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How to Test Your Marital Civility
When marriages and partnerships become stressed or distressed, civility and graciousness are often the first things to disappear, often never to return.read more
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Guy Winch, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Relationships Self-Help Social Life accomplishment acquaintances affection anger annoyance arguments civil civility communication couples curses Emotional First Aid excitement family members fights friends a Source Type: news

"We Can't Call You Daddy If You're Going to Be a Girl"
After changing genders, I worried, "What about my sons? What about the boys?" Then they found a name to call me. read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer F. Boylan Tags: Gender Parenting affinity being a woman boylan children dommy emigration exhaustion fifties finney genders hearts and minds long journey maddy manhood masculinity new generation parenthood passions shoe store size Source Type: news

On Being Safe in an Unsafe World
The whole world is having a collective anxiety attack. Post Newtown, the situation we all find ourselves in is growing more and more difficult, if not impossible, for us to bear. After the shooting, I entered a full-on crisis of faith, and I know I was not alone.read more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Eliezer Sobel Tags: Anxiety Ethics and Morality Media Philosophy Resilience Spirituality 9/11 allah atheism atheists ativan atrocities aurora awareness beliefs benevolent god Carl Jung chaos christian christian denominations clergy c Source Type: news

What to Tell Boys When Role Models Fail
Find out what a parent should do when their child’s heroes break the law, hurt others, make terrible choices, or otherwise disappoint. read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peggy Drexler, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Education Parenting camp counselors dealing with disappointment even boys football star friends and neighbors Heisman trophy lance armstrong last thursday male role models manti math teacher notre dame footbal Source Type: news

Mental Health Providers Could Do More
In recent weeks, access to mental health services has been used as a distraction from gun control. While the lunatic registry is ridiculous, there are significant ways that the mental health field can help improve society and, hopefully, prevent another massacre.Tags: politics, public health, society, violence
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr Misty Hook, PhD Tags: General politics public health society violence Source Type: news

Does Instagram Promote Positive Body Image?
Instagram offers a quiet resistance to the barrage of perfect images that we face each day. Rather than being bombarded with those creations (yes, they are created usually through Photoshop) in popular magazines, television, and web pages that feed our discontent, we can look through our Instagram feed and see images of real people – with beautiful diversity.read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Sarah Gervais, Ph.D. Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Media Social Life actuality barrios blemishes Body image camera lens diversity extreme exercise extreme thinness Facebook hullaballoo Instagram kimes leanness muscularity objectification oppressi Source Type: news

A Head Operation and Congress
You don't need a head operation to know that if you don't do you job you shouldn't get paid.read more
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Arthur Dobrin, D.S.W. Tags: Politics Work anesthesia chisel coffee Congress cow full health head operation head surgeon Kisii medical degrees medical description open wound ordeal parents paychecks playing soccer razorblade sanitary conditions Source Type: news

Negotiation: Body Language, Baselines, and B.S.
Three aspects of nonverbal communication: body language, a person's baseline, and deception can give you an edge during your next negotiation with someone. This ranges from complex multi-million dollar talks to everyday negotiations and everything in between.read more
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeff Thompson Tags: Behavioral Economics Neuroscience Self-Help Work baselines body language communication science contempt critical points deception disgust emotions expressions gestures happiness hwang important information leakage lying Source Type: news

50 Characteristics of Healthy Relationships
If you can say yes to most of these, it's very likely you're in a healthy relationship.read more
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alice Boyes, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships aspirations in life attractiveness best friend bump contempt embarrassing moment experiences favorite books fist healthy relationships little bit parents personality qualities pet names proudest moment relevan Source Type: news

Rethinking Sensitivity
Mary Ainsworth's original definition of parental sensitivity emphasized the appropriateness of a mother's responses to her baby, but some of those original nuances have been lost in more recent research. Mind-mindedness refers to parents' ability to tune in sensitively to what their babies are thinking and feeling, and it appears to be an important factor in development.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr Charles Fernyhough Tags: Child Development Parenting appropriateness attachment babies Caregivers colleagues critical concept cues downside five points global scale impressive achievement mary ainsworth mind-mindedness mother baby narrative descrip Source Type: news

