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Same-sex marriage legislation and implementation: Marital intention and barriers for marriage actualization among same-sex couples in Asia 同性婚姻立法与实施：亚洲同性伴侣的婚姻意向与婚姻实现的障碍

IF 2.7 1区社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Marriage and Family

Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1111/jomf.13095

Eliz Miu Yin Wong

Objective

This paper explores the power and limits of same-sex marriage legislation by examining the rationales behind same-sex couples' marital intentions and barriers to actualization in Asian societies.

Background

Marriage equality is seen as a milestone for lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and plus (LGBQ+) rights. However, beyond its symbolic importance, how does this policy affect LGBQ+ people's lives?

Method

A mixed-method comparative study, with 647 survey responses and 70 interviews, was conducted with LGBQ+ people in committed same-sex relationships who live in Taipei (the first in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage) and Hong Kong (without the policy).

Results

Legal protection is one of the pivotal reasons behind same-sex couples' marital intentions. However, the policy implementation might jeopardize their privacy and expose them to discrimination. The increase in visibility associated with Taiwan's documentation systems and public debates make LGBQ+ people feel as though they were “living under the spotlight,” invoking unwanted and unfriendly attention from strangers and co-workers. Paradoxically, despite the lack of legal protection, LGBQ+ people in Hong Kong could “live in the shadows” to avoid negative consequences amidst unfriendly environments.

Conclusion

Same-sex marriage legalization can be a double-edged sword; it provides legal protection while bringing challenges for same-sex couples. This study contributes to the literature on LGBQ+ rights after marriage equality and sexual citizenship beyond the Global North.

Implications

Documentation systems in Taiwan that reveal one's marital status and sexual orientation demonstrate the need for privacy considerations and address the unique situation of LGBQ+ people when implementing same-sex marriage.

目的探讨同性婚姻立法的权力和限制，考察亚洲社会中同性伴侣婚姻意向背后的基本原理和实现的障碍。婚姻平等被视为女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、酷儿和同性恋者（LGBQ+）权利的里程碑。然而，除了它的象征意义之外，这项政策是如何影响LGBQ+人群的生活的？方法采用混合方法比较研究，对生活在台北（亚洲第一个同性婚姻合法化城市）和香港（未实行同性婚姻合法化城市）的LGBQ+人群进行647份问卷调查和70次访谈。结果法律保护是同性伴侣婚姻意向背后的关键原因之一。然而，政策的实施可能会危及他们的隐私，使他们受到歧视。与台湾的文件系统和公共辩论相关的曝光率的提高，让LGBQ+人群觉得他们好像“生活在聚光灯下”，引发了陌生人和同事不必要和不友好的关注。矛盾的是，尽管缺乏法律保护，香港的LGBQ+人群可以“生活在阴影中”，以避免在不友好的环境中产生负面影响。结论同性婚姻合法化是一把双刃剑；它为同性伴侣提供了法律保护，同时也带来了挑战。本研究对全球北方以外的LGBQ+在婚姻平等和性公民之后的权利研究有一定的贡献。台湾的婚姻状况和性取向文件制度体现了对隐私考虑的需要，并解决了LGBQ+人群在实施同性婚姻时的独特处境。

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Maternal sleep, coparenting quality, and parenting across the first 2 years postpartum 母亲的睡眠，育儿质量，以及产后头两年的育儿

IF 2.7 1区社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Marriage and Family

Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1111/jomf.13094

Liu Bai, Brian Crosby, Douglas M. Teti

Objective

This study examined the between- and within-person associations between maternal sleep patterns and parenting quality across the first 2 years postpartum, with a particular interest in the moderating role of coparenting quality.

Background

Parents are at high risk for poor sleep health during the postpartum period. However, little is known about the influences of parental sleep on parenting and whether the sleep-parenting linkage is qualified by family factors, such as coparenting relationships.

Method

The sample included 152 families with healthy, full-term infants. At 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months postpartum, maternal sleep was assessed via actigraphy, maternal parenting was observed during infant bedtime, and coparenting relationships were reported by mothers.

