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Kuo PX, Xu W, Yang Z. Dyadic associations between marital satisfaction and coparenting quality: gender differences and the moderating role of caregiving identity. FRONTIERS IN SOCIOLOGY 2024; 9:1422404. [PMID: 39148741 PMCID: PMC11325202 DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1422404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
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Our study investigated the contribution of caregiving identity in the association between marital satisfaction and coparenting quality in fathers and mothers from a sample of opposite-sex couples of young children living in different areas of the United States. We conducted nested Actor-Partner Interdependence Models and moderation tests to examine potential differences between fathers and mothers in associations between marital satisfaction and coparenting quality, as well as the role of caregiving identity in the association. Results confirmed gender differences in the association between marital satisfaction and coparenting. Both mother's and father's caregiving identity interacted with their own marital satisfaction, but these interactions only impacted the coparenting quality reported by mothers. Additionally, caregiving identity in fathers and mothers was associated with the coparenting quality reported by their spouses. Our study highlighted the important role of caregiving identity in understanding the relation between marital satisfaction and coparenting quality in the intrafamilial processes of couples with young children.
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- Patty X Kuo
- Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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Wang D, Xie R, Ding W, Yuan Z, Kayani S, Li W. Bidirectional longitudinal relationships between parents' marital satisfaction, parenting stress, and self-compassion in China. FAMILY PROCESS 2023; 62:835-850. [PMID: 35697666 DOI: 10.1111/famp.12785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Revised: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Abundant research has shown that self-compassion robustly contributes to adults' psychological well-being. Meanwhile, a few studies have shown that self-compassion is rooted in early experiences with parents. However, it is unclear whether interactions with partners and children affect adults' self-compassion, and the role of their self-compassion in interactions with significant others. This study examined bidirectional longitudinal relationships between Chinese parents' marital satisfaction, parenting stress, and self-compassion following a three-wave longitudinal design. A sample of 322 Chinese father-mother dyads (father's Mage = 35.84, SDage = 5.76; mother's Mage = 34.32, SDage = 5.46) completed a set of questionnaires at three time points. The results showed that marital satisfaction positively predicted the fathers' and mothers' self-compassion, while parenting stress did not significantly predict the parents' self-compassion; In contrast, parents' self-compassion did not significantly predict marital satisfaction or parenting stress. Additionally, there was a bidirectional relationship between marital satisfaction and parenting stress in fathers and mothers. Finally, mothers' marital satisfaction positively mediated the relationship between parenting stress and self-compassion/next-stage parenting stress. This study revealed that adults' self-compassion can develop from caring and supportive relationships, including marital relationships. Highlighting key mechanisms of marital satisfaction, such as increasing self-compassion and reducing parenting stress, may contribute to the improvement of adults' mental health.
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- Die Wang
- Parent Education Research Center in Zhejiang Normal University, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Education Technology and Application of Zhejiang Province, Jinhua, China
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- Parent Education Research Center in Zhejiang Normal University, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Education Technology and Application of Zhejiang Province, Jinhua, China
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- Parent Education Research Center in Zhejiang Normal University, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Education Technology and Application of Zhejiang Province, Jinhua, China
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- Parent Education Research Center in Zhejiang Normal University, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Education Technology and Application of Zhejiang Province, Jinhua, China
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- College of Teacher Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- Parent Education Research Center in Zhejiang Normal University, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Education Technology and Application of Zhejiang Province, Jinhua, China
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Gómez‐Ortiz O, Rubio A, Roldán‐Barrios A, Ridao P, López‐Verdugo EI. Parental stress and life satisfaction: A comparative study of social services users and nonusers from a gender perspective. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2023; 51:345-360. [PMID: 35708652 PMCID: PMC10084402 DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Parental Stress Scale (PSS) scale have not been verified on the Spanish population. Similarly, the literature on gender differences and parental stress is inconclusive, and there is little evidence of their relationship with life satisfaction. To analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the PSS scale, (2) to examine possible gender differences, and (3) to study the relationship between parental stress (PS) and parental rewards (PR) and satisfaction with life (SWL) attending to the possible moderating effect of gender. These objectives were examined in samples comprising Social Services Users (SSU) (N = 525; 78.3% female; Mage = 38.3) and non-SSU users (N = 421; 41.1% male; Mage = 37.08). A CFA corroborated a two-factor structure: PS and PR. In the SSU sample, mothers showed higher PS and lower PR. However, PR was also higher in mothers from the non-SSU sample compared to fathers. PR and PS were directly related to SWL in the SSU sample. However, gender moderated the relationship between PR and SWL in the non-SSU sample in the case of mothers. The results are discussed considering gender roles and the characteristics of both samples.
