Relationship, marriage, and parenthood aspirations among sexual and gender minority youth assigned female at birth.
This study examined aspirations for future long-term committed relationships, marriage, and parenthood in a sample of 392 racially diverse sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth assigned female at birth (AFAB) aged 16–20. Differences by gender identity, sexual identity, and race/ethnicity were assessed, as were associations with contextual variables including minority stressors, SGM community involvement, perceived partner availability, and relationship experiences. Results showed that the majority of SGM-AFAB youth viewed long-term committed relationships as important and likely, whereas only about half of participants ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - April 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Maternal and paternal attachment in high-risk adolescents: Unique and interactive associations with anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Anxiety and depressive symptoms are common, comorbid, and consequential for adolescents. Attachment theory suggests that styles of relationships with parents, developed from patterns of interactions over time, contribute to risk for these internalizing symptoms. This may be especially relevant for high-risk, clinically severe adolescents. However, most research focuses primarily on attachment relationships to mothers. Some theoretical perspectives also suggest that attachment to other caregivers (such as fathers) may not only be uniquely important for understanding internalizing symptoms but may also interact with maternal...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - April 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Individual differences in symptoms of maternal depression and associations with parenting behavior.
Links between global levels of maternal depressive symptoms and parenting behavior in early childhood are well established. However, depression is a heterogeneous disorder and little is known about how individual differences in depression symptoms may be differentially associated with different types of parenting behavior. We aimed to uncover nuance in the relationship between depression and parenting behavior by examining individual differences in symptoms of maternal depression and associations with parenting behavior with 2- and 3-year-old children. Participants included 714 diverse, low-income mothers and their 2-year-...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - April 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Mothers’ and grandmothers’ caregiving for young children in Chile: Roles and responsibilities.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 36(8), Dec 2022, 1285-1295; doi:10.1037/fam0000984Chile has the highest rates of grandparent caregiving of young children among Western countries. However, there is limited information on (a) how mothers and grandmothers share caregiving responsibilities, (b) if mother’s care for children differs across different types of grandmother support, and (c) the perceived roles that grandmothers have as caregivers. Through a mixed-methods approach, we seek to explore the areas mentioned above. Using a nationally representative survey (N = 4,288), we compare the frequency with which mothers parti...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - April 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Resilience in mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This study provides evidence for parent, child, and family-level factors related to parental resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Journal of Family Psychology)
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - March 28, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Familism values and Mexican-origin adolescents’ disclosure and secrecy with fathers and mothers.
Discussion focuses on how cultural values such as familism may promote resilience among Mexican-origin adolescents by bolstering parent–child relationships. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Journal of Family Psychology)
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - March 24, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Positive exchanges buffer negative exchanges: Associations with marital satisfaction among U.S. mixed-sex couples.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 36(7), Oct 2022, 1050-1060; doi:10.1037/fam0000963Perceived positive and negative exchanges in relationships contribute to marital satisfaction in qualitatively distinct manners. However, the nature of these associations is unclear with some studies demonstrating curvilinear relationships and some literature suggesting interaction effects of positive and negative exchanges on marital satisfaction. Extant work has not compared curvilinear and interactive models to address this discrepancy. The present study clarifies these associations by comparing multiple models. Based on cross-sectional ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - March 24, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Positive exchanges buffer negative exchanges: Associations with marital satisfaction among U.S. mixed-sex couples.
Perceived positive and negative exchanges in relationships contribute to marital satisfaction in qualitatively distinct manners. However, the nature of these associations is unclear with some studies demonstrating curvilinear relationships and some literature suggesting interaction effects of positive and negative exchanges on marital satisfaction. Extant work has not compared curvilinear and interactive models to address this discrepancy. The present study clarifies these associations by comparing multiple models. Based on cross-sectional data from 886 mixed-sex married couples from across the U.S., we found that marital ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - March 24, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Impact of gender-affirming care bans on transgender and gender diverse youth: Parental figures’ perspective.
This study aimed to explore parental figures’ perceptions of how bans on gender affirming care affect their TGD child and parental figures’ advice for legislators/policymakers regarding the impact of these laws and bills on the well-being of TGD youth. Responses to an online survey with 134 self-identified parental figures of TGD youth were analyzed. Thematic analysis revealed five themes regarding the impact that these antitransgender laws and bills have on TGD youth, including (a) depression and suicidal ideation/risk of suicide, (b) anxiety, (c) increased gender dysphoria, (d) decreased safety and increased stigma, ...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - March 24, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

"Self-report measures of coercive process in couple and parent–child dyads": Correction.
Reports an error in "Self-report measures of coercive process in couple and parent–child dyads" by Danielle M. Mitnick, Michael F. Lorber, Amy M. Smith Slep, Richard E. Heyman, Shu Xu, Lisanne J. Bulling, Sara R. Nichols and J. Mark Eddy (Journal of Family Psychology, 2021[Apr], Vol 35[3], 388-398). In the original article, the full acknowledgment of funding was missing in the author note and should have read “This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science of Behavior Change Common Fund Program and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research through an award administered by th...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - March 24, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

"High sensitivity and specificity screening for clinically significant intimate partner violence": Correction.
This article aims to develop and test the first screeners for clinically significant physical and psychological IPV (i.e., acts meeting criteria in the International Classification of Diseases (11th ed.; ICD-11; World Health Organization, 2019) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM–5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The goal was to derive screeners that (1) are maximally brief, while still achieving high sensitivity and specificity; (2) assess perpetration and victimization when either men or women are reporting; and (3) use ICD-11/DSM–5 criteria as the reference standard....
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - March 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Positive family relationships across 30 years: Predicting adult health and happiness.
Journal of Family Psychology, Vol 36(7), Oct 2022, 1216-1228; doi:10.1037/fam0000983In this prospective study, we examined the link between positive family relationships during childhood and adolescence and health and happiness three decades later in middle adulthood. We also investigated the stability of positive family relationships into adulthood as one possible pathway underlying this long-term association. Data were from the Fullerton Longitudinal Study (FLS) an ongoing investigation in the United States initiated in 1979 when children were aged 1 year with the most recent data collected in 2017. A cross-informant met...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - March 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Positive family relationships across 30 years: Predicting adult health and happiness.
In this prospective study, we examined the link between positive family relationships during childhood and adolescence and health and happiness three decades later in middle adulthood. We also investigated the stability of positive family relationships into adulthood as one possible pathway underlying this long-term association. Data were from the Fullerton Longitudinal Study (FLS) an ongoing investigation in the United States initiated in 1979 when children were aged 1 year with the most recent data collected in 2017. A cross-informant methodology was employed in which mothers and children independently completed the Posi...
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - March 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research