Journal of Family Psychology最新文献

The left-behind children are children aged below 16, who remain in their hometowns without one or both parents' presence. Both individual resilience and family resilience play a crucial role in how left-behind children cope positively with adversity. Few studies have attempted to explore the dynamic processes of individual resilience and family resilience of left-behind children from a dimensional perspective. To address this gap, this study employed a cross-lagged panel network model to examine the complex interactions among various resilience components. A total of 2,259 left-behind children completed the survey in December 2018 (T1), and 1,991 of them completed the assessments 4 months later (T2). A final sample of 1,708 Chinese left-behind children (M_age = 12.94, SD = 1.56; 47.50% girls) completed a survey at both waves. The results indicated that "maintaining a positive outlook" is the most critical dimension of beliefs connecting children's individual resilience and family resilience. Perceived beliefs about maintaining a positive outlook across the whole family at T1 were found to be associated with the three dimensions of individual resilience at T2, rather than the reverse. This suggests that family belief systems may represent a pivotal point of intervention for left-behind children. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

During times of stress, families are tasked with maintaining or reestablishing a state of equilibrium in order to cope with stress on the family system. The pandemic context represents an opportunity to study the interdependencies between family members and relationships under duress. The present study examined the transactional effects linking the marital and sibling subsystems throughout the early months of the pandemic. It was hypothesized that more marital conflict would predict more sibling relationship challenges, and vice versa, across the pandemic and that COVID-19 stress would moderate this relationship. Participants included 505 caregivers who reported on two children (sibling dyads) in the home at four time points (T1: May 2020; T2: July 2020; T3: September 2020; T4: November 2020). Caregivers reported on pandemic-related stress at T1, and marital conflict and sibling relationship challenges (conflict and lack of support) at T1-T4. Using a four-wave random-intercept cross-lagged panel model, results showed that, on average, more marital conflict was related to more sibling relationship challenges (p < .001). However, negative cross-lagged effects linked marital and sibling relationship challenges throughout the pandemic, such that greater sibling challenges at T1 predicted less marital conflict at T2 (p = .04), which in turn predicted greater sibling relationship challenges at T3 (p = .03). Degree of pandemic-related stress did not moderate the cross-lagged effects between marital conflict and sibling relationship challenges (p = .22). Differential mechanisms linking sibling and marital functioning may account for stable between-family differences (i.e., spillover) as compared with within-family fluctuations over time (i.e., compensation). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Autonomy-supportive parenting is essential for positive developmental outcomes for youth, whereas psychological control can have detrimental effects. When parents' psychological needs are met, they are more likely to show autonomy-supportive parenting, and when parents report greater psychological need frustration, they are more likely to parent with psychological control. We tested how parental psychological needs can predict adolescent internalizing mood through parenting practices in daily life. Parent-adolescent dyads (N = 171) completed daily diaries for 14 days to rate parental psychological needs, parenting practices, and adolescent internalizing mood. We conducted multilevel mediation analyses (i.e., 1-1-1 and 2-2-2 design) to examine the effect of parental psychological needs on adolescent internalizing mood through parent parenting practices. When parents' daily psychological needs were met, they practiced more supportive parenting practices in daily life, which in turn was associated with better adolescent mood. Most of these mediation effects were not found when examining long-term characteristics. Our findings point toward the importance of disentangling day-to-day fluctuations in behaviors and experiences than to long-term associations between them in families' daily lives to better understand family dynamics and adolescent well-being. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Prevention of behavioral and emotional problems in early childhood is essential to promote healthy development and reduce risky behaviors, academic failure, delinquency, and social difficulties. Evidence-based parenting interventions, such as the Incredible Years Toddler Basic program, are known to effectively address these challenges. However, access to such programs remains limited for many caregivers, especially those in ethnically diverse and at-risk families, due to structural, attitudinal, and interpersonal barriers. This study describes the implementation of the Incredible Years Toddler Basic parenting intervention, highlighting strategies to recruit, retain, and engage a predominantly Hispanic (68.3%), at-risk population while addressing participation barriers. Data from 301 families were collected using validated measures, including the Parental Stress Scale and the Adult and Adolescent Parenting Inventory, second edition. Of the participants, 262 (87%) met attendance requirements, significantly exceeding retention rates for comparable programs. Caregivers reported significant reductions in parental stress and improvements in parenting attitudes. Findings highlight the success of addressing structural, attitudinal, and interpersonal barriers to improve participation and outcomes in community-based parenting programs. This study serves as a model for leveraging community partnerships and tailoring programming to advance public health and support in ethnically diverse and at-risk families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