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of CórdobaCórdobaSpain
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- Department of Developmental and Educational PsychologyUniversity of SevillaSevillaSpain
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Ren Y, Zou S, Wang H, Ying J, Wang X, Wu X. Fathers and mothers' parenting stress and adolescent depressive symptoms: the mediating roles of overt and covert coparenting conflict behaviors. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 2022; 16:102. [PMID: 36517917 PMCID: PMC9748880 DOI: 10.1186/s13034-022-00531-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It is yet to be clarified if and how parenting stress was linked to adolescent depressive symptoms during the pandemic. OBJECTIVES This study adopted an interdependent approach to examine the relationship between parenting stress and adolescent depressive symptoms in Chinese families. It then examined the mediating effects of overt and covert coparenting conflict behaviors. METHODS As a national survey, data were obtained from different regions in China. Fathers, mothers, and adolescents from 1031 families participated in this study. The fathers and mothers reported parenting stress; the adolescents rated their fathers and mothers' overt and covert coparenting conflict behaviors and their own depressive symptoms. RESULTS Maternal parenting stress was related to adolescent depressive symptoms through the mediating effects of paternal overt and maternal covert coparenting conflict behaviors. Both paternal and maternal parenting stress were directly related to adolescent depressive symptoms. However, maternal parenting stress had a more substantial effect on adolescent depressive symptoms than paternal parenting stress. CONCLUSIONS The findings support the effects of parenting stress on adolescent depressive symptoms. The study also highlights the mediating roles of paternal overt and maternal covert coparenting conflict behaviors in relationships.
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- Yizhen Ren
- grid.20513.350000 0004 1789 9964Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100875 China
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- grid.411427.50000 0001 0089 3695Center for Mind & Brain Science, Cognition and Hunan Behavior Key Laboratory of Human Province, Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410006 China
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- grid.20513.350000 0004 1789 9964Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, Zhuhai, 519087 China
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- grid.20513.350000 0004 1789 9964Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100875 China
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- grid.20513.350000 0004 1789 9964Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100875 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100875, China.
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Lin GX, Goldenberg A, Arikan G, Brytek-Matera A, Czepczor-Bernat K, Manrique-Millones D, Mikolajczak M, Overbye H, Roskam I, Szczygieł D, Ustundag-Budak AM, Gross JJ. Reappraisal, social support, and parental burnout. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 61:1089-1102. [PMID: 35852015 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Parental burnout is a prevalent condition that affects parents' functioning and health. While various protective factors have been examined, little is known about their interplay. In the current study, we examined the joint effect of two protective factors against parental burnout (one external-social support and one internal-cognitive reappraisal). We were specifically interested in whether the presence of one factor could compensate for the lack of the other. METHODS To address this question, 1835 participants were drawn from five countries: United States, Poland, Peru, Turkey and Belgium. RESULTS Results suggested that both social support and cognitive reappraisal were associated with lower parental burnout. An interaction was also found between the resource factors, such that the presence of cognitive reappraisal compensated for the absence of social support. CONCLUSIONS These findings point to ways in which parental burnout could be reduced, especially in situations where social support is not easily available.
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- Gao-Xian Lin
- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Carrera de Psicología, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru.,Instituto de Investigación Científica, Universidad de Lima, Lima, Peru
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Communication, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Sopot, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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