Results

Multilevel modeling revealed that low maternal variability in sleep duration and high perceived coparenting were each predictive of high parenting quality at the between-person level. Poorer sleep quality (i.e., longer wake after sleep onset, higher fragmentation) was predictive of lower parenting at the between-person level, only in mothers with lower coparenting perceptions than others. The combination of earlier sleep onset time and higher coparenting perceptions was predictive of higher parenting at both the within- and between-person levels.

Conclusion

The findings indicated that parenting may benefit the most when both the maternal sleep–wake system and coparenting system provide support and might be most compromised when both systems produce stress.

目的本研究考察了产后头两年母亲睡眠模式和育儿质量之间的人际关系，并对育儿质量的调节作用特别感兴趣。背景：父母在产后睡眠健康状况不佳的风险很高。然而，关于父母睡眠对养育子女的影响，以及睡眠与养育子女的联系是否受到家庭因素（如父母关系）的限制，我们知之甚少。方法对152个健康足月儿家庭进行调查。在产后1、3、6、9、12、18和24个月，通过活动记录仪评估母亲的睡眠，在婴儿就寝时间观察母亲的育儿行为，并由母亲报告父母之间的关系。结果多水平模型显示，母亲睡眠时间的低变异性和高感知的亲子关系都预示着亲子关系的高质量。较差的睡眠质量（即，睡眠开始后醒来时间较长，碎片化程度较高）预示着人与人之间的育儿水平较低，只有在父母育儿观念较低的母亲中才会如此。更早的睡眠时间和更高的父母教养观念的结合预示着在人与人之间和人与人之间都有更高的父母教养水平。结论研究结果表明，当母亲的睡眠-觉醒系统和父母的系统都提供支持时，育儿可能受益最大，当两个系统都产生压力时，育儿可能受到最大的损害。

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Paternity leave-taking and early childhood development: A longitudinal analysis in Singapore 陪产假与儿童早期发展：新加坡的纵向分析

IF 3.4 1区社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Marriage and Family

Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1111/jomf.13100

Nanxun Li, Wei-Jun Jean Yeung

Objective

This study investigates the longitudinal association between paternity leave-taking and multiple domains of young children's developmental outcomes and identifies the underlying mediating mechanisms through fathers' involvement, father–child closeness, and family dynamics.

Background

Some Asian societies have recently initiated parental or paternity leave policies to encourage fathers' participation in childcare and raise fertility rates. However, little is known about whether and how this policy influences early childhood development in a mid-to-long-term period from preschool to early primary school years.

Methods

Using two waves of data from the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS), we conduct structural equation modeling to examine both the direct and indirect effects of paternity leave-taking on children's academic and behavioral outcomes when they are 3–8 years old. Propensity score matching is adopted in sensitivity analyses, presenting that the effect of paternity leave is not due to selection.

Results

Taking 2 weeks or more of paternity leave is associated with fathers' increased involvement in childcare activities, strengthened father–child closeness, and enhanced family dynamics. Taking paternity leave has both direct and indirect effects on promoting children's academic achievements, whereas much of its impact on reducing children's behavior problems is through an indirect effect of improving family dynamics.

Conclusion

Relatively short paternity leave (2 weeks) could have cumulative effects on children's development from early to middle childhood, mainly through cohesive father–child and parental relationships. The study findings have policy implications for enhancing work–family reconciliation and promoting gender equality in society, especially in the Asian context.

