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Wang, Yun, and 王芸. "General parenting, smoking-specific parenting practices and adolescent smoking in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/197510.
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Introduction
Though the associations of general parenting styles and smoking-specific parenting practices with adolescent smoking have received much attention in recent years, important questions remain. Most general parenting studies focused on Caucasian parents but much less in the literature is known about Chinese parents. As for smoking-specific parenting practices in the household, anti-smoking practices have been the focus, with pro-smoking practices seldom being studied.
The objectives of the present study were: 1) to examine general parenting styles of Hong Kong fathers and mothers, and their associations with adolescent current smoking; 2) to explore potential effect modifiers of the above associations—age/sex of the adolescent and parental smoking status; 3) to estimate the prevalence of adolescents’ exposure to smoking-specific parenting practices and the coexistence of pro-smoking and anti-smoking practices within a family; and 4) to examine the associations of smoking-specific parenting practices with adolescent current smoking status and their intention to smoke.
Methods
Data from 2 large-scale school surveys were used. In the Hong Kong Student Obesity Surveillance project (HKSOS), 34,678 secondary students aged 12-17 completed an anonymous questionnaire. Current smoking denoted any smoking in the past 30 days. The parenting style of each parent was classified as authoritative (high care/high control), authoritarian (low care/high control), permissive (high care/low control) or neglectful (low care/low control). Binary logistic regressions generated adjusted odds ratios (AORs) of current smoking for parenting styles, and parental care and control.
In the Youth Smoking Survey (YSS) (2003/04), information of adolescent smoking behaviours, their exposure to smoking-specific parenting practices at home and socio-demographic characteristics was collected among 36,612 secondary 1-5 students. Pro-smoking practices included “buy cigarettes/hand cigarettes/light a cigarette/clean the ashtray for family members”, “easily see packages of cigarettes of family members at home”, “exposure to secondhand smoke at home” and “smoking among family members”. Anti-smoking practices were “parent-child communication about harms of smoking” and “anticipated control from father/mother if you were to smoke”. AORs of adolescent current smoking and their intention to smoke for each pro-smoking and anti-smoking practice were calculated.
Results
In HKSOS, over half of the fathers (51.5%) and mothers (66.2%) were authoritative. Current smoking (3.1%) was associated with lower levels of care both from father and mother, lower levels of maternal control, but higher levels of paternal control.
Compared with authoritative fathers, the AORs (95% CI) of adolescent current smoking were 0.74 (0.59-0.93) for permissive, 1.13 (0.87-1.43) for authoritarian, and 0.99 (0.77-1.28) for neglectful. The corresponding AORs for mothers were 1.30 (1.04-1.61), 1.80 (1.34-2.41), and 2.49 (1.90-3.28).
In YSS, 9.7% of adolescents were current smokers and 33.2% had the intention to smoke. About half the students (52.7%) reported pro-smoking practices and 87.8% reported anti-smoking practices at home. Anti-smoking practices were associated with lower odds of adolescent current smoking and intention to smoke, whereas pro-smoking practices were linked to higher odds.
Conclusions
Authoritative mothers and permissive fathers seemed to have protective effects against adolescent smoking. Pro-smoking practices were associated with higher odds of adolescent current smoking and intention to smoke, while anti-smoking practices were protective.published_or_final_version
Community Medicine
Master
Master of Philosophy
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Palmer, Melanie Louise. "Low-intensity topic-specific group parenting programmes : enhancing intervention outcomes." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6912/.
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Low-intensity parenting programmes play a key role in a public health approach to parenting support and are designed to be a cost-effective intervention for child conduct problems. Several studies that have evaluated a single topic-specific Triple P–Positive Parenting Program Discussion Group, an example of a low-intensity parenting programme, have found promising results for improving child and parent outcomes among parents with young children. This thesis aimed to examine ways to enhance the intervention outcomes of low-intensity topic-specific parenting groups for parents with young children. In study one, the effects of generalisation promotion strategies, such as teaching multiple exemplars, were examined. As a single training exemplar may not be sufficient for parents to effectively generalise parenting skills, multiple exemplars may assist parents to flexibly apply skills across a range of behaviours and settings leading to greater change in child behaviour, parenting practices, and parenting self-efficacy. This study also sought to extend the literature by examining the effects of low-intensity parenting groups with parents of primary school aged children using topics relevant to this development phase and investigating outcomes for mothers and fathers separately. A two arm randomised control trial design was used to compare the two conditions (single exemplar vs. multiple exemplar). Participants were 75 mothers and 58 fathers with a 5-8 year old child displaying at least a mild level of conduct problems. They represented 78 families: 66 two-parent families and 12 single parent families. Among two-parent families, there were 55 mother-father pairs, nine mothers who participated alone, and two fathers who participated alone. The majority of the single parent families were mothers (n = 11). Self-report measures of child behaviour, parenting practices, parenting self-efficacy, parent’s perceptions of their parenting role experience, parental mental health, inter-parental conflict, partner support, and partner relationship satisfaction were completed by parents at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 6-month follow-up. Satisfaction with each intervention condition and the individual sessions was also examined. Low-intensity topic-specific parenting groups led to improvements on a range of child and parent outcomes for both mothers and fathers of primary school aged children. Receiving multiple exemplars resulted in more robust change in mother- and father-rated child behaviour, mothers’ parenting practices, and mothers’ behavioural parenting self-efficacy at post-intervention. For mothers in the multiple exemplar condition, superior improvements in child behaviour, parenting practices, and behavioural parenting self-efficacy were maintained at 6-month follow-up. Greater improvements in mothers’ setting parenting self-efficacy, mental health, and perceptions of partner support were also found at 6-month follow-up among the multiple exemplar condition. The second study in this thesis added to the literature on low-intensity parenting programmes by exploring whether addressing parental mental health, in addition to parenting, was beneficial for parents with young children. As poor parental mental health is linked with child conduct problems, negative parenting practices, and can