的写作风格--以及两种执行这些规则的策略--将违反规则者暂时排除在一般群体之外或忽略违规参与者的信息。维持 WFG 并不是一个单独的举措，而是家庭各代人集体协调的努力，这有助于将祖父母纳入数字家庭，让 WFG 参与者有家庭归属感，并再现无忧无虑的家庭形象。此外，研究结果还能让那些想开设 WhatsApp 家庭小组的家庭受益。

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The experience of growing up with a sibling who has depression from emerging adults' perspectives 从新成人的角度看与患有抑郁症的兄弟姐妹一起成长的经历

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations

Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13024

Shiri Shinan-Altman, Inbar Levkovich

Objective

The aim was to explore the experiences of growing up with a sibling with depression from the perspective of emerging adult siblings.

Background

Growing up with a sibling who experiences depression profoundly impacts the personal lives of emerging adults. This study addresses a research gap by delving into the unique experiences of these emerging adult siblings.

Methods

Utilizing a qualitative-phenomenological approach, we examined the experiences of 25 emerging adults (aged 18–29) who had lived with a depressed sibling during adolescence. In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted. Data collection continued until concept saturation. Thematic analysis was employed.

Results

We identified two central themes in the participants' experiences. In the first theme, significant challenges were illuminated within the parent–child relationship, marked by frustration, the assumption of parental roles, emotional disconnect, and hindrances to personal growth. The second theme pertained to the implications of their sibling's depression on the emerging adults' personal lives, resulting in sacrifices, emotional turmoil, and a sense of responsibility. Participants also exhibited resilience, empathy, and personal growth.

Conclusions

This research illuminates the nuanced dynamics among emerging adults with depressed siblings, underscoring the need for tailored interventions that support both caregiving responsibilities and personal development. Incorporating sibling perspectives into clinical practice can enhance intervention strategies and promote well-being.

Implications

These findings underscore the need for personalized support that enables emerging adults to balance caregiving for their depressed siblings with their own personal growth, with a focus on fostering family communication and resilience.

与患有抑郁症的兄弟姐妹一起成长对新成人的个人生活影响深远。本研究通过深入研究这些新兴成人兄弟姐妹的独特经历，填补了这一研究空白。我们采用定性-现象学方法，研究了 25 名新兴成人（18-29 岁）的经历，他们在青春期都曾与患有抑郁症的兄弟姐妹生活在一起。我们进行了深入的半结构式访谈。数据收集一直持续到概念饱和为止。我们在参与者的经历中发现了两个中心主题。在第一个主题中，我们发现了亲子关系中存在的重大挑战，这些挑战表现为挫折感、父母角色的承担、情感脱节以及个人成长的障碍。第二个主题涉及兄弟姐妹的抑郁症对新兴成人个人生活的影响，导致牺牲、情绪波动和责任感。这项研究揭示了有抑郁症兄弟姐妹的新成人之间微妙的动态关系，强调了有必要采取有针对性的干预措施，以同时支持照顾责任和个人发展。将兄弟姐妹的观点纳入临床实践可以加强干预策略并促进身心健康。这些发现强调了个性化支持的必要性，这种支持可以使新成人在照顾抑郁的兄弟姐妹和个人成长之间取得平衡，重点是促进家庭沟通和恢复能力。

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