目的探讨亲子陪产假与幼儿多领域发展结果的纵向关系，并通过父亲参与、亲子亲密度和家庭动态来确定其潜在的中介机制。一些亚洲社会最近开始实施育儿或陪产假政策，以鼓励父亲参与育儿并提高生育率。然而，关于这项政策是否以及如何影响幼儿从学龄前到小学早期的中长期发展，人们知之甚少。方法利用新加坡纵向早期发展研究（SG-LEADS）的两波数据，我们采用结构方程模型来检验陪产假对3-8岁儿童学业和行为结果的直接和间接影响。在敏感性分析中采用倾向得分匹配，表明陪产假的影响并非来自于选择。结果休2周及以上陪产假与父亲参与育儿活动增加、亲子亲密度增强、家庭动力增强有关。休陪产假对提高孩子的学业成绩有直接和间接的影响，而它对减少孩子的行为问题的影响很大程度上是通过改善家庭动态的间接影响。结论相对较短的陪产假（2周）对幼儿早期至中期的发育具有累积效应，主要通过亲子关系和父母关系的凝聚力来实现。研究结果对促进工作家庭和谐和促进社会性别平等具有政策意义，特别是在亚洲背景下。

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Preschools, family social capital, and child development in Cambodia 柬埔寨的学前教育、家庭社会资本与儿童发展

IF 3.4 1区社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Marriage and Family

Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1111/jomf.13102

Sothy Eng, Kelly Grace

Objectives

This study examined how preschool participation facilitates family social capital and children's development in Cambodia.

Background

In many developing Asian nations, limited preschool access poses challenges to child development. Drawing on Coleman's social capital theory, this study examines how Cambodia's informal preschools facilitate family social capital and support child development.

Method

Data were collected from 756 parents/caregivers aged 16–77 (M = 40) of 3–5-year-olds across 41 preschools. Dependent variables included cognitive, social–emotional, and health outcomes, while independent variables included parental involvement, gender role attitudes, fatalistic beliefs, social networks, and family violence, conceptualized as family social capital. Data analyses were conducted using hierarchical linear regressions, with family social capital tested as a mediator.

Results

Results showed that children in state and community-based preschools achieved higher cognitive, social–emotional, and health scores than those without preschool access. Parents of preschoolers exhibited lower adherence to traditional gender roles, higher parental involvement, larger social networks, lower fatalistic beliefs, and lower abusive behaviors. Family social capital partially mediated the relationships between preschool participation and developmental outcomes, with the mediating effects being particularly pronounced in informal preschool settings (community- and home-based programs) for social–emotional development.

Conclusion

Family social capital enhances child development, especially in informal preschools, bridging educational gaps and creating environments that promote cognitive, social–emotional, and health outcomes in children.

Implications

Interventions aimed at building family social capital—such as parenting workshops, social support networks, and community engagement initiatives—could serve as effective strategies to further support child development.

本研究考察了柬埔寨学前教育参与如何促进家庭社会资本和儿童发展。在许多亚洲发展中国家，有限的学前教育机会对儿童的发展构成了挑战。借鉴科尔曼的社会资本理论，本研究考察了柬埔寨非正规幼儿园如何促进家庭社会资本和支持儿童发展。方法对41所幼儿园3 - 5岁儿童756名16-77岁家长/照顾者（M = 40）进行调查。因变量包括认知、社会情感和健康结果，而自变量包括父母参与、性别角色态度、宿命论信仰、社会网络和家庭暴力，这些被概念化为家庭社会资本。数据分析采用层次线性回归，以家庭社会资本为中介。结果州立和社区学前教育儿童的认知、社会情感和健康得分高于没有学前教育的儿童。学龄前儿童的父母表现出较低的对传统性别角色的坚持，较高的父母参与，较大的社会网络，较低的宿命论信仰和较低的虐待行为。家庭社会资本部分地中介了学前教育参与与发展结果之间的关系，在非正式的学前教育环境（社区和家庭为基础的项目）中，对社会情感发展的中介作用尤为明显。结论：家庭社会资本促进儿童发展，特别是在非正规幼儿园，弥合教育差距，创造促进儿童认知、社会情感和健康结果的环境。旨在建立家庭社会资本的干预措施，如育儿讲习班、社会支持网络和社区参与倡议，可以作为进一步支持儿童发展的有效战略。

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Parental burnout and mental health across COVID-19 parenting circumstances: A person-centered approach COVID-19育儿环境中的父母倦怠和心理健康：以人为本的方法

IF 2.7 1区社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Marriage and Family

Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1111/jomf.13093

Margaret L. Kerr, Inés Botto, Erika Gonzalez, Sydney Aronson

Objective

This study adopted a person-centered approach to exploring whether parental burnout, mental health, and their associations varied across different combinations of parenting circumstances (e.g., children's ages, employment, childcare).

