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Priego-Ojeda M, Rusu PP. Emotion regulation, parental stress and family functioning: Families of children with disabilities vs normative families. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2023; 139:104548. [PMID: 37320995 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 05/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Childhood disability is a major challenge for families. The aim of the present study was to explore differences between families of children with disabilities and normative families, analyzing the association of emotion dysregulation with relationship satisfaction, through parental stress and interparental conflict, using supportive dyadic coping by oneself (SDCO) as a moderator. For a sample of 445 Romanian parents, results showed higher levels of parental stress and interparental conflict and lower relationship satisfaction in families of children with disabilities compared to normative families, as well as a direct relationship between parental stress and relationship satisfaction and a stronger direct effect for SDCO with relationship satisfaction. For normative families, SDCO moderated the relationship between emotion dysregulation and parental stress, and for families of children with disabilities SDCO interacted on the link between emotion dysregulation and relationship satisfaction. Only families of children with disabilities presented indirect effects between emotion dysregulation and relationship satisfaction through parental stress, moderated by SDCO. These effects increased in impact as the use of SDCO was higher. Conditional indirect effects by SDCO were also found for the link between emotion dysregulation and relationship satisfaction through interparental conflict for both families, with this effect being higher in families of children with disabilities. These findings highlight the need to implement specific programs that can adjust to the needs of these families, strengthening parents' emotional competencies, as well as stress and conflict management abilities.
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- Maria Priego-Ojeda
- Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Social Work, University of Lleida, Spain.
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- Department of Educational Sciences, University "Stefan cel Mare" of Suceava, Suceava, Romania
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Liu M, Li L, Xiao Y, Wang X, Ye B, Wang X, Geng F. The psychological mechanism underlying neuroticism on divorce proneness: The chain mediating roles of negative partner support and couple burnout and the moderating role of economic level. J Affect Disord 2023; 327:279-284. [PMID: 36720406 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.01.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have found that neuroticism is a significant predictor of divorce proneness. However, how neuroticism affects divorce proneness remains unclear. Based on the vulnerability-stress-adaptation (VSA) model of marriage, this study aimed to explore the psychological mechanism by which neuroticism affects divorce proneness. METHODS A total of 752 Chinese heterosexual married individuals were surveyed by the Neurotic Subscale of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory, the Negative Subscale of the Dyadic Coping Inventory, the Couple Burnout Measure, the Divorce Proneness Scale, and the Personal Monthly Income Survey. RESULTS (1) Negative partner support and couple burnout played chain mediating roles in the relationship between neuroticism and divorce proneness, which constructed a chain mediating model. (2) Economic level played a moderating role in the relationship between couple burnout and divorce proneness, which was the latter part of the chain mediating model. CONCLUSIONS Divorce proneness can be decreased by perfecting personality traits, reducing negative partner support and couple burnout, and improving the economic level.
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- Mingfan Liu
- Center of Mental Health Education and Research, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China; Department of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China.
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- Department of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
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- SILC Business School, Shanghai University, Shanghai 201899, China
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- Department of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China.
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- Center of Mental Health Education and Research, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China; Department of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
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- Center of Mental Health Education and Research, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China; Department of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
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- Center of Mental Health Education and Research, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China; Department of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
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Kanth DB, Indumathy J. Psychometric properties of the interpersonal emotion regulation questionnaire among couples in India. INTERPERSONA: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 2022. [DOI: 10.5964/ijpr.6675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The aim of the present study was to translate the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ) into the Tamil language and examine its psychometric properties in the Indian cultural context. Data were collected from a dyadic sample of 340 married heterosexual couples (N = 680) currently residing in India. The mean age of husbands was 39.57 (SD = 6.10; 26 ≥ range ≤ 58), and the wives’ was 35.33 (SD = 5.72; 23 ≥ range ≤ 54). Descriptive results indicated that husbands and wives reported similar levels of interpersonal emotion regulation. Confirmatory factor analysis showed a 20-item model with four factors—enhancing positive affect, perspective-taking, soothing and social modeling, similar to the original version, fits the data well. Furthermore, the multiple-group analysis indicated robust measurement invariance across gender (husbands vs. wives), family type (joint vs. nuclear) and marriage type (arranged vs. love), indicating that the Tamil version of the IERQ operates similarly across these groups. Besides, the Tamil version of the IERQ showed good convergent and discriminant validity with measures of dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction. Implications for research and couples therapy in the Indian cultural context are discussed.