negatively impact the effects of parenting programmes for families, simultaneously addressing parental mental health when delivering low-intensity parenting programmes may be advantageous. A mixed-method quasi-experimental evaluation of a combined low-intensity parenting and mental health programme was conducted. Thirteen families with a 3-8 year old child took part in the study. Self-report symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress and ineffective parenting practices were obtained at pre-intervention, mid-intervention, post-intervention, and 3-month follow-up. Parents also completed self-report measures of child behaviour, parenting self-efficacy, parent’s perceptions of their parenting role experience, family relationships, and positive mental health at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 3-month follow-up. Post-intervention semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 parents and explored parents’ experiences of taking part in the programme, their perceived impact of the programme, and their implementation of strategies. The combined intervention produced promising changes in parenting practices and parental mental health. Parents perceived some positive impacts after attending the programme and generally the combined programme was acceptable to participating parents. Collectively, the findings from the two studies suggest that low-intensity topic-specific group parenting programmes have positive effects for young children and parents. Delivering multiple exemplars leads to added benefits and addressing parental mental health simultaneously has positive effects for families.
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Portner, Laura Collier. "Observed Parenting Aspects of Child Compliance in Custodial Grandfamilies." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862834/.
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Custodial grandmothers and grandchild (aged 4 to 12) dyads (N = 170) completed self-report, other-report, and an observational task that captured child HI, expressive social support, and custodial grandmother-grandchild compliance variables. A multivariate analysis of covariance tested differences between high and low hyperactivity-inattention on observed parenting variables while controlling for child age. While overall results were not significant, there were significant differences between child age and observed parenting variables. A hierarchical regression model revealed that, when controlling for age, child hyperactivity-inattention does not moderate the relationship between commands given by a custodial grandmother and child compliance, but revealed that direct commands from the grandmother predicted compliance. A second hierarchical regression model suggested that encouragement and praise (versus criticism and discouragement) from a grandmother moderated the relationship between grandmother commands and child compliance, when controlling for child age. It appeared that when grandmothers gave indirect commands more frequently, encouragement and praise instead of criticism was associated with greater compliance. In dyads with frequent direct commands given, compliance was high, however dyads who scored high in direct commands with criticism and discouragement were most likely to comply. This study adds to the literature by providing insight into the challenges and strengths for this unique, growing population.
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Larsson, Anna, and Linda Wikstrand. "Ärligt talat så har jag det som krävs för att vara en bra förälder! : En studie om hur föräldrars generella hälsotillstånd påverkar den upplevda föräldrakompetensen." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-214693.
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Background: Good health at community and individual levels are key policy priorities. These priorities can be shown through supporting parents about various different healthy lifestyle choices. In order to know where interventions are needed, it is of interest to study how parents generally feel and how they perceive their parenting. Aim: To study how parents rate their own health and parenting skills, and examine whether there is any correlation between perceived general health and perceived parental competence. Further, this study will show whether there is a correlation between rate of perceived general health and rate of perceived parental competence when it comes to gender. Method: 64 questionnaires were collected at strategic open kindergartens in the municipality of Uppsala. The questionnaires were distributed to the parents present and who chose to participate in this study. Main result: The result of this study shows that parents have a high rate of general health. A weak correlation between rate of perceived general health and rate of perceived parental competence were found. However a clear correlation between rate of perceived general health and rate of perceived parental competence could be seen of fathers, while the mothers are unrelated. Conclusion: Parents in Uppsala seems to feel generally well and believe they are capable parents. It also appears that these two factors are interrelated so that parents who are doing well also generally feel better in their parenting. More and major studies are needed to obtain a general and trustworthy result.
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Joo, Eunjee. "Attachment styles of female parenting and nonparenting adolescents." Connect to resource, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1118074434.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xv, 154 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-114). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Sariot, Ozge. "The Mediator Role Of Parenting Behaviors Between Children'." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613664/index.pdf.
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The study aims to investigate the role of parenting behaviors as a mediator, between children's witnessing of interparental violence and coping ways of children with interpersonal and academic stressors. For the purpose of assesment, The Conflict Tactic Scale Adapted for Italian Youngsters and The Question Set about Parental Abuse towards Children have been translated into Turkish and their psychometric properties therein were tested on 10-12 year-old children. With the same aged sample group which involved 343 elementary students, the relationship among witnessing interparental violence, perceived parenting behaviors, and coping ways with the interpersonal and academic stressors were tested through mediation analysis. After determination of the mediators, four path anaylses were conducted in order to test the convergence between the mediation models and the data obtained in the study, via Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Results revealed that perceived emotional warmth, rejection and comparison behaviors of parents have mediator roles between witnessing interparental violence and ways of coping with the interpersonal stressors. Additionally, perceived emotional warmth and rejection from parents also mediated the relationship between witnessing interparental violence and ways of coping with academic stressors. Lastly, the conducted Structural Equation Modeling indicated existence of a good fit between the model and the data. After findings were evaluated, the implications of the results were mentioned and limitations were discussed with an emphasis on recommendations for future research.