Background

Parental burnout is linked to parents' mental health, but only weakly linked with demographic characteristics, such as age or number of children. However, most research has examined single characteristics in isolation, overlooking how combined characteristics influence parents' balance of parenting risks and resources. The COVID-19 pandemic provided a novel context for understanding links between parenting circumstances, mental health, and parental burnout.

Method

We collected two waves of data in 2020 from 522 parents with a child 12 years or younger. Parents self-reported their demographic characteristics (e.g., family structure, childcare, employment), mental health, and parental burnout symptoms.

Results

Latent class analysis generated five classes that varied primarily across child age and parents' work status. Furloughed parents with young children had the highest burnout and mental health symptoms at both waves. For remote workers with young children and in-person workers with multi-aged children, T1 mental health predicted T2 parental burnout. For stay-at-home parents and remote workers with older children, T1 parental burnout predicted T2 mental health.

Conclusion

Our results suggested that parental burnout, more than mental health, varied based on groups of parenting circumstances, and links between parental burnout and mental health may be context dependent.

目的本研究采用以人为本的方法，探讨父母职业倦怠、心理健康及其相关性在不同养育环境（如儿童年龄、就业、育儿）组合中的差异。父母的职业倦怠与父母的心理健康有关，但与人口统计学特征（如年龄或子女数量）的关系很弱。然而，大多数研究都是孤立地考察了单一的特征，忽视了综合特征如何影响父母在养育风险和资源方面的平衡。COVID-19大流行为理解养育环境、心理健康和父母倦怠之间的联系提供了一个新的背景。方法我们在2020年收集了两波数据，来自522名有12岁及以下孩子的父母。父母自我报告他们的人口统计学特征（如家庭结构、儿童保育、就业）、心理健康和父母倦怠症状。结果潜类分析产生了5个类别，主要在儿童年龄和父母工作状态上存在差异。在两次休假中，带着年幼孩子的父母的倦怠和心理健康症状都最高。对于有年幼子女的远程工作者和有多岁子女的现场工作者，T1心理健康预测T2父母倦怠。对于全职父母和有较大孩子的远程工作者，T1父母倦怠预测T2心理健康。结论父母职业倦怠比心理健康更受不同教养环境的影响，父母职业倦怠与心理健康之间的联系可能与环境有关。

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Gone too long or back too soon? Perceptions of paid parental leave-taking and variations by gender and family structure 去得太久还是回来得太早？对带薪育儿假的看法以及性别和家庭结构的差异

IF 3.4 1区社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Marriage and Family

Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1111/jomf.13101

Richard J. Petts, Reilly Kincaid, Trenton D. Mize, Gayle Kaufman

Objective

This study examines perceptions of paid leave-taking itself and variations in these perceptions by parent gender, sexual orientation, and marital status.

Background

Previous research largely focuses on the consequences associated with leave-taking, particularly highlighting workplace penalties associated with leave-taking. There has also been limited attention to workers with diverse family forms. We seek to better understand the culture surrounding paid parental leave in the U.S. by focusing on evaluations of leave-taking itself and whether such evaluations may reduce or exacerbate inequalities by gender, sexual orientation, and marital status.

Method

We use data on 2964 U.S. respondents from a survey experiment in which employer-offered paid parental leave-taking, parent gender, sexual orientation, and marital status were randomly assigned. We use OLS models to assess perceptions of paid leave-taking and the causal effects of parent gender, sexual orientation, and marital status on these perceptions.

Results

We find that respondents view 11 weeks of paid parental leave as the right amount of leave, on average. We also find variations in perceptions of leave-taking by parent gender, sexual orientation, and marital status; mothers with husbands and single parents are viewed more favorably for taking longer leaves than fathers with wives, mothers with wives, and fathers with husbands.