Early sensory over‐responsivity in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders as a predictor of family impairment and parenting stress
Conclusions: An evaluation of SOR should be integrated into the assessment of toddlers with ASD considering their role in family life impairment and stress.
Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: A. Ben‐Sasson, T. W. Soto, F. Martínez‐Pedraza, A. S. Carter Source Type: research

Discovery Of Surprising Connections Between Our Well-Being And Giving, Getting, And Gratitude
We all know that getting a good night's sleep is good for our general health and well-being. But new research is highlighting a more surprising benefit of good sleep: more feelings of gratitude for relationships. "A plethora of research highlights the importance of getting a good night's sleep for physical and psychological well-being, yet in our society, people still seem to take pride in needing, and getting, little sleep," says Amie Gordon of the University of California, Berkeley...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Source Type: news

Mapping Our Online Communications - From Bullying To Relationships
When we typically think of kids who are the victims of school bullying, what comes to mind are isolated youth who do not fit in. A new study, however, shows that when that harassment occurs online, the victims tend to be in mainstream social groups at the school - and they are often friends or former friends, not strangers. The research is part of a burgeoning field of study into the effects of social media on everyday relationships and behavior...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Recognizing Specific Triggers, Like Physical And Sexual Assault, May Decrease Suicide Risk In Military, Enhance Diagnosis, Treatments
According to results of a new study by researchers at the University of Utah, military personnel experience increased risk of suicidal thoughts or actions if they were the victims of physical or violent sexual assault as adults. In contrast, undergraduate students experience increased risk of suicidal thoughts or actions if they were the victims of unwanted sexual experiences as children or adults...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Exposure To Conflict-Of-Interest Policies During Residency Reduces Rate Of Brand Antidepressant Prescriptions
Psychiatrists who are exposed to conflict-of-interest (COI) policies during their residency are less likely to prescribe brand-name antidepressants after graduation than those who trained in residency programs without such policies, according to a new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Authority Figures Deal Better With Mild Rejection
Employees often tiptoe around their bosses for fear of offending them. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows people in power have thicker skin than one might think. A UC Berkeley study has found that people in authority positions - whether at home or in the workplace - are quicker to recover from mild rejection, and will seek out social bonding opportunities even if they've been rebuffed...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Mental Immunity
The disgust response evolved to keep us healthy, but it also makes us prejudiced.
Source: Psychology Today - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: jnussbaum Tags: Social Life Source Type: news

Guns, Boobs, and Facebook Fantasy
In the stormy wake of the slaughter of school children and the conflict over guns, two internet crazes yelp for attention. Let's go ashore for a closer look.read more
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Kirby Farrell, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Law and Crime Media Sex advertising competition conspiracy theories crowd behavior entertainment gun control impulsiveness insurgency mating behavior racism rage self-display social fads social media sports ps Source Type: news

Googling Under the Influence
I liken it to a few years ago, when VHS took the furtive XXX-rated moviegoer out of his raincoat and his dark sunglasses, pulled him away from the overweight woman working the ticket booth, and replaced him with the local soccer mom cuddling up to the VCR with Orville Redenbacher in one hand, and Ron Jeremy in the other.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Dr. Mark Borigini, M.D. Tags: Addiction Health Law and Crime Self-Help annals of internal medicine behavioral scientists conducting a survey controlled drugs drug enforcement agency drugs without a prescription emergency department visits high speed internet il Source Type: news