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Parker, Kimberly. "Utility of the General Validity Scale Model: Development of Validity Scales for the Co-parenting Behavior Questionnaire." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2301.
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Validity scales for child-report measures are necessary tools in clinical and forensic settings in which major decisions affecting the child and family are in question. Currently there is no standard model for the development and testing of such validity scales. The present study focused on 1) creating the General Validity Scale (GVS) Model to serve as a guide in validity scale development and 2) applying this model in the development of validity scales for the Co-parenting Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ), a child-report measure of parenting and co-parenting behaviors for children whose parents are divorced. Study 1 used the newly developed GVS Model to identify threats to CBQ validity and to develop procedures for detecting such threats. Four different validity scales were created to detect inaccurate responding due to 1) presenting mothering, fathering, and/or co-parenting in an overly negative light, 2) rating mothering and fathering in a highly discrepant manner, 3) inconsistent item responses, and 4) low reading level. Study 2 followed the GVS Model to test the newly developed scales by comparing CBQ responses produced under a standard instruction set to responses from contrived or randomly generated data. Support for the ability of each validity scale to accurately detect threats to validity was found.
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Okolie, Chukwudi. "Randomised controlled trial of a multimedia-based parenting intervention for the prevention of burn injuries in pre-school children." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2017. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/100566/.
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Childhood burn injuries are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and a major public health concern. Children younger than five years of age are more at risk. Majority of burn incidents occur as accidents within the home. Poor parental burn hazard perception and knowledge of burns first aid have been reported. This PhD project aimed to determine whether a targeted preventative parenting intervention ‘Toddler-safe’ improved parental burns safety and first aid knowledge and behaviour in the home, and reduced the risk of future childhood burns. A systematic review of the literature was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of parenting interventions at preventing unintentional injuries in pre-school children. The review found that parenting interventions that provided home visitation, education, and free/discounted safety devices, delivered on a one-to-one basis, during the perinatal or early postnatal period, were associated with significantly fewer childhood injuries, and improvements in parental safety knowledge and practices. However, there was a lack of prevention intervention research specifically for burn injuries in children under the age of five. Findings from the systematic review informed the design and methodology of the Toddler-Safe study. Toddler-Safe was conducted as a randomised controlled trial. One hundred and fifty six parents allocated to the intervention arm of the trial received an intervention consisting of a burns safety and first aid video, and an injury safety leaflet. An equal number of controls received only the injury safety leaflet. The study was evaluated using pre- and post-test questionnaires. Outcome measures included first aid knowledge and burns prevention, knowledge, attitude, and practices; and parent-reported or medically attended injuries. Just over half of the study participants were available for follow-up at six months. Non-responders were found to be younger and from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Toddler-Safe was not effective at improving parental burns prevention and first aid knowledge, attitudes, and practices at ii follow-up. Burn injuries were reported in four children living with participating families. Participant attrition and omission of key knowledge and attitude topics from the intervention were major limitations of the study.
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Besikci, Ezgi. "The Predictors Of Relationship Commitment: Perceived Parenting Styles, Parental Approval, And Psychological Reactance." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610033/index.pdf.
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THE PREDICTORS OF RELATIONSHIP COMMITMENT:
PERCEIVED PARENTING STYLE, PARENTAL APPROVAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTANCE
BeSikci, Ezgi
M.S., Department of Psychology
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nuray Sakalli-Ugurlu
September 2008, 81 pages
The main objective of the current thesis was to investigate the association between parental approval and romantic relationship commitment, and the roles of parenting style dimensions and psychological reactance in this association. Sample of the current study consisted of 166 METU students who had ongoing romantic relationships. An integrated model icluding associations between parenting style dimensions, parental approval, psychological reactance and relationship commitment was tested with LISREL 8. Since structural equation modeling did not provide results as informative as expected, the proposed model was examined as two seperate models. In the first model, the role of parental approval in the link between parenting style dimensions and relationship commitment was examined. In the second model, the role of psychological reactance in the link between parental approval and relationship commitment was examined. The results revealed that maternal acceptance had an indirect effect on relationship commitment via parental approval. In particular, increases in maternal acceptance led to increases in parental approval, which in turn led to increases in relationship commitment However, there was no significant finding regarding the impact of psychological reactance on the link between parental approval and relationship commitment.
This thesis aims to make its own contribution to the literature by scrutinizing a) the association between parental approval and relationship commitment, and b) the role of parenting style dimensions in this association.
Keywords: Relationship Commitment, Parental Approval, Perceived Parenting Styles, Psychological Reactance
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Ulasan, Ozgule Emine Tuna. "Mediating Role Of Self-regulation Between Parenting, Attachment, And Adjustment In Middle Adolescence." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613487/index.pdf.