Conclusion

There is increasing support for paid leave within the U.S., but support for parents' leave-taking largely reflects gendered stereotypes and may reinforce broader patterns of gender inequality.

目的本研究考察了父母性别、性取向和婚姻状况对带薪休假本身的看法以及这些看法的变化。之前的研究主要集中在与请假相关的后果上，特别强调了与请假相关的工作场所处罚。对拥有不同家庭形式的工人的关注也很有限。我们试图通过关注休假本身的评估，以及这种评估是否会减少或加剧性别、性取向和婚姻状况的不平等，来更好地理解美国带薪育儿假的文化。方法我们使用2964名美国受访者的调查实验数据，其中雇主提供带薪育儿假，父母性别，性取向和婚姻状况随机分配。我们使用OLS模型来评估带薪休假的观念以及父母性别、性取向和婚姻状况对这些观念的因果影响。结果我们发现，受访者平均认为11周的带薪育儿假是合适的假期。我们还发现，父母性别、性取向和婚姻状况对休假的看法存在差异；相比有妻子的父亲、有妻子的母亲和有丈夫的父亲，有丈夫的母亲和有丈夫的父亲，有丈夫的母亲和有丈夫的父亲，有丈夫的母亲更受欢迎。在美国，对带薪休假的支持越来越多，但对父母休假的支持在很大程度上反映了性别刻板印象，并可能强化更广泛的性别不平等模式。

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Tracking types of non-parents in the United States 追踪美国非父母的类型

IF 2.7 1区社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Marriage and Family

Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1111/jomf.13097

Jennifer Watling Neal, Zachary P. Neal

Background

Efforts to document different types of non-parents have distinguished those who are voluntarily childless, involuntarily childless, and temporarily childless. However, an expanded approach is needed to incorporate the role of non-biological children and to classify individuals who do not want children despite infecundity or who are undecided about wanting children.

Objective

This study operationalizes the Attitudes, Behavior, and Circumstances (ABC) framework for application to the US National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) data and examines demographics and trends in types of non-parents that differ in their attitudes and circumstances surrounding having children.

Methods

Using data collected in each wave of the NSFG since 2002, this study classifies non-parents into six types: childfree, biologically childless, socially childless, not yet parents, ambivalent, and undecided. It then presents weighted estimates of the prevalence and demographic composition of each type.

Results

The NSFG contains sufficient information to classify 99.38% of all respondents, with not yet parents consistently ranked as the most common type and childfree individuals consistently ranked as the second most common type. From 2002 to 2022–2023, there is evidence of a decline in the prevalence of not yet parents and an increase in the prevalence of childfree, undecided, and ambivalent individuals.

Conclusion

Using the ABC framework to operationalize types of non-parents in the NSFG can complement existing approaches to classifying non-parents.

背景努力记录不同类型的无父母者区分了那些自愿无子女、非自愿无子女和临时无子女的人。但是，需要采取一种扩大的办法，以纳入非亲生子女的作用，并对尽管不孕但不想要子女或尚未决定是否要子女的个人进行分类。本研究将态度、行为和环境（ABC）框架应用于美国国家家庭成长调查（NSFG）数据，并研究了不同类型的非父母的人口统计数据和趋势，这些非父母在生育孩子的态度和环境方面存在差异。方法利用自2002年以来NSFG每一波收集的数据，将非父母分为六种类型：无子女、生理上无子女、社会上无子女、尚未成为父母、矛盾和未定。然后对每种类型的患病率和人口构成进行加权估计。结果NSFG包含了足够的信息来对99.38%的受访者进行分类，其中没有父母的人一直被列为最常见的类型，没有孩子的人一直被列为第二常见的类型。从2002年到2022-2023年，有证据表明尚未父母的患病率下降，而无子女、未决定和矛盾个体的患病率上升。结论运用ABC框架对NSFG中的非父母类型进行操作，可以补充现有的非父母分类方法。

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Latent profiles of Koreans' attitudes toward alternatives to traditional marital formation 韩国人对替代传统婚姻形式的态度的潜在特征

IF 2.7 1区社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Marriage and Family

Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1111/jomf.13098

Jaerim Lee, Jane Park, Seohee Son

Objective

Despite conceptual differences between alternatives to traditional marital formation and alternatives within traditional marriage, exclusive empirical attention to the former has been restricted. We aimed to identify the latent profiles of attitudes toward alternatives to traditional marital formation among South Koreans, including voluntary singlehood, same-sex marriage (SSM), nonmarital sex, nonmarital births, cohabitation, and domestic partnership and to examine the demographic factors that predict profile membership.