The physical and psychological impact of using a computer-based environmental control system: a case study.
Conclusions: Computer-based assistive technology (AT) points to qualitative benefits for this individual, encouraging further research with larger samples. Various factors facilitated Subvenio use and the benefits derived from it, including device factors and personal characteristics (e.g. pain). Healthcare and service providers should communicate with AT/environmental control system users about these factors before and during provision to maximise benefits and limit AT abandonment. Implications for Rehabilitation One implication from this study is that AT development should focus on the factors influencing successful A...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology. - January 22, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Squires LA, Rush F, Hopkinson A, Val M Tags: Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol Source Type: research

Relationships Among Neurocognition, Symptoms, and Functioning in Treatment-Resistant Depression.
Abstract Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) refers to a condition where individuals with major depressive disorder have inadequate or no response to treatment. Although functional disability is a prominent and costly feature of treatment resistance, very little is known about the factors that contribute to and maintain functional impairment in TRD. This is the first study to report the neurocognitive profile of TRD and the relationships among neurocognition, symptoms, and functioning in this syndrome. Results indicated that patients with TRD (N = 33) exhibit mildly reduced performance across all neurocognitive do...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gupta M, Holshausen K, Best MW, Jokic R, Milev R, Bernard T, Gou L, Bowie CR Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: research

Determinants of famous name processing speed: Age of acquisition versus semantic connectedness.
Abstract The age of acquisition (AoA) and the amount of biographical information known about celebrities have been independently shown to influence the processing of famous people. In this experiment, we investigated the facilitative contribution of both factors to famous name processing. Twenty-four mature adults participated in a familiarity judgement task, in which the names of famous people were grouped orthogonally by AoA and by the number of bits of biographical information known about them (number of facts known; NoFK). Age of acquisition was found to have a significant effect on both reaction time (RT) and ...
Source: Acta Psychologica - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Smith-Spark JH, Moore V, Valentine T Tags: Acta Psychol (Amst) Source Type: research

I can't stop looking at them: Interactive effects of body mass index and weight dissatisfaction on attention towards body shape photographs.
Abstract Although attentional biases toward body-related information contribute to the etiology and maintenance of body dissatisfaction (BD) and eating disorders (EDs), attentional disengagement in women with BD and EDs is not clear. The present study investigated the association between weight dissatisfaction and attentional disengagement from body-related pictures and the possible moderating effect of body mass index (BMI) on this relation. Two hundred and four undergraduate women engaged in an experiment using a pictorial spatial cueing paradigm including fat/thin bodies and neutral household photos. Partial cor...
Source: Body Image - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gao X, Li X, Yang X, Wang Y, Jackson T, Chen H Tags: Body Image Source Type: research

Gender Specific Effect of Psychological Stress and Cortisol Reactivity on Adolescent Risk Taking.
Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate how psychological stress, gender and cortisol response to stress relate to risk behavior among 132 14-18 year old adolescents. Participants completed a laboratory based risk task prior to and immediately after a computerized psychological stress task, and salivary cortisol was collected from pre-stress to 60 min following initial stress exposure. Results indicate that adolescent boys (n = 59) and girls (n = 73) demonstrate different patterns of risk taking (RT) in response to stress, such that boys evidenced an increase in RT following stress exposure, wh...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Daughters SB, Gorka SM, Matusiewicz A, Anderson K Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Sensitivity of the BASC-2 Adaptive Skills Composite in Detecting Adaptive Impairment in a Clinically Referred Sample of Children and Adolescents.
This study examined the sensitivity of the parent version of the BASC-2 Adaptive Skills Composite (ASC) in identifying children with impairments on a more comprehensive measure of adaptive functioning, the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System (ABAS-II). Participants were referred for neuropsychological assessment (N = 1884, M age = 10.96 years, SD = 3.50, 65% male). The ASC, rather than individual BASC-2 adaptive scales, showed the strongest correlations with the ABAS-II General Adaptive Composite (GAC) and domains. Receiver operating characteristic analysis showed that the BASC-2 ASC discriminated children with impaired ad...
Source: The Clinical Neuropsychologist - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Papazoglou A, Jacobson LA, Zabel TA Tags: Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: research