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Adolescence is characterized as the transition period from childhood to adulthood and healthy adjustment invokes internal and external resources. The individual resources consist of the regulatory abilities, which are influenced by emotional family context. Emotional family context includes factors such as parenting, attachment quality to parents, and the level of marital conflict between parents. However, these three research areas have relatively remained separate from each other and the period of adolescence is mostly neglected in longitudinal research. In order to partially fill in this gap, both cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between proximal family contextual factors, regulatory abilities and psychosocial adjustment of the adolescents were examined by collecting data from first and second grade students of two high schools (N = 426), their teachers (N = 353), and parents (N = 187 for mothers, N = 175 for fathers). In line with the propositions of the Attachment (Bowlby, 19691973) and Self-Determination Theories (SDT
Deci &
Ryan, 1985), and the frameworks within marital conflict literature (Davies &
Cummings, 1994
Grych &
Fincham, 1990), it was anticipated that parental warmth, behavioral control, and secure attachment to both parents would influence regulatory capacities of the adolescents positively, and healthy regulation processes would be related to successful psychosocial adjustment of the adolescents. On the other hand, parental rejection, comparing adolescents with others, psychological control, and marital conflict would predict low levels of regulatory abilities, and in turn, they would be associated with poor psychosocial adjustment. Similarly, the longitudinal effects of marital conflict on parenting and the effects of attachment quality to parents on regulatory development of the adolescents were also examined. Participants completed multiple measures of the major variables in the study. The structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses were used to test the proposed mediated models. The findings of the study mostly supported the direct effects of emotional family context on regulatory abilities of the adolescents, their problem behaviors, and the quality of the relationships with their peers. The results were generally consistent with the previous research in the Western cultures. Positive emotional family context variables were related with the healthy development, whereas negative ones were related with poor developmental outcomes. The results of covariance analyses also showed that attachment strength to parents and the quality of peer relationships were related with healthy regulatory processes of the adolescents. The longitudinal SEM analyses showed that externalization problems of the adolescents, which were associated with the marital conflict between parents, predicted higher levels of negative parenting in the long run. Additionally, secure attachment to parents predicted high levels of positive and low levels of negative parenting, all of which were associated with adolescents&rsquo
high levels of positive regulatory capacities. This study contributed to the understanding of the effects of emotional family context on adolescent optimal development through time and showed that for a healthy adjustment, high-quality close relationships both with the family and the peers were required.
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Unal, Beyza. "Early Maladaptive Schemas And Well-being:importance Of Parenting Styles And Other Psychological Resources." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614661/index.pdf.
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the differences in demographic variables (i.e., gender, age, mother&rsquos and father&rsquo
s education level, monthly income, and residence status) on the measures of the study (i.e., parenting styles, schema domains, personality dimensions, coping styles, perceived social support, and well-being) of the study. Secondly, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between these measures and to determine the associated factors of schema domains, personality dimensions, other psychological resources namely coping strategies and perceived social support, and lastly, psychological symptoms and life satisfaction. For these purposes, data was collected from 309 university students aging between 18-33 years old, from different cities in Turkey. The results revealed that schemas were closely related to perceived negative parenting
and besides their significant effects, it was found out that personality dimensions, coping strategies, and perceived social support had important role on psychological symptoms and life satisfaction. Especially having higher levels of neuroticism, insufficient usage of coping strategies, and lower levels of perceived social support, besides perceiving high levels of negative parenting, and having stronger schema structure in Disconnection/Rejection domain were associated with higher levels of psychological symptoms and lower levels of life satisfaction. These results indicated that psychological resources (i.e., personality, coping strategies, and perceived social support) have additional effects on well-being. Finally, implications of these results and limitations of the study were discussed in line with the literature and suggestions for future studies were mentioned.
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Peacock, Regina, and Julio Cesar Fisher. "The effects of parental attachment and parenting style on the development of violent and general deliquent behaviors in preadolescent youths." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2086.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which insecure attachment formation and the laissez-faire of authoritarian parenting style predict violent or general delinquent behaviors in preadolescent youths. The present study analyzes archival data from the first wave of a longitudinal study on delinquent behaviors. Two hundred six male and female sixth grade students were surveyed. A correlation design was used to determine predictors of violent and general delinquent behaviors among these preadolescent youths. Regression analysis was used to determine which predictor offered the best explanation of violent and delinquent behavior. It was found that for boys and girls, insecure attachment was indeed significantly correlated with violent and general delinquent behaviors. However, parenting styles was not at all correlated with those behaviors in boys. Conversely, for girls, regression analysis indicated that the Laissez-faire parenting style was a more significant predictor of violent and general delinquent behaviors. These findings are important in that they may be used to help design programs to abate the rising tide of delinquency and violence among preadolescent youths. The results of this study indicate the need for parental involvment in such programs.
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Lee, Jacqueline. "The whole family approach in policy and practice : the construction of family and the gendering of parenting." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2014. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/69695/.