Background

Traditionally, getting married was a required life event in Korea that must occur within a different-sex partner relationship prior to intercourse, childbirth, and living together. However, alternative partnerships and non-partnerships have become visible due to attitude changes. In this context, attitudes toward alternatives to traditional marital formation may vary among Koreans.

Method

We conducted latent profile analysis using a sample of 1584 Koreans aged 20–64 years from the 2023 Seoul Family Survey.

Results

We identified four profiles: centrists who oppose SSM (38.0%), conservatives (27.3%), centrists across all alternatives (20.9%), and progressives (13.8%). Centrists who oppose SSM were relatively positive toward voluntary singlehood, nonmarital sex, and cohabitation; neutral toward nonmarital births and domestic partnerships; and negative toward SSM. Conservatives had relatively traditional attitudes with notable opposition to SSM. Centrists across all alternatives were neutral toward all the alternatives including SSM. Finally, progressives were the most positive toward all alternatives with the lowest score for nonmarital births. Gender, age, marital status, education, and having a religion predicted profile membership.

Conclusion

The findings show variation in attitudes toward partnerships beyond traditional marriage in an East Asian context.

尽管传统婚姻形成的替代方案和传统婚姻中的替代方案在概念上存在差异，但对前者的专门经验关注受到限制。我们的目的是确定韩国人对传统婚姻形式的替代态度的潜在概况，包括自愿单身、同性婚姻（SSM）、非婚性行为、非婚生育、同居和家庭伙伴关系，并检查预测概况成员的人口统计学因素。传统上，在韩国，结婚是必须发生的生活事件，必须在性交、生育和同居之前在不同性别的伴侣关系中发生。然而，由于态度的改变，其他合作伙伴和非合作伙伴关系已经可见。在这种情况下，韩国人对替代传统婚姻形式的态度可能会有所不同。方法对2023年首尔家庭调查中1584名年龄在20-64岁的韩国人进行潜在剖面分析。结果我们确定了四种情况：反对SSM的中间派（38.0%），保守派（27.3%），所有替代方案的中间派（20.9%）和进步派（13.8%）。反对SSM的中间派对自愿单身、非婚性行为和同居持相对积极的态度；对非婚生育和同居关系持中立态度；对SSM是消极的。保守派持相对传统的态度，明显反对SSM。所有替代方案中的中间派对包括SSM在内的所有替代方案均持中立态度。最后，进步派对所有选择最积极，非婚生育得分最低。性别、年龄、婚姻状况、教育程度和是否有宗教信仰都可以预测档案成员的身份。研究结果表明，东亚人对传统婚姻之外的伙伴关系的态度存在差异。

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“I don't try to seek him out”: Views of child support over time “我没有试图去找他”：随着时间的推移对子女抚养费的看法。

IF 3.4 1区社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Marriage and Family

Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1111/jomf.13099

Grace Landrum-Hall, Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Maretta Darnell McDonald

Objective

This study examines how mothers with limited incomes think about the relationship between child support, making ends meet, and co-parenting relationships early in children's lives.

Background

Research has documented how formal and informal child support can be important resources for custodial parents and their children. Whether and how child support arrangements are made can be complicated by relationship dissolution, parental repartnering, and co-parents' relationship quality. Prior studies suggest relationship dynamics shape the financial support that noncustodial parents provide to custodial parents. We examine how custodial parents balance relationships and finances in their approaches to pursuing formal and informal child support.