Large-scale brain networks in affective and social neuroscience: towards an integrative functional architecture of the brain.
Abstract Understanding how a human brain creates a human mind ultimately depends on mapping psychological categories and concepts to physical measurements of neural response. Although it has long been assumed that emotional, social, and cognitive phenomena are realized in the operations of separate brain regions or brain networks, we demonstrate that it is possible to understand the body of neuroimaging evidence using a framework that relies on domain general, distributed structure-function mappings. We review current research in affective and social neuroscience and argue that the emerging science of large-scale i...
Source: Current Opinion in Neurobiology - January 22, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Barrett LF, Satpute AB Tags: Curr Opin Neurobiol Source Type: research

Gender Disparities in Quality of Life and Psychological Disturbance in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators.
Conclusions: Women reported poorer QOL on 2 subscales: role physical functioning and bodily pain. There was a significant relationship between gender and depression, worry about ICD, and PTSD, but not for anxiety. Female patients need more psychological interventions following ICD implantation. PMID: 23337265 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Circulation Journal - January 22, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Rahmawati A, Chishaki A, Sawatari H, Tsuchihashi-Makaya M, Ohtsuka Y, Nakai M, Miyazono M, Hashiguchi N, Sakurada H, Takemoto M, Mukai Y, Inoue S, Sunagawa K, Chishaki H Tags: Circ J Source Type: research

Organ donation intentions and behaviors: application and extension of the theory of planned behavior
Abstract Organ donation intentions and behaviors were investigated using a traditional and extended theory of planned behavior (TPB). In study 1, attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control were associated with intentions to engage in donation behaviors in a student sample (all p ≤ .02), and intentions significantly predicted behavior 2 months later (p < .001). Study 2 utilized a community sample of Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim individuals. Measures of affect and religious attitudes were added to the traditional TPB, increasing the variance in intentions accounted for by the model, F(7, 181)�...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Courtney A. Rocheleau Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Sometimes it's easier to forgive my transgressor than your transgressor: effects of subjective temporal distance on forgiveness for harm to self or close other
Abstract The present research extended previous work on the third‐party (un)forgiveness effect—the tendency to be more forgiving for transgressions committed against the self than a close other—by testing how subjective temporal distance of first‐ and third‐party transgressions might influence the forgiveness process. Participants recalled a time in which they or a close other was harmed by another person, and was then made to feel either distant from or close to the transgression. As predicted, third‐party (un)forgiveness was observed when transgressions felt distant, but not when transgressions felt recent. I...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Irene Cheung, James M. Olson Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Mental simulation and sexual prejudice reduction: the debiasing role of counterfactual thinking
Abstract Reducing prejudice is a critical research agenda, and never before has counterfactual priming been evaluated as a potential prejudice‐reduction strategy. In the present experiment, participants were randomly assigned to imagine a pleasant interaction with a homosexual man and then think counterfactually about how an incident of sexual discrimination against him might not have occurred (experimental condition) or to imagine a nature scene (control condition). Results demonstrated a significant reduction in sexual prejudice from baseline levels in the counterfactual simulation group. Importantly, whereas intergrou...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Audrey K. Miller, Keith D. Markman, Maverick M. Wagner, Amy N. Hunt Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