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This thesis interrogates what a whole family approach is in Welsh policy and practice utilising an Integrated Family Support Team (IFST) as the case study. The study examines the construction of ‘family’ in policy, practice and by parents themselves and the impact of gender on practitioner and parental normative constructions of mothering and fathering as care practices. Both the UK and Welsh governments locate their use of a whole family approach within a social exclusion framework that views strong familial bonds as the source of sustainable social capital. Documentary analysis is used to examine the policy construction of a whole family approach and of the target families themselves, as this has implications for the application of a whole family approach in practice and the type and nature of family engagement. To date there has been very limited articulation of the therapeutic process entailed in a whole family approach. Through the use of practitioner interviews this thesis addresses that gap in research. It is imperative to gain an understanding of how practitioners conceptualise and engage with families within a whole family approach as this determines which individuals are included and excluded. This is a particularly pertinent issue given the well-rehearsed arguments regarding mother-blaming and lack of father inclusion within child protection practice. Parental perspectives on the construction of ‘family’, and aspirations for both family life and their own mothering and fathering practices, are explored via analysis of parental accounts and values card-sort statements as recorded (and thereby mediated) by IFST practitioners. The findings from this analysis are that there is a considerable degree of constructive conceptual alignment between policy, practice and parental perspectives on the construction of family, and the gendering of parenting as care practices.
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Jarrett, Hannah. "'Canvassing the context' : an exploration of the context of the Holding Hands Parenting Programme using principles of Realist Evaluation." Thesis, University of Essex, 2016. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/19340/.
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Principles of Realist Evaluation (Pawson & Tilley, 1997) were used alongside a framework based on Realist Social Theory (Archer, 1995; De Souza, 2013) in order to explore and explain the nature of the local parenting context in which the Holding Hands Parenting Programme (HHPP) was both embedded and functioned. The research identified particular mechanisms that were pre-existing in the local context in its structural, cultural, agential and relational aspects which were activated by the introduction of a parenting programme. It was carried out in a large shire county where the researcher worked as a Trainee Educational Psychologist. Stakeholders in the HHPP from various system levels, ranging from those with service and commissioning responsibilities to recipients of parenting support, participated in the study, providing a rich insight into the multi-layered local context. Thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) was used as a grounding framework for the analysis of data which followed a realist analytical process culminating in retroduction (Crinson, 2001) and six overarching themes were developed: (i) forward thinking; (ii) one size fits; (iii) collaboration; (iv) involvement; (v) barriers and (vi) perceptions and expectations. Network patterns (or configurations) were created which mapped out the relationship between aspects of the context, pre-existing mechanisms and the outcomes potentially generated as a result of a parenting programme. Existing literature was explored and findings formed a key part of the theorisation and retroductive phases of data analysis. Two overarching theories were constructed in order to summarise the concluding thoughts in this study on the relationship between the HHPP and its context. These were presented and can form the basis of future realist evaluation research. This research contributes to the further development of the HHPP as it seeks to use innovative and creative ways to support a wider range of parents within a complex and changing local context. Implications for future research and links to the practice of educational psychologists are discussed and the potential value principles of realist evaluation may have for an educational psychology service is outlined.
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Okamoto, Jill M. "How Much Influence Does a Parent Have? The Relationship Between Perceived Parenting Style, Substance Use, and Academic Achievement Behaviors Among College Students." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1114443360.
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Gok, Ali Can. "Associated Factors Of Psychological Well-being: Early Maladaptive Schemas, Schema Coping Processes, And Parenting Styles." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614645/index.pdf.
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The present study aimed (1) to examine possible influence of demographic variables of age, gender, familial monthly income, relationship status, mother&rsquos education, father&rsquo
s education on Parenting Styles, Schema Domains, Schema Coping Styles, and Psychopathology/Life Satisfaction
(2) to examine associated factors of Schema Domains, Schema Coping Styles, Psychopathology/Life Satisfaction
(3) to examine the mediator role of Schema Domains in the relationship between Parenting Styles and Psychopathology/Life Satisfaction
(4) to examine the mediator role of Schema Coping Styles in the relationship between Schema Domains and Psychopathology/Life Satisfaction. In order to fulfill these aims 404 people between the ages 18-42 participated in the study. According to results, negative parenting practices from both sources (i.e., mother, father) were found to be associated with stronger levels of schema domains. Furthermore, Impaired Limits/Exaggerated Standards and Impaired Autonomy/Other Directedness schema domains were found to be associated with Compensation schema coping style
while Disconnection/Rejection and Impaired Limits/Exaggerated Standards schema domains were found related to Avoidance schema coping style. After that, mother&rsquo
s parenting style, schema domains of Disconnection/Rejection, and Impaired Autonomy/Other Directedness were found to be significantly associated with depressive symptomatology. In addition, psychopathological symptoms were found to be associated with both parenting styles, schema domains of Disconnection/Rejection and Impaired Limits/Exaggerated Standards, and schema coping style of Avoidance. What is more, both parenting styles, schema domain of Disconnection/Rejection, were negatively
and compensation schema coping style was positively associated with satisfaction with life. As for the mediational analyses, schema domains mediated the relationship between parenting styles and psychopathology/life satisfaction
furthermore, schema coping styles mediated the relationship between schema domains and psychopathology/life satisfaction.
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Maxwell, Karen J. "Fatherhood in the context of social disadvantage : constructions of fatherhood and attitudes towards parenting interventions of disadvantaged men in Scotland." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2018. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/9101/.