It is well-established that parenting plays a crucial role in shaping the mental health of adolescents. This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal association between adolescents' perceived parental warmth, COVID-19 peritraumatic distress, and emotional problems. Participants were recruited from schools in Zhuhai, Xinyang, and Ningxiang. A total of 579 adolescents (55.4% girls, M_age = 12.83; SD_age = 0.76) took part in this three-wave study conducted in January 2023 (Time 1), March 2023 (Time 2), and May 2023 (Time 3), with each wave being 2 months apart. The results from the cross-lagged panel model supported significant bidirectional relations between emotional problems and COVID-19 peritraumatic distress. In addition, the influence of maternal or paternal warmth on subsequent emotional problems was not statistically significant. The COVID-19 peritraumatic distress at Time 2 mediated the longitudinal effect of emotional problems at Time 1 on paternal warmth at Time 3. Nevertheless, COVID-19 peritraumatic distress did not significantly influence subsequent maternal warmth. These findings contribute to our understanding of the varying responses to adolescents' stress across parental gender. Furthermore, they imply potential strategies to protect the healthy development of adolescents. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Seminal work on parenting indicates that children's perceptions of positive and negative maternal parenting are related to a myriad of outcomes, including academic success, behavioral functioning, and psychological health. Minimal research has examined factors contributing to how children of color perceive maternal parenting practices. Guided by Ungar's social ecological model and developmental assets theory, this study assessed how child behavior problems and social ecological assets at individual, relational, and contextual levels were related to positive and negative maternal parenting perceptions. Participants included 263 child-mother dyads recruited from community organizations in the Midsouth, United States. Children ranged in age from 8 to 17 years old (M_age = 12.13, SD = 2.77; 88.2% Black) and female caregivers ranged in age from 23 to 64 years old (M_age = 36.43, SD = 7.89; 82.9% Black). The sample was recruited based on maternal caregivers' experiences with substance abuse, violence, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome/human immunodeficiency virus (SAVA). Research is lacking on factors related to parenting perceptions among families exposed to SAVA in the United States, despite past studies showing links between SAVA and parenting. Findings from a multivariate linear regression revealed that younger child age, more internal assets, and more community assets were related to greater positive maternal parenting perceptions, while more behavior problems and fewer community assets were associated with more negative parenting perceptions. Results highlight the differential contributions of assets and behavioral difficulties to how children perceive maternal parenting. Such knowledge could inform the development of family-focused, multisystemic interventions that may enhance parenting practices while strengthening the mother-child relationship. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Father involvement in parenting can promote children's positive development. Despite the growing literature on father involvement, little is known about the heterogeneity in father involvement among Latino fathers. The present study sought to examine father involvement patterns and their predictors among Latino fathers who were predominantly unmarried and had a low income. A latent profile analysis was conducted on a sample of 830 Latino fathers of toddlers in the Building Strong Families program. Three father involvement profiles were identified: high involvement (61.81%); high accessibility and financial support, but less engagement (26.63%); and nonresident, but engaged (11.57%). Fathers' older age, lower parental aggravation, and higher coparenting relationship quality predicted membership in the high involvement profile. Overall, study results indicate that many Latino fathers are highly involved in parenting, highlighting the resilience and fathering commitment among Latino fathers with low income. Our findings suggest the need for additional support for younger fathers and fathers experiencing parental aggravation and point to coparenting relationships as an important source of support for father involvement among Latino fathers with low income. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Over the past several decades, there has been a limited but growing body of literature examining parental factors in the racial socialization (RS) process, particularly conversations between parents about the delivery, timing, and labor of RS conversations (Jones & Neblett, 2019; McNeil Smith et al., 2016). Simultaneously, a unique subset of researchers is investigating RS practices of parents of Black-White biracial children (Csizmadia et al., 2014; Stone & Dolbin-MacNab, 2017). The dearth of research examining intraparental dyadic communication makes it clear that there is a need to continue examining the RS dialogue between romantically involved couples rearing Black and biracial children as an extension of parenting (Jones & Neblett, 2019). Using elements of phenomenological inquiry (Spigelberg, 1982), the present study investigated one facet of parenting decisions regarding RS: division of labor (DOL) in romantically involved parenting dyads. Themes included approaches to DOL, factors influencing DOL, and navigation of coparenting dynamics as well as related subthemes and focused codes. Further analyses suggested that despite racial structures, parents of Black and biracial youth are social agents in the RS process; their intraparental dyadic conversations impact their DOL practices and parenting dynamics. Regardless of the role played in the RS conversation, every parent in the present study described feeling supported and providing support in relaying RS messages with their coparenting partner. Unique findings were present among interracial dyads (e.g., racialized upbringing) and mothers and fathers (e.g., balancing one another). Clinical implications and future directions are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

This study investigates the impact of parental burnout on children's daily well-being, a topic that currently remains underexplored in research. Using a daily diary methodology, we assessed the mean levels of child well-being as reported by parents across days and examined their relationship with both maternal and paternal burnout. Data were collected from 85 couples (85 mothers and 85 fathers) over an 8-day period, with parental burnout measured at baseline and child well-being assessed both at baseline and via daily reports. The findings indicate a significant association between maternal burnout and both mothers' and fathers' perceptions of their children's well-being, whereas the link with paternal burnout was weaker and more variable, making its interpretation more complex. While the study contributes to our understanding of the association between parental burnout and child well-being, future research should focus on incorporating children's self-reported perspectives, examining how the impact of burnout varies across ages, and considering diverse family structures. Addressing parental burnout will require interventions at both familial and societal levels to mitigate chronic stress and promote healthier family environments. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Parental burnout is a multifaceted syndrome resulting from excessive stress in the parenting role. Despite experiencing similar parenting stressors, not all parents experience burnout. Could the difference in rewards contribute to explaining this seeming paradox? This longitudinal study (N = 1,301) explored the relevance of the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model as an alternative etiological theory of parental burnout. The findings substantiate most of the hypotheses derived from the ERI model: higher levels of effort, overcommitment, and ERI were positively associated with parental burnout, and higher rewards were linked to lower levels of burnout. Overcommitment moderated the relation between ERI and parental burnout, but surprisingly, this association was stronger under conditions of low overcommitment compared to high overcommitment. These findings suggest that interventions aimed at reducing effort and/or enhancing rewards could potentially mitigate parental burnout. Further research is required to elucidate the role of overcommitment in parenting. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).