Drawing on over a quarter of a century of Panel Study of Income Dynamics data, this paper examines links between childhood home environment (as reported by fathers during those childhood years) and children’s outcomes in early adulthood. The emphasis is on the role of fathers and the unique contribution of their activities and characteristics to… Continue reading Putting Fathers Back in the Picture: Parental Activities and Children’s Adult Outcomes
Keyword: Parents & Parenting
The Influences of Parents’ and Offsprings’ Experience with Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce on Attitudes Toward Divorce in Young Adulthood
Data from a thirty-one year, intergenerational panel study are used to examine the influence of entry into and exit from marriage and cohabitation on changes in adult children’s attitudes toward divorce. The influences of parents’ marital dissolution and maternal attitudes toward divorce on the adult children’s divorce attitudes are also investigated. Parental divorce followed by… Continue reading The Influences of Parents’ and Offsprings’ Experience with Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce on Attitudes Toward Divorce in Young Adulthood
Do Sons or Daughters Give More Money to Parents in Urban China?
The patriarchal structure of the traditional Chinese family suggests that sons, more than daughters, provide financial support to elderly parents. The norm of receiving support in old age primarily from sons, however, may have been undermined by dramatic demographic, economic, and cultural changes occurring over the last several decades in China, especially in urban areas.… Continue reading Do Sons or Daughters Give More Money to Parents in Urban China?
Effect of Televised, Tobacco Company-Funded Smoking Prevention Advertising on Youth Smoking-Related Beliefs, Intentions, and Behavior
To relate exposure to televised youth smoking prevention advertising to youths' smoking beliefs, intentions, and behaviors. Methods. We obtained commercial television ratings data from 75 US media markets to determine the average youth exposure to tobacco company youth-targeted and parent-targeted smoking prevention advertising. We merged these data with nationally representative school-based survey data (n =… Continue reading Effect of Televised, Tobacco Company-Funded Smoking Prevention Advertising on Youth Smoking-Related Beliefs, Intentions, and Behavior
Racial Socialization, Racial Identity, and Academic Attitudes Among African American Adolescents: Examining the Moderating Influence of Parent-Adolescent Communication
A significant gap remains in our understanding of the conditions under which parents' racial socialization has consequences for adolescents' functioning. The present study used longitudinal data to examine whether the frequency of communication between African American parents and adolescents (N = 504; 49 % female) moderates the association between parent reports of racial socialization (i.e.,… Continue reading Racial Socialization, Racial Identity, and Academic Attitudes Among African American Adolescents: Examining the Moderating Influence of Parent-Adolescent Communication
Near and Far: Contact of Children with Their Non-Residential Fathers
In this paper we distinguish between two measures of contact between children and their non-residential fathers: whether or not the children have seen their father in the previous year, and how many weeks the children stayed with their father. The distinction between the two is important because there are many aspects of a parent-child relationship,… Continue reading Near and Far: Contact of Children with Their Non-Residential Fathers
Psychosocial and Biological Markers of Daily Lives of Midlife Parents of Children with Disabilities
Using daily telephone interviews, 82 midlife parents (mean age = 57.4) of children with disabilities (mean age = 29.9) were compared with a closely matched sample of unaffected parents (N = 82) to elucidate the daily experience of nonnormative parenting. In addition, salivary cortisol samples were obtained to examine whether parents of children with disabilities… Continue reading Psychosocial and Biological Markers of Daily Lives of Midlife Parents of Children with Disabilities
Ambivalent Relationship Qualities Between Adults and Their Parents: Implications for the Well-Being of Both Parties
This study considered whether intergenerational ambivalence has implications for each party's psychological well-being and physical health. Participants included 158 families (N = 474) with a mother, a father, and a son or daughter aged 22 to 49 years. Actor-partner interaction models revealed that parents and offspring who selfreported greater ambivalence showed poorer psychological well-being. Partner… Continue reading Ambivalent Relationship Qualities Between Adults and Their Parents: Implications for the Well-Being of Both Parties
Tensions in the Parent and Adult Child Relationship: Links to Solidarity and Ambivalence
Tensions are normative in the parent and adult child relationship, but there is little research on the topics that cause the most tension or whether tensions are associated with overall relationship quality. In this study, adult sons and daughters, age 22 to 49, and their mothers and fathers (N = 158 families, 474 individuals) reported… Continue reading Tensions in the Parent and Adult Child Relationship: Links to Solidarity and Ambivalence
Home and parenting resources available to siblings depending on their birth intention status
This study examines the differential availability of family and parenting resources to children depending on their birth planning status. The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data were analyzed, 3,134 mothers and their 5,890 children (M = 7.1 years, range = 1 month-14.8 years), of whom 63% were intended at conception, 27% were mistimed, and 10%… Continue reading Home and parenting resources available to siblings depending on their birth intention status