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Wang Z, Li C, Ai K. Family Economic Strain and Adolescent Aggression during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Roles of Interparental Conflict and Parent-Child Conflict. APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE 2022; 17:2369-2385. [PMID: 35154505 PMCID: PMC8821868 DOI: 10.1007/s11482-022-10042-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Although the link from family economic strain to adolescent aggression has frequently been hypothesized, the results are mixed. Both interparental conflict and parent-child conflict are considered to be potential mediators of this link. However, the empirical evidence supporting this proposition is lacking. The present study investigated the direct effect of family economic strain on adolescent aggression as well as indirect effects through interparental conflict and parent-child conflict. Based on multi-informant data from 971 families with a child in middle and high schools in Y City, in Shanxi Province, structural equation modeling is conducted to examine the proposed theoretical model. Findings show that family economic strain has no significant direct impact on adolescent aggression. Interparental conflict and parent-child conflict mediate the link between family economic strain and adolescent aggression simultaneously and sequentially. This study expands current literature and deepens our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the relationship between family economic strain and adolescent aggression. Implications for policies and interventions to reduce the risk of adolescent aggression are discussed.
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- Zhiyou Wang
- Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Faculty of History, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Downes N, Geoffray MM, Isnard P, Lemonnier E, Orêve MJ, Cappe E. Dyadic coping and coparenting among couples after their child's recent autism diagnosis. AUTISM : THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2021; 26:121-134. [PMID: 34098749 DOI: 10.1177/13623613211020916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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LAY ABSTRACT We investigated how couples support each other after their child's autism diagnosis and whether this affects the way they work together to raise their child. We recruited 70 couples raising a child on the autism spectrum. Both partners were asked to complete the same questionnaires measuring how they perceived the experience of having a child on the autism spectrum, how they used their relationship to support each other during stressful situations, how competent they felt completing their parenting tasks, and the coparenting relationship to explore how they worked together as a team when parenting their child. Parents participated in the study 1-36 months after their child's autism diagnosis. We used statistical techniques that allowed us to see the impact mothers and fathers had on each other. Overall, parents who felt more competent and supported by their partner worked better as a team to raise their child on the spectrum. Fathers invested in the coparenting relationship more when mothers felt more supported by fathers. Mothers invested in the coparenting relationship more when fathers felt more competent parenting their child. Further research is needed to better understand how we can support couples as their child gets older.
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- Naomi Downes
- Université de Paris, LPPS, F-92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry, Le Vinatier Hospital, 95 Boulevard Pinel, 69678 Bron CEDEX, France.,Health Services and Performance Research (HESPER), Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbane CEDEX, France
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- APHP, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Service de psychopathologie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, Paris, France.,Le Moulin Vert, PDAP la Boussole, Paris, France.,INSERM, CESP, « Team DevPsy », Villejuif, France
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- Centre de Ressources Autisme du Limousin, CHU de Limoges, 2 Avenue Dupuytren, 87000 Limoges, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, CESP, Equipe DevPsy, 78000, Versailles, France.,Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles
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- Université de Paris, LPPS, F-92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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Ren H, Ding Y, Hu H, Gao T, Qin Z, Hu Y, Cao R, Liang L, Li C, Mei S. Relationships among economic stress, social support, age and quality of life in patients with chronic wounds: A moderated mediation model. J Adv Nurs 2020. [PMID: 32400891 DOI: 10.1111/jan.14413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Revised: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS The aims of this study were as follows: (a) to determine if social support mediates the relationship between economic stress and quality of life; and (b) to explore whether participants' ages would moderate the indirect relationship between economic stress and quality of life through social support. DESIGN A questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study. METHODS From January 2015-June 2016, a total of 300 patients with chronic wounds were recruited from three hospitals. Data regarding economic stress, social support and quality of life were collected through survey questionnaires. The moderated mediation analysis was examined using the Hayes' PROCESS macro modelling tool, based on the bias-corrected bootstrapping method. RESULTS Economic stress was negatively correlated with quality of life and social support. The indirect effect of economic stress on quality of life through social support was negative. Furthermore, age moderated the relationship between economic stress and quality of life, as well as the relationship between economic stress and social support. CONCLUSION Reducing economic stress and improving social support are important strategies for improving quality of life in patients with chronic wounds, especially for younger patients. IMPACT Patients with chronic wounds experience considerable economic stress and severely impaired quality of life; however, little is known about the inner mechanisms of this relationship. This study emphasized the importance of providing social support in coping with the damage that economic stress causes to health. Clinical nurses should strengthen the comprehensive assessment of the socioeconomic status of patients and adjust nursing plans timely, to reduce the economic burden of patients based on the rational use of wound care materials. Moreover, when nursing for patients with chronic wounds, especially the elders, caregivers should strengthen the evaluation of social support and develop interventions to improve social support.
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- Hui Ren
- School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China.,The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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