FAMILY RELATIONS

Partner and social support in childbearing and rearing in a Gulf Coast Native American community
Liddell JL and Hicks EC
This study sought to understand the roles of partners in pregnancy, childbirth, and childrearing in Indigenous communities. It explores supportive and unsupportive attitudes in the relationships mothers experienced, and how these relationships affected their lives.
Juvenile probation staff perceptions of engaging families in substance use services
Piper KN, Pankow J and Wood JD
Study objectives were to (a) understand juvenile justice staff members' experiences with engaging families in youth substance use services and (b) identify staff-perceived barriers to family engagement across steps of substance use service provision.
Mothers' recollections of parenting by their own mothers and fathers and maternal and infant outcomes
Huffhines L, Bailes LG, Coe JL, Leerkes EM and Parade SH
Using a family network approach, we examined patterns of remembered parental rearing by both parents and associations with maternal and infant outcomes.
Association between maternal closeness with parents and mother-toddler relationship quality
MacNeill LA, Zvara BJ and Anderson SE
Understanding how positive parenting is conveyed across generations informs early childhood policy.
A qualitative analysis of adolescent motherhood within the broader family context in Peru
Levey EJ, Rodriguez AEM, Chang AR, Rondon MB, Sanchez MLJ, Harrison AM, Gelaye B and Becker AE
The purpose of this study was to characterize the impact of adolescent pregnancy on families and describe the needs of adolescent mothers and their infants in order to assess the need for intervention and identify potential intervention targets.
Mothers' work conditions, income, and parenting of young children
Sattler KMP, Prickett KC and Crosnoe R
In this study, we investigated the interplay of positive work conditions with parenting behaviors across children's first 4 years.
Acceptability and feasibility of an intervention for Alaska Native and American Indian couples
Avey JP, Wark K, Andrews P, Donadio J, Bradbury T and Outten B
This acceptability and feasibility study assessed a previously tested movie discussion intervention culturally adapted for a tribal health setting.
"Take care of your families, take care of one another": Indigenist families and foodways
McKinley CE
The purpose of this research was to examine how families and foodways have evolved over time and how they may present promising promotive factors for resilience, health, and wellness.
Patterns of indulgent parenting and adolescents' psychological development
Cui M, Jiao C and Darling CA
This study aimed to extend the current literature by examining the patterns of indulgent parenting of both mothers and fathers and their associations with adolescents' basic psychological needs satisfaction, self-control, and self-efficacy.
The acculturation gap of parent-child relationships in immigrant families: A national study
Harris KM and Chen P
We examined the acculturation processes involving intergenerational consonance and dissonance in parent-child relationships in U.S. immigrant families.
Examining mechanisms linking economic insecurity to interparental conflict among couples with low income
Lee JY, Lee SJ, Volling BL and Grogan-Kaylor AC
The current study used the family stress model to test the mechanisms by which economic insecurity contributes to mothers' and fathers' mental health and couples' relationship functioning.
The Day-in-the-Life method for assessing infant caregiving in rural Pakistan
O'Donnell KJ, Gallis JA, Turner EL, Hagaman AK, Scherer E, Sikander S and Maselko J
This manuscript describes the Day-in-the-Life (DIL) method for assessing child caregiving activities, its implementation, and findings regarding family members' roles and associations with maternal depression symptoms.
Emerging Ideas. A ripple effect: Does I-sharing with a stranger promote compromise in cohabiting couples?
Gehman RM, Pinel EC, Johnson LC and Grover KW
Living together harmoniously requires compromise. Research on the psychological factors that promote compromise frequently focuses on individual differences and interpersonal environment. The current research takes a different approach by asking what role I-sharing (i.e., the feeling that others share the same in-the-moment, subjective experience as oneself) plays in the success of a cohabiting couple's compromise efforts.
Translating Discovery Science. Fostering relationships: Service provider perspectives on community building among veteran families
Monk JK, Ruhlmann L, Goff BSN, Ogan M and Miller MB
We sought to identify the social process through which communal support can be established among veteran couples and families.
Family reunification after fathers are released from prison: Perspectives on children's adjustment
Muentner L and Charles P
This qualitative study examined adult perspectives on the adjustments children face through the process of paternal incarceration and eventual release.
Hope for Latino immigrant youth: A longitudinal test of Snyder's Children's Hope Scale
Lin H, Cox RB, Sahbaz S, Isaac JW, Larzelere RE and Greder KA
To examine the psychometric properties of Snyder's Children's Hope Scale (CHS) with first- and second-generation Latino immigrant youth, using item response theory, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and measurement invariance tests.
PROMIS Pediatric Psychological Stress Measure: Validity for immigrant Latino youth
Sahbaz S, Cox RB, Lin H, Washburn IJ and Greder KA
This study assesses the psychometric properties of the four- and eight-item versions of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pediatric Psychological Stress Measure (PPSM) for use with Latino immigrant adolescents.
Validation of the Family Fear of Deportation Scale for youth
Cox RB, Lin H, Cartagena MJL, Greder KA, Larzelere RE, Washburn IJ and Sahbaz S
This study reports on the psychometric properties of a new instrument to assess family fear of deportation in two versions (binary and polytomous response options).
Who carries the baby? How lesbian couples in the Netherlands choose birth motherhood
Geerts A and Evertsson M
The purpose of the study is to contribute to an understanding of the cultural and normative meaning of birth motherhood and how lesbian couples decide who carries the child.
Family processes and structure: Longitudinal influences on adolescent disruptive and internalizing behaviors
Savell SM, Saini R, Ramos M, Wilson MN, Lemery-Chalfant K and Shaw DS
The present study revisits the assumption in American culture, based in "family privilege," that children fare better in two-parent households by longitudinally examining associations between family structure, process, and adolescent behavior.
Juvenile justice-involved Haitian families' experiences of structural racism and socioethnic discrimination
Cela T, Demezier D, Waldman R, Clement R, Dembo R, Jean-Gilles M, Hogue A, Arcayos A, Santisteban D and Marcelin LH
This article examines how Haitian families with youth interfacing with the juvenile justice system cope with structural racism and socioethnic discrimination (RSD).