How immigrant adolescents' self‐views in school and family context relate to academic success in Germany
We examined how the ways in which immigrant adolescents integrate these self‐views in relation to academic success in German schools. Students describe themselves at school and when with family. Using a standardized literacy performance test, analyses revealed that immigrants whose school‐related self‐view did not include Germany were less successful: Students who described their self as including both aspects of their ethnic group and Germany, and students who saw themselves predominantly as German, outperformed students with purely ethnic school‐related selves. As expected, though, an ethnic family‐related self...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bettina Hannover, Carolyn C. Morf, Janine Neuhaus, Melanie Rau, Christine Wolfgramm, Lysann Zander‐Musić Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Right‐wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation differentially predict biased evaluations of media reports
This study tested the dual‐process motivational (DPM) model, which posits that right‐wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) differentially predict attitudes toward socially threatening or subordinate groups, respectively. Participants read articles on same‐sex relationships and affirmative action and evaluated the article content and the biases of the article authors. The article conclusions (i.e., pro‐ or anti‐same‐sex relationships and affirmative action) were varied between subjects. As expected, only RWA predicted evaluations of the same‐sex relationships articles and authors, ...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jarret T. Crawford, Lee Jussim, Thomas R. Cain, Florette Cohen Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Action versus inaction: anticipated affect in the theory of planned behavior
Abstract Theory of planned behavior (TPB) variables and anticipated affect were assessed in relation to drinking and avoiding alcohol and in relation to eating and avoiding fast food. It was shown that previously reported residual effects of anticipated affect in the prediction of intentions are obtained only when the TPB variables are assessed with respect to one behavior (action or inaction) and anticipated affect is measured in relation to the alternative behavior. When all variables were assessed with respect to the same behavior, anticipated affect made no independent contribution to the prediction of intentions, nor ...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Icek Ajzen, Sana Sheikh Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Associations between assertiveness, psychological well‐being, and self‐esteem in adolescents
This study explored the associations between adolescents’ assertive behavior, psychological well‐being, and self‐esteem. The sample consisted of 1,023 students (14.9 ± .51; 47.6% boys). Two dimensions of the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior (distress and performance), 2 factors of the General Health Questionnaire‐12 (depression/anxiety and social dysfunction), and 2 factors of the Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale (positive self‐esteem and negative self‐esteem) were used; data were analyzed using hierarchical linear regression. It was found that (a) the more anxious respondents felt in assertive situations, th...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Maria Sarkova, Maria Bacikova‐Sleskova, Olga Orosova, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Zuzana Katreniakova, Daniel Klein, Wim Heuvel, Jitse P. Dijk Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Selective exposure among advisors: the impact of impression motivation
Abstract Audience confirmation bias (ACB) refers to the extent to which people prefer information supporting (vs. conflicting with) their audience's views. In two studies, we showed that advisors shifted their ACB toward the needs of their advisees (i.e., audience): When advisors were led to believe that their advisees wanted to defend their views, the ACB was higher compared with when advisees were open minded for critique. Study 2 indicated that this pattern occurred because advisors wanted to have a pleasant interaction with their advisees (impression motivation): Whereas impression‐motivated advisors exhibited a stro...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Andreas Kastenmüller, Eva Jonas, Peter Fischer, Dieter Frey, Julia Fischer Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

