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Do You See What I See? Parent and Child Reports of Parental Monitoring of Media
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Gentile, Douglas A.; Nathanson, Amy I.; Rasmussen, Eric E.; Reimer, Rachel A.; Walsh, David A. – Family Relations, 2012
Research on parental monitoring of children's media use suggests parents can reduce the negative effects of media exposure on children, although this research is rarely conducted with elementary school children and leaves open questions about whether parents or children are better reporters. Participants were 1,323 children, their parents, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Media Research, Marital Status, Violence
Beliefs about Child Support Modification Following Remarriage and Subsequent Childbirth
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Hans, Jason D. – Family Relations, 2009
Framed by equity theory, fairness beliefs regarding child support modification to account for the financial impact of remarriage and subsequent childbirth were assessed. Based on a random sample of 407 Kentucky residents using a multiple segment factorial vignette approach, modification was supported by 57% of respondents following remarriage, but…
Descriptors: Marriage, Parent Child Relationship, Birth, Financial Support
Maternal Conjugal Multiplicity and Child Development in Rural Jamaica
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Dreher, Melanie; Hudgins, Rebekah – Family Relations, 2010
Using field-based observations and standardized measures of the home environment and child development, the authors followed 59 rural Jamaican women and their offspring from birth to age 5. The findings suggest that conjugal multiplicity, a female reproductive pattern characterized by multiple unions, maternal unmarried status, and absent father,…
Descriptors: Siblings, Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Fathers
Changes in Nonresident Father-Child Contact from 1976 to 2002
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Amato, Paul R.; Meyers, Catherine E.; Emery, Robert E. – Family Relations, 2009
To study changes in nonresident father contact since the 1970s, we pooled data from 4 national surveys: the National Survey of Children (1976), the National Survey of Families and Households (1987 - 1988), the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1996), and the National Survey of America's Families (2002). On the basis of mothers' reports,…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Children, Fathers, Parent Child Relationship
Mothers of Children with Developmental Disabilities: Who Shares the Burden?
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Marcenko, Maureen O.; Meyers, Judith C. – Family Relations, 1991
Examined the informal social support systems of 89 mothers of children with severe developmental disabilities. Mothers were shown to take on most of the day-to-day responsibility for the care of their children with handicaps, and analysis by marital status showed few differences in the help received. (LLL)
Descriptors: Children, Developmental Disabilities, Marital Status, Mothers
Maternal Employment and Perceived Stress: Their Impact on Children's Adjustment and Mother-Child Interaction in Young Divorced and Married Families.
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Pett, Marjorie A.; And Others – Family Relations, 1994
Examined impact of maternal employment, marital status, and perceived maternal stress on children's adjustment and mother-preschool child interaction in 104 married and 99 divorced families. Results indicated that maternal employment had little impact on these variables. Maternal stress, in form of divorce and daily maternal hassles, demonstrated…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Divorce, Employed Parents