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What Patterns of Postpartum Psychological Distress Are Associated with Maternal Concerns about Their Children's Emotional and Behavioural Problems at the Age of Three Years?
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Benzies, Karen; Mychasiuk, Richelle; Tough, Suzanne – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Mothers experiencing psychological distress in the postpartum period may have difficulties parenting their children. Inconsistent and unresponsive parenting may increase the risk of later emotional and behavioural problems in children. The purpose of this study was to identify how maternal psychological characteristics cluster at eight weeks…
Descriptors: Mothers, Depression (Psychology), Child Rearing, Psychological Patterns
Differential Parenting and Children's Behavioral Problems: Curvilinear Associations and Mother-Father Combined Effects
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Meunier, Jean Christophe; Bisceglia, Rossana; Jenkins, Jennifer M. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
In this study the associations between mothers' and fathers' differential parenting and children's oppositional and emotional problems were examined. A curvilinear relationship between differential parenting and children's outcomes was hypothesized, as well as the combined effect of mothers' and fathers' parenting. Data came from a community…
Descriptors: Children, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems
Defining Crisis in Families of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Weiss, Jonathan A.; Wingsiong, Aranda; Lunsky, Yona – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder often report higher levels of depression, anxiety, and mental health-related issues. The combination of stressors and family adjustment difficulties can cause distress which may develop into a crisis. Understanding crisis in the family is important to mental health practice since it can…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Family Environment, Family Life
Emotion-Related Parenting Styles (ERPS): A Short Form for Measuring Parental Meta-Emotion Philosophy
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Paterson, Ashley D.; Babb, Kimberley A.; Camodeca, Amy; Goodwin, Jacqueline; Hakim-Larson, Julie; Voelker, Sylvia; Gragg, Marcia – Early Education and Development, 2012
Research Findings: Parents' meta-emotion philosophy guides their approach to teaching their children about emotions (J. M. Gottman, L. F. Katz, & C. Hooven, 1997) and is measured with the Emotion-Related Parenting Styles Self-Test-Likert (Gottman et al., 1997, modified by J. Hakim-Larson, A. Parker, C. Lee, J. Goodwin, & S. Voelker, 2006).…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Developmental Disabilities, Child Rearing, Psychometrics
Early Adolescent Attachment to Parents, Emotional Problems, and Teacher-Academic Worries about the Middle School Transition
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Duchesne, Stephane; Ratelle, Catherine F.; Poitras, Sarah-Caroline; Drouin, Evelyne – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2009
This study examines how attachment to mother and father predicts worries about academic demands and relationships with teachers generated by the transition from elementary to middle school through its contribution to adolescents' emotional problems (depression and anxiety). The study sample includes 626 young adolescents (289 boys and 337 girls)…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Middle Schools, Mothers, Structural Equation Models