I'm free but I'll comply with your request: generalization and multidimensional effects of the “evoking freedom” technique
Abstract The “evoking freedom” technique is a verbal compliance procedure that solicits someone to comply with a request by simply telling them they are free to accept or to refuse the request. The measure of the efficiency of this technique on compliance with large samples and the evaluation of its influence on various requests was tested in the first set of experiments. This technique was found to be efficient in increasing the number of people who agreed to give money to a requester, the number of smokers who agreed to give a cigarette, passersby who agreed to respond to a survey, and homeowners who agreed to buy pa...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nicolas Guéguen, Robert‐Vincent Joule, Séverine Halimi‐Falkowicz, Alexandre Pascual, Jacques Fischer‐Lokou, Maya Dufourcq‐Brana Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Subliminal priming of winning images prompts increased betting in slot machine play
Abstract In 2 experiments (n = 327), participants played a computerized slot machine game. Some participants had the jackpot symbols repeatedly flashed for 30 ms during preliminary play. Exposure to the subliminal jackpot prime led to more betting and confidence on a final spin. In Experiment 2, this effect only occurred for those who placed their bets immediately following exposure to the primes. Betting and confidence returned to baseline levels if participants were forced to wait for 5 minutes before betting. This finding supports a category priming explanation rather than a goal activation explanation for the effec...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bryan Gibson, Katherine Zielaskowski Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Using the Multicultural Family Support Centers and Adjustment Among Interethnic and Interracial Families in South Korea
The present study proposes a model of using the Multicultural Family Support Centers and adjustment among foreign brides and their interethnicand interracial families in South Korea based on the narratives of 10 foreign brides married to Korean men and 11 service providers who directly interact with these women and their families. The results illustrate how programs offered through Multicultural Family Support Centers serve as a bridge for these families to pass through mistrust and conflict to reach a point of intimacy and unity as a family. Recommendations for the Multicultural Family Support Centers are made.
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Grace H. Chung, Joan P. Yoo Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Ethnic Variations in Factors Contributing to the Life Satisfaction of Migrant Wives in South Korea
Using data from the 2009 National Survey on Multicultural Families, we examined the factors associated with the level of life satisfaction among migrant wives in South Korea. Separate analyses were conducted for the four major ethnic and national groups of migrant wives in Korea: Chosun‐jok (Korean Chinese), Han Chinese, Vietnamese, and Filipinas. Overall, migrant wives' life satisfaction was significantly associated with health, Korean proficiency, relationship satisfaction with the husband, family material hardship, and family social status change regardless of ethnicity or nationality. Age, education, years in the cur...
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Miai Sung, Meejung Chin, Jaerim Lee, Soyoung Lee Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Mixed Resilience: A Study of Multiethnic Mexican American Stress and Coping in Arizona
Guided by an integrated framework of resilience, this in‐depth qualitative study examined the major stressors persons of multiethnic Mexican American heritage encountered in their social environments related to their mixed identity and the resilience enhancing processes they employed to cope with these stressors. Life‐story event narratives were transcribed and inductively coded using the constant comparative method. Collectively, the 24 multiethnic Mexican American participants endorsed external supports, interpersonal protective processes, and internal protective processes to navigate stressors associated with monora...
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kelly F. Jackson, Thera Wolven, Kimberly Aguilera Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Intimate Partner Violence in Interracial and Monoracial Couples
This study, using a nationally representative sample, investigated intimate partner violence (IPV) in interracial and monoracial relationships. Regression analyses indicated that interracial couples demonstrated a higher level of mutual IPV than monoracial White couples but a level similar to monoracial Black couples. There were significant gender differences in IPV, with women reporting lower levels of victimization than men. Regarding relationship status, cohabiting couples demonstrated the highest levels of IPV, and dating couples reported the lowest levels. Regarding interactions among couple racial composition, relati...
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brittny A. Martin, Ming Cui, Koji Ueno, Frank D. Fincham Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Microaggressions Within Families: Experiences of Multiracial People
This study illustrates the types of multiracial microaggressions, or subtle forms of discrimination toward multiracial people, that transpire in family settings. Utilizing a Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) Method and a Qualitative Secondary Analysis (QSA), multiracial participants (N = 9) were interviewed in three focus groups to describe the types of microaggressions they encounter in their families. Five domains emerged including (a) isolation within the family, (b) favoritism within the family, (c) questioning of authenticity, (d) denial of multiracial identity and experiences by monoracial family members, and (e)...
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kevin L. Nadal, Julie Sriken, Kristin C. Davidoff, Yinglee Wong, Kathryn McLean Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Multiracial Children and Poverty: Evidence From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of Kindergartners
Despite the recent growth in multiracial children among American children, we know very little about their well‐being. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class (N = 17,706), we evaluated the likelihood of living in poverty and near poverty for multiracial and monoracial children. Most multiracial groups have poverty or near poverty rates that are in between Whites and their respective minority monoracial counterparts, with Asian‐Whites reporting a risk of poverty equivalent to Whites and Black‐Hispanics reporting risks as high as Black and Hispanic children. Family structure and educationa...
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jenifer Bratter, Rachel Tolbert Kimbro Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

