Journal of Family Psychology最新文献

This study investigated the associations among stigma in health care settings, parental positive identity (i.e., a multidimensional and affirming sense of self that emerges from navigating parenthood as an lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer-identified individual within a cis-heteronormative context), and intensive parenting attitudes (i.e., a parenting ideology marked by a relentless devotion to children's developmental, emotional, and social outcomes) in a sample of cisgender and transgender/nonbinary (TNB) lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer parents in Italy. Participants were 197 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer parents (M = 37.23, SD = 7.71; 159 assigned female at birth; 54.82% cisgender, 45.18% TNB), all identifying as White and parenting children aged 0-18 years (M = 5.88, SD = 3.97; 115 assigned female at birth). Findings indicated that TNB parents reported significantly higher levels of health care stigma and endorsement of intensive parenting compared to cisgender parents, though levels of parental positive identity did not differ. Across both groups, greater health care stigma was associated with stronger endorsement of intensive parenting, particularly among those reporting lower positive identity. Notably, only among TNB parents with higher positive identity, greater experiences of stigma were associated with lower endorsement of intensive parenting. These findings underscore parental positive identity as a key psychological resource that buffers the negative impact of health care stigma on parenting attitudes. They also suggest that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer parents may internalize pressure to overperform by adopting intensive parenting norms in response to minority stress. The study emphasizes the need to integrate strength-based frameworks into lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer parenting research and to advocate for health care policy reforms aimed at reducing structural stigma. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Sexual and gender minority parents face unique stressors related to both parenting and minority status, yet the complex interplay between stigma experiences, parenting behaviors, and psychological well-being remains understudied. This cross-sectional study used network analysis to examine associations among parenting practices, stigma, and mental health symptoms in a national sample of 672 sexual and gender minority parents in the United States. Participants completed online surveys assessing experiences of discrimination, internalized homophobia and transphobia, parenting behaviors (e.g., hostility, supportiveness, positive reinforcement, control), and psychological symptoms (anxiety, depression, child psychopathology). We used a statistical approach called Bayesian Gaussian graphical models to estimate how each variable is directly related to others while accounting for the rest of the network. We also identified which variables appeared most strongly connected to others (central variables) and which served as key links between different domains (bridge variables). Subgroup analyses explored differences in the network structure across sexual and gender identity groups. Results indicated that positive reinforcement, supportiveness, and internalized transphobia were the most strongly connected variables overall, meaning they may play important roles in shaping broader patterns of parenting and well-being.Variables such as child psychopathology, internalized stigma, and parental anxiety served as bridges connecting parenting, stigma, and mental health. Subgroup comparisons revealed distinct patterns of associations: Gender minority parents showed high centrality and bridge centrality for internalized transphobia, physical control, and child psychopathology, while cisgender parents demonstrated centrality in positive reinforcement, supportiveness, and internalized homophobia. Sexual identity differences also emerged, with lesbian and gay parents exhibiting stronger connections between parenting behaviors and stigma-related variables than bisexual and heterosexual parents. These patterns suggest that different aspects of stigma and parenting may matter more depending on parents' identities. Findings may help identify targets for support programs and policies tailored to the specific needs of diverse sexual and gender minority families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Qualitative studies have indicated that maternal gatekeeping has a significant effect on low-income, unmarried, nonresident fathers' involvement with children. Very few quantitative studies of maternal gatekeeping have been conducted with these fathers. The present study addresses this gap using a community sample of 649 low-income, unmarried, nonresident (n = 548), and coresident (n = 101) fathers. Fathers' perceptions of mothers' restrictive gatekeeping and encouragement were examined in relation to fathers' responsibility for and emotional support of children from infancy through adolescence. Multivariate analyses indicated fathers were significantly less involved in responsibility when mothers engaged in higher levels of restrictive gatekeeping. There was a positive main effect for fathers' perceptions of mothers' encouragement on fathers' emotional support of children. Moderation analyses showed a significantly stronger positive association between encouragement and responsibility among nonresident fathers compared with coresident fathers, even after controlling for restrictive gatekeeping. These findings point to the importance of researchers' and practitioners' attention to encouragement as well as restrictive gatekeeping. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Prior studies link intimate partner violence (IPV) to poor mental health, especially among those with low socioeconomic status or limited support. However, few have explored how housing conditions may moderate these psychological effects. This study investigates the relationship between IPV and psychological well-being, with a particular focus on two outcomes: depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. It also examines whether housing conditions amplify or mitigate individuals' psychological responses to IPV. Data were drawn from the 2008 to 2022 Korea Welfare Panel Study (n = 14,350 married individuals). We employed an individual fixed-effects model to examine the relationship between IPV and psychological well-being. Housing physical conditions, housing tenure, and housing cost burden were evaluated as potential moderators. IPV is strongly associated with increased depressive symptoms and decreased life satisfaction. The impact of IPV on depressive symptoms is particularly pronounced among IPV survivors who live in inadequate housing conditions, rent their homes, and experience a housing cost burden. However, we did not find evidence that housing physical conditions or housing tenure moderate the association between IPV and life satisfaction; only housing cost burden showed a moderating effect. Our findings demonstrate that IPV significantly decreases psychological well-being among individuals facing housing-related challenges. These results underscore the importance of interventions that address both IPV and housing instability to improve mental health outcomes, highlighting the critical role of stable, safe, and affordable housing for survivors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Understanding the experiences of parents in public housing is crucial for supporting their well-being and their children's development. However, prior research on high-poverty neighborhoods, including public housing communities, has given limited attention to parents' experiences and perceptions and predominantly focused on neighborhood deficits rather than strengths. This qualitative study drew on in-depth interviews with 29 parents from a single public housing community in the United States. We used reflexive thematic analysis to understand perceptions of neighborhood child-friendliness, including both stressors and assets, and use of parenting strategies. Yosso's Community Cultural Wealth framework was applied to situate parenting strategies from a strengths-based perspective. We found that parents perceived child-unfriendly aspects of the neighborhood, including neighborhood chaos and safety concerns, leading them to use preventive parenting strategies to protect their children from risks. Parents also identified child-friendly aspects of the neighborhood, such as supportive social networks and neighborhood amenities, which prompted their use of promotive parenting strategies to support their children's positive development. Both parenting strategies reflected the activation of multiple domains of Community Cultural Wealth, including familial (valuing broader family and collective knowledge), social (social networks), navigational (skills to navigate external environment), aspirational (aspirations in the face of environmental challenges), and resistant (challenging deficit views and stereotypes) capital (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, n.d.). Our findings offer insights into creating child-friendly environments in high-poverty neighborhoods and designing programs for parents in these communities that leverage their existing strengths. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Coresidential three-generation families are becoming increasingly prevalent, but the contribution of grandparent coresidence stability during early childhood is poorly understood. Informed by the process-person-context-time theory, this study links grandmothers' behavioral health risk and mothers' psychopathology to child psychopathology (i.e., total internalizing and externalizing problems). We hypothesized mediation pathways through maternal psychological and physical aggression and tested grandmother coresidential stability as a moderator. A nationally representative sample of three-generation families was selected from the Future of Families and Child Well-Being Study. Most mothers in the sample were Black or Hispanic, single, young, and living in low-income households. Based on grandmother coresidence stability from Year 3 to Year 5, families were divided into a disrupted (N = 248) and continued (N = 189) group. Multigroup structural equation modeling results showed similar and unique pathways across the groups. Similarly, in both groups, grandmothers' behavioral health risk at Year 3 was related to maternal physical aggression at Year 5, whereas maternal psychopathology at Year 3 was related to maternal psychological aggression at Year 5. Uniquely in the disrupted group, but not in the continued group, evidence was found on the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology: maternal psychopathology at Year 3 had a direct link to children's psychopathology at Year 9, and this was also mediated by psychological aggression at Year 5. These findings demonstrate the heterogeneity of multigenerational families and emphasize developmental implications for risk and resilience. Grandmother coresidential stability appears to have a protective role for young children's socioemotional development in socioeconomically disadvantaged families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and depressive symptoms (DS) are common and often co-occur in adolescents, with insufficient parental autonomy support (PAS) potentially contributing to their development. However, the longitudinal relationship between PAS, IGD, and DS, as well as potential gender differences, remains unclear. Additionally, it is uncertain whether the observed comorbidity between IGD and DS is driven by reciprocal relationships or by common underlying causes. To address this gap, a 1-year longitudinal study with three waves assessed 1,274 Chinese adolescents (M_age = 14.55 years, 57.85% males). Cross-lagged panel and random-intercept cross-lagged panel analyses were employed to disentangle between-person stability from within-person dynamic processes. The results of random-intercept cross-lagged panels showed that at the between-person level, significant correlations were observed between PAS, IGD, and DS in both male and female adolescents. At the within-person level, temporal fluctuations in PAS predicted subsequent changes in both DS and IGD in males, without reciprocal effects. In females, only the change of PAS predicted the development of DS. These findings suggest that the comorbidity of IGD and DS may arise from shared causes and enhancing PAS may effectively reduce DS in both genders while mitigating IGD vulnerability in males. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

The transition to siblinghood represents a period of adjustment for parents and firstborn children, influencing child-parent attachment relationships and children's emotional development. This study examined the longitudinal bidirectional relations between firstborn children's emotion understanding and their attachment security to their mothers and fathers during this transition. Firstborn children (N = 230, 55% girls/45% boys, 86% White, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Latinx, and M_age = 29.75 months) completed the Emotion Understanding in Early Childhood scale, and both mothers and fathers completed the Attachment Q-Set at three time points: prenatal, 4, and 12 months after the birth of an infant sibling. Structural equation modeling revealed that firstborn children's attachment security to mothers was associated with their emotion understanding before the sibling's birth. However, we found no evidence of bidirectional relations between children's emotion understanding and their attachment security to either fathers or mothers over time. These findings suggest that the older siblings' emotion understanding in the year following the birth may be due to other family-level dynamics during the transition besides the security of mother-child and father-child attachment, including early interactions with their baby sibling. Future work would benefit from including early sibling interactions as well as the broader family context when accounting for growth in the older sibling's emotion understanding after the birth of a new sibling. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Although there is robust evidence of bidirectional associations between depressive symptoms and intimate relationship challenges, modifiable mechanisms underlying these associations over time remain unclear. The present study tested three specific modifiable behaviors-constructive communication, received partner support, and time spent in couple activities-potentially linking depression and relationship satisfaction over the course of 4 months among older adults. A national sample of older adults (aged 60+; M_age = 66.01 years) in committed relationships (N = 398) reported their depressive symptoms, relationship satisfaction, and the mechanisms of interest at baseline, 2-month follow-up, and 4-month follow-up in online surveys. Results from path models indicated that constructive communication was the most consistent factor explaining these associations: Worse communication at 2 months explained the association between (a) lower relationship satisfaction at baseline and higher depression at 4 months and (b) higher depression at baseline and lower relationship satisfaction at 4 months. Evidence for the role of received partner support was more limited, and sometimes in directions counter to hypotheses. Less time spent in enjoyable couple activities also emerged as a significant mechanism linking higher depression to lower satisfaction in some models. Together, these findings offer novel insights into some relationship processes that contribute to the cycle of relationship and mental health challenges among older adults and may inform interventions to enhance their relational and individual health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

This study evaluated the effectiveness of SES NXT, a digital, age-adjusted intervention for children and adolescents of divorced parents, in reducing perceived postdivorce conflict. Drawing on family systems theory and the divorce stress adjustment perspective, we examined whether the intervention influenced conflict perceptions among youth and parents. Participants included 294 youths (ages 11-17) and their divorced parents (N = 467 family units) enrolled in a randomized controlled trial comparing the SES NXT intervention to a wait-list control group. The primary outcome was perceived postdivorce conflict, assessed via the Divorce Conflict Scale at baseline (T1), 4 weeks (T2), and 12 weeks (T3) postbaseline. Analyses used generalized estimating equations based on the intention-to-treat principle and adjusted for sociodemographic and mental health covariates. At 12-week follow-up, youth in the intervention group reported significantly lower levels of perceived parental conflict compared to controls, with medium-to-large effect sizes (Cohen's d = 0.67-0.76). Parents in the intervention group also reported significant reductions in postdivorce conflict, with medium-to-large effect sizes (Cohen's d = 0.62-0.81). No significant differences emerged between age versions of the intervention. Dose-response effects were observed for youth at 4 weeks, but not at 12 weeks. Findings suggest that digital, child-centered divorce interventions can reduce postdivorce conflict as perceived by both children and parents. These results support systemic models of change and highlight the potential of scalable, low-cost digital tools in addressing conflict dynamics in postdivorce families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).