Method

We used inductive and deductive coding methods to analyze interviews completed with 58 mothers approximately every year over the first 4 years of their children's lives. Mothers were part of the Baby's First Years study, a U.S.-based randomized controlled trial assessing the impacts of additional income on child development.

Results

Mothers' decision-making around child support and family relationships were interconnected and dynamic across children's early years. Mothers' interest in and willingness to make financial demands of fathers was complicated by their relational goals of maintaining or limiting fathers' contact with their families.

Conclusion

Child support policy exclusively focuses on financial resource provision, but custodial mothers do not.

Implications

Policymakers and scholars should consider the ways in which child support policies may not align with custodial parents' relational goals.

目的：本研究考察了收入有限的母亲在孩子早期生活中如何看待子女抚养、维持生计和共同抚养关系之间的关系。背景：研究证明了正式和非正式的子女抚养费如何成为监护权父母及其子女的重要资源。是否以及如何安排子女抚养费可能会因关系破裂、父母重新合作以及共同父母的关系质量而变得复杂。先前的研究表明，关系动态塑造了非监护权父母向监护权父母提供的经济支持。我们研究监护父母如何平衡关系和财务在他们的方法，以追求正式和非正式的儿童支持。方法：采用归纳和演绎编码的方法，对58位母亲的访谈进行分析，这些母亲大约每年对她们的孩子进行4年的访谈。母亲们是婴儿第一年研究的一部分，这是一项基于美国的随机对照试验，评估额外收入对儿童发展的影响。结果：母亲对子女抚养和家庭关系的决策在儿童早期是相互联系和动态的。母亲对父亲提出经济要求的兴趣和意愿由于维持或限制父亲与家人联系的关系目标而变得复杂。结论：子女抚养政策只关注经济资源的提供，而不是监护权母亲。启示：政策制定者和学者应该考虑儿童抚养政策可能与监护父母的关系目标不一致的方式。

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Exploring African American marital strengths during COVID-19 探索COVID-19期间非裔美国人的婚姻优势

IF 2.7 1区社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Marriage and Family

Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1111/jomf.13096

Lori Nixon Bethea

Objective

This qualitative study set out to explore the phenomenological experiences of eight African American married couples during COVID-19 and identified strengths that were used to manage marital challenges.

Background

African American marital relationships have been historically stereotyped as dysfunctional. Past literature has taken a deficit perspective toward these relationships. During the COVID-19 pandemic, African Americans experienced hardships at disproportionate rates, and marital strengths and resiliency were also tested.

Methods

Through snowball sampling, eight African American couples were recruited to participate in this study. Couples were interviewed on Zoom using unstructured interview questions.

Results

Using descriptive phenomenological analysis, four essential themes were identified among the couples. These themes were the following: Intentional time brought us closer together, positive communication solves problems, a shared vision keeps us focused on our goals, and faith is our strength.

Conclusion

The research findings gained from this study can provide insight to marriage and family professionals working with this population by increasing their insight and awareness about the marital strengths and resiliency utilized by African Americans during the pandemic.

本定性研究旨在探讨八对非洲裔美国已婚夫妇在2019冠状病毒病期间的现象学经历，并确定用于应对婚姻挑战的优势。非洲裔美国人的婚姻关系历来被认为是不正常的。过去的文献对这些关系采取了不足的观点。在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，非裔美国人以不成比例的比例经历了苦难，婚姻的力量和韧性也受到了考验。方法采用滚雪球抽样的方法，招募8对非裔美国夫妇参与本研究。Zoom使用非结构化访谈问题对夫妇进行了访谈。结果通过描述现象学分析，确定了夫妻之间的四个基本主题。这些主题是：有意识的时间让我们走得更近，积极的沟通解决问题，共同的愿景让我们专注于我们的目标，信念是我们的力量。从本研究中获得的研究结果可以通过提高他们对非裔美国人在大流行期间利用的婚姻优势和弹性的洞察力和认识，为与这一人群一起工作的婚姻和家庭专业人员提供见解。

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