The Importance of Family, Race, and Gender for Multiracial Adolescent Well‐being
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this study investigates patterns of well‐being among multiracial adolescents. Specifically, this article addresses three questions. First, using various categorizations for multiracial background, are there measurable differences in emotional and social well‐being among White, minority, and multiracial adolescents? Second, do multiracial adolescents with a White mother tend to fare differently than those with a minority mother? Third, does variation in family‐based social capital—including parental involvement, parent‐child relatio...
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sarah Schlabach Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Racial Socialization of Biracial Youth: Maternal Messages and Approaches to Address Discrimination
We explored how mothers of biracial youth prepare their children to navigate diverse racial ecologies and experiences of racism and discrimination. A qualitative thematic analysis was used to identify racial socialization messages mothers used and emergent racial socialization approaches. Mothers of biracial youth engaged in the full range of racial socialization discussed in the literature, including cultural, minority, self‐development, egalitarian, and silent racial socialization. These messages varied by the biracial heritage of the youth, such that mothers of biracial youth with Black heritage were more likely to pr...
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alethea Rollins, Andrea G. Hunter Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Parenting, Family Processes, Relationships, and Parental Support in Multiracial and Multiethnic Families: An Exploratory Study of Youth Perceptions
Mixed‐race or multiethnic youth are at risk for mental and physical health problems. We used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 to compare family characteristics of adolescents of a mixed‐race or multiethnic background with those of a monoracial or monoethnic background. Mixed‐race or multiethnic youth reported feeling less supported by parents and reported less satisfactory parent‐adolescent relationships. Mixed‐race/multiethnic youth were more like monoracial White youth in terms of being independent but were more like racial or ethnic minorities (African Americans, Hispanics) in regard to ...
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elma I. Lorenzo‐Blanco, Cristina B. Bares, Jorge Delva Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

“All Colors and Hues”: An Autoethnography of a Multiethnic Family's Strategies for Bilingualism and Multiculturalism
This two‐year autoethnographic action research study explores the processes a multiethnic/multiracial family uses to maintain their children's heritage language of Spanish and the family's multiculturalism. Data sources (including interviews and participant observations in the home and the dual‐language school) specifically focus on the eldest child, Nelia, from her kindergarten and first‐grade years where she attended a public dual‐language program. The findings illuminate the integral link between the family's ideology toward valuing bilingualism and the necessity of school support.
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kimberley D. Kennedy, Harriett D. Romo Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

An Application of Ecological Theory to Ethnic Identity Formation Among Biethnic Adolescents
This article provides a review of theoretical and empirical work on ethnic identity among monoethnic adolescents, and, guided by the cultural ecological framework, an ecological framework of biethnic identity development is proposed.
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Melinda A. Gonzales‐Backen Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Racial Identity, Phenotype, and Self‐Esteem Among Biracial Polynesian/White Individuals
This study examined racial identity, self‐esteem, and phenotype among biracial Polynesian/White adults. Eighty‐four Polynesian/White persons completed the Biracial Identity Attitude Scale, the Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Inventory, and a Polynesian phenotype scale. Profile analyses showed participants identified more with their Polynesian parent. A mediation analysis revealed that phenotype did not mediate the relationship between biracial identity and self‐esteem.
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: G. E. Kawika Allen, Patton O. Garriott, Carla J. Reyes, Catherine Hsieh Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Racial Socialization in Transracial Adoptive Families: Does It Help Adolescents Deal With Discrimination Stress?
This study examines the extent to which racial socialization by White adoptive parents moderates the link between discrimination and stress for their minority adolescents. A study of 59 parent‐child dyads indicated that while not having an independent effect, racial socialization did moderate the link between experiences of discrimination and perceived stressfulness. For those adolescents experiencing high levels of discrimination, racial socialization did serve a protective function.
Source: Family Relations - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leigh A. Leslie, Jocelyn R. Smith, Katie M. Hrapczynski, Debbie Riley Tags: Original Article Source Type: research