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Background: Research on men’s constructions of fatherhood has proliferated over the last three decades, but most studies have focused on middle-class men. There is a need for more research exploring how disadvantaged men conceptualise good fatherhood and relate to changing societal ideals of fatherhood. In addition, parenting interventions are particularly targeted at disadvantaged parents but little is known about how disadvantaged fathers feel about being targeted, and how best to engage them. This study set out to explore disadvantaged UK men’s constructions of fatherhood and attitudes towards parenting interventions. The THRIVE trial taking place in Glasgow, evaluating two antenatal parenting interventions for vulnerable parents, offered an opportunity to investigate these issues. Methods: Thirty-six fathers or fathers-to-be (aged 15-51) were recruited through their partner’s participation in the THRIVE trial or through community organisations working with families in economically-deprived areas. Men participated in in-depth interviews, incorporating elements of repertory grids method. Interviews focused on the men’s upbringings, current circumstances, understandings of good fatherhood, and attitudes towards parenting interventions. Findings: Socially-disadvantaged men’s constructions of good fatherhood were complex and multi-faceted. Men drew on multiple discourses in constructing fathering identities which combined ideas about ‘involved’ fathering with more ‘traditional’ ideas around provision, protection and responsibility. In doing so, these men worked hard to align themselves with socially-acceptable discourses of good fatherhood, demonstrating their awareness of, and engagement with, societally-dominant discourses of modern-day fatherhood. Barriers to the men enacting their visions of good fatherhood centred around: the legacy of their upbringings; difficult relationships with partners and ex-partners; desire to demonstrate an acceptable masculinity; and their disadvantaged circumstances, including the instability of their lives and lack of work. The majority of these men displayed positive attitudes towards attending a parenting intervention. Factors affecting their intentions to attend included: desire to support their partner and feel involved in her pregnancy, perceiving benefits for themselves and their partners, and the belief that the interventions were relevant and appropriate to their needs. Potential barriers were: fear of public scrutiny, perceived lack of information, perceived lack of ‘need’, and notions of acceptable masculinity. Conclusions: Findings suggest that disadvantaged men held normative ideas about good fatherhood but that there were significant challenges facing them in living up to these ideals. Parenting interventions targeting disadvantaged fathers should therefore: capitalise on men’s excitement and commitment to partner and baby in the antenatal period; emphasize the relevance of content to the needs of disadvantaged men; and bear in mind potential barriers such as perceived lack of ‘need’, overcoming social anxieties, and notions of acceptable masculinity.
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Löfgren, Hans O. "Preventive psychosocial parental and school programmes in a general population." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-140737.
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Introduction Numerous preventive programmes have emerged, and need to be investigated to determine their effects on the normal population. Earlier studies have shown a decrease in depressive symptoms, positive effects on children’s disruptive behaviour problems, and an improvement in parental competence. About a fifth of the parents in previous studies had problem-oriented (targeted) reasons for enrolment, whereas the rest of the parents had general (universal) reasons. The results of those studies suggest that the programmes are cost effective in terms of Quality-Adjusted Life Years. Aim Four sub-studies were performed, and their aims were to investigate the effect of parental training programmes (PTPs) in a naturalistic setting on parents’ mental health in the general population, to investigate how PTPs affect parents’ sense of parental competence, to investigate how PTPs affect parental stress and analyse the parents open questions about the PTPs, and to investigate the feasibility and to measure the effect on depression, anxiety, and social problems of two preventive school programmes for pupils in grade 7. Method In a longitudinal quantitative study in a real-world setting, 279 parents from the general population in northern Sweden participated in five PTPs. A comparison group of 702 parents without intervention was included. Simultaneously, a community sample of 59 pupils in grade 7 participated in two preventive school programmes. Both studies were conducted from 2010 to 2013. Parents were assigned to professionally supported interventions that included 5-10 two-hour sessions. Respondents filled in a web-based questionnaire with the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), the Parents Sense of Competence (PSOC) for parents who had children aged 0-17 years, and the Swedish Parenthood Stress Questionnaire (SPSQ) for parents who had children aged 0-10 years. The intervention groups’ results were compared to comparison group of 702 parents from northern Sweden that had not participated in any parental training programme. In the school study, one of the preventive programmes was an ongoing programme called “Life-Skills”, and the other was an implemented Canadian programme called “Choosing Healthy Actions and Thoughts” (CHAT). The pupils completed a test battery including the Sense of Coherence (SOC), the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI), and the Youth Self-Report (YSR) instruments. Follow up of the parental programme study was done six months after the post-intervention measure, and follow up of the school study was at one year. Results The improvements in GHQ were statistically significant for the mean of the 279 parents in the intervention group compared to the mean of a comparison group of the 702 parents who did not receive any intervention. This suggests that evidence-based PTPs enhance parental well-being even for parents without problems. The intervention group showed a statistically significant improvement in parental competence compared to the comparison group over time. The intervention itself had a significant effect on parental satisfaction, but the efficacy effect was not sustained when taking into account potential confounders. In the SPSQ, the intervention group was smaller due to the fact that the instrument was not validated for children over the age of 10 and one of the parental training groups was only for parents of teenagers. A reduction of stress in the sub-scale of health problems was detected, but no other subscale showed the intervention to have a significant effect when controlling for confounding variables. In the school study, both programmes had good feasibility according to the stake- holders and had several positive mental health outcomes over time. Compared to Life-Skills, CHAT had more significant positive effects on reducing anxious/depressive symptoms and girls experienced significant positive effects on reduced anxious/depressive behaviour, while boys reduced their aggressive behaviours. Conclusions Earlier studies indicate that PTPs enhance perceived parental competence among referred parents. The present study shows that PTPs applied in the general population might also enhance perceived parental benefits such as improved health and satisfaction, suggesting that PTPs can be an important preventive strategy to enhance parenthood. The results suggest that parents who feel a need to increase their parenting competence might participate in PTPs based on lower scores than the comparison control group both before and after the intervention. The school-based programme shows that schools may be a suitable arena for preventive programmes because there was a significant short-term improvement in depression symptoms. Further studies need to explore how parents’ participation in PTPs affects children’s mental health in the general population in quantitative longitudinal studies in real-word settings. There is also a need for bigger studies and RCTs on school preventions and on how children’s health develops naturally in the population.
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Saritas, Dilek. "Psychological Well-being Of Adolescents: Maternal Rearing Behaviors, Basic Personality Traits And Emotion Regulation Processes." Phd thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615147/index.pdf.
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Parents remain to be effective in adolescents&rsquoemotional development. However, emotion socialization research is fundamentally based on studies conducted in infancy through middle childhood, but late childhood and adolescence have been largely ignored. Therefore, the current study aimed to make contribution to the current literature investigating factors associated with adolescents&rsquo
emotion regulation difficulties. As the first part of the study psychometric properties of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) were examined among Turkish adolescent sample. A total of 312 high school students (161 females and 141 males) whose ages ranged between 14 and 17 years participated in the study and findings indicated strong evidence for the utility of the DERS as a measure of emotion regulation difficulties in adolescents. The main study consists of three different purposes. First, discrepancies between mothers&rsquo
and adolescents&rsquo
reports on adolescents&rsquo
emotion regulation difficulties were examined. Second, factors associated with adolescents&rsquo
emotion regulation difficulties such as mothers&rsquo
emotion regulation, psychopathology, and personality traits, maternal rearing behaviors, and adolescents&rsquo
personality traits were explored. Lastly, mediating roles of emotion regulation difficulties on the relationship between adolescents&rsquo
perception of their mothers&rsquo
maternal rearing behaviors and their psychological problems were examined. Participants of this research were 595 first-grade high school students aged between 14 and 16 years, and 365 mothers from eight different high schools in Ankara. Data was collected from both adolescents and their mothers through questionnaire packets. Adolescents&rsquo
questionnaire set consisted of scales measuring emotion regulation difficulties (DERS), positive and negative affect scale (PANAS), maternal rearing behaviors (EMBU), basic personality traits (Big Five), and adolescents&rsquo
externalizing (SDQ) and internalizing symptoms (CDI). Similarly, mothers&rsquo
questionnaire set consisted of scales measuring emotion regulation difficulties (DERS), children&rsquo
s emotion regulation (DERS), Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), maternal rearing behaviors (EMBU), and basic personality traits (Big-Five). The results indicated that adolescents, both boys and girls, reported higher levels of difficulties in emotion regulation for themselves as compared to reports of mothers for their children. As expected, adolescents&rsquo
basic personality traits were significantly associated with their emotion regulation difficulties even after controlling the effects of socio-demographic variables, mothers&rsquo
emotion regulation, psychological symptoms and their maternal rearing behaviors. Finally, mediation analyses indicated that the link between perceived maternal rearing behaviors and adolescents&rsquo
psychological problems occurs through emotion regulation difficulties of adolescents. Findings were discussed within the relevant literature.
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Anahar, Delibalta Selin. "The Relationship Among Marital Communication Patterns, Parental Attitudes, And Children Externalizing And Internalizing Behavior Problems." Master's thesis, METU, 2013. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615524/index.pdf.
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This study aims to find out the relationship among marital communication patterns, parental attitudes, internalizing and externalizing behavior problems of children. To elaborate, it is aimed to figure out whether marital communication patterns predict parental attitudes, and children internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Furthermore, it is purposed to investigate the relationship between parental attitudes and children adjustment. Finally, mediator role of parental attitudes between marital communication patterns and children adjustment was investigated. The participants of this study consist of 189 parents of preschool children. In order to measure the variables and characteristics of participants, Demographic Information Form, Communication Patterns Questionnaire (CPQ), Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ), and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) are used. The results of the study revealed that higher levels of destructive communication pattern is significantly associated with higher levels of authoritarian parenting attitudes whereas higher levels of constructive communication pattern is related to lower levels of permissive parenting style. Moreover, there is positive significant relationship was found between mother reported constructive communication pattern and authoritative style. Furthermore, it was shown that mother reported authoritarian and authoritative parenting attitudes are linked to emotional problems of children. Another finding of the current study revealed that constructive communication pattern is related to prosocial behavior of children. Besides inattention problems of children was found to be associated with aggressive communication pattern and mother reported permissive parenting style. However, no significant mediation effect was found. The significance, limitations, and clinical implications were discussed in the light of related literature.
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Retano, Melissa Garrison. "The Discourse of Gay & Lesbian Adoption: Constructing the issue for the public." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2009. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/31559.
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Mass Media and CommunicationPh.D.
This dissertation examines the public construction of gay and lesbian adoption by looking at the public discourse surrounding the issue. A discourse analysis was conducted of five print news publications and twenty interviews were conducted with participants in the issue. The goals of this research project included assessing how participants in the gay and lesbian adoption issue sought to influence its public construction, what frames they employed, how they interacted publicly with other participants, and how they constructed their identities and the identities of other participants. Other goals included assessing how the print news media covered the issue and how the participants strategized to garner media attention. The results indicate that the discourse of gay and lesbian adoption includes dominant themes, including the best interests of children, the definition of family, civil rights, and social science research. Within these themes, participants sponsor opposing frames, interacting with each other through their discursive strategies. Overall, print news coverage of the issue tended to reflect the opposing discourses of proponents and opponents of gay and lesbian adoption although more recent coverage tended to favor proponents. This dissertation contributes to the research areas of British cultural studies, social constructionism, media studies, and framing. The results have implications for those who advocate for political and social change as they indicate that proponents of gay and lesbian adoption are finding success through a negotiation strategy of advocating for change while upholding existing American cultural values.
Temple University--Theses
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Followell, Timothy B. "Effect of Dental Treatment on Parental Stress as Measured by the Parenting Stress Index." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276567183.
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Altan-atalar, Ayse. "Looming Vulnerability And Perfectionism As Mediating Factors Among Parental Bonding, Social Anxiety, And Depression." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613012/index.pdf.
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Looming Maladaptive Style (LMS) was proposed to be an anxiety specific cognitive vulnerability factor. Perfectionism also acts as a vulnerability to both anxiety disorders and depression. Parenting is another factor associated with both anxiety and depression, with a majority of studies focusing on care and overprotection dimensions of parenting. These parenting dimensions have been reported to be associated with vulnerabilities to psychological disorders. The present study, aims to investigate the parental characteristics associated with LMS and perfectionism as well as testing the mediator roles of these constructs in the relationship of parental bonding to social anxiety and depression. To fulfill this aim, data was gathered from 389 university students all of whom were administered a questionnaire package composed of Looming Maladaptive Style Questionnaire- Revised (LMSQ-R), Parental Bonding Inventory (PBI), Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation (BFNE) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). In order to obtain psychometric characteristics of LMSQ-R, the scale was administered to a group of 176 university students prior to the main study. Results revealed that both social looming and maladaptive perfectionism were associated with dimensions of parenting. Although perfectionism was associated with both social anxiety and depression, LMS was much more closely associated with social anxiety. Maladaptive perfectionism had a significant mediator role between all dimensions of PBI and depression. Perfectionism also mediated the relationship between maternal care and social anxiety. LMS was not found to have any mediator role. These results were discussed under the light of relevant literature.
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Altan, Atalay Ayse. "Looming Vulnerability And Perfectionism As Mediating Factors Among Parental Bonding, Social Anxiety, And Depression." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613018/index.pdf.
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Looming Maladaptive Style (LMS) was proposed to be an anxiety specific cognitive vulnerability factor. Perfectionism also acts as a vulnerability to both anxiety disorders and depression. Parenting is another factor associated with both anxiety and depression, with a majority of studies focusing on care and
overprotection dimensions of parenting. These parenting dimensions have been reported to be associated with vulnerabilities to psychological disorders. The present study, aims to investigate the parental characteristics associated with LMS and perfectionism as well as testing the mediator roles of these constructs in the relationship of parental bonding to social anxiety and depression. To fulfill this aim, data was gathered from 389 university students all of whom were administered a questionnaire package composed of Looming Maladaptive Style Questionnaire- Revised (LMSQ-R), Parental Bonding Inventory (PBI), Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation (BFNE) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). In order to obtain psychometric characteristics
of LMSQ-R, the scale was administered to a group of 176 university students prior to the main study. Results revealed that both social looming and maladaptive perfectionism were associated with dimensions of parenting. Although perfectionism was associated with both social anxiety and depression, LMS was much more closely associated with social anxiety. Maladaptive perfectionism had a significant mediator role between all dimensions of PBI and depression. Perfectionism also mediated the relationship between maternal care and social anxiety. LMS was not found to have any mediator role. These results were discussed under the light of relevant literature.
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Castro, Susana Isabel Miranda Algarvio de. "Parental concerns in general parenting: The development of a scale to assess parental concerns = Preocupações parentais na parentalidade genérica: Desenvolvimento de uma escala de avaliação de preocupações parentais." Doctoral thesis, ISPA - Instituto Universitário das Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1771.
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Tese submetida como requisito parcial para obtenção do grau de Doutoramento em Psicologia, área de especialidade Psicologia da SaúdeObjetivo: Este estudo teve como objetivo desenvolver um instrumento de medida das preocupações parentais genéricas, e avaliar a prevalência das preocupações em pais Portugueses de crianças entre os 3 e os 10 anos. Metodologia: Participaram 3842 pais de crianças a frequentar o ensino público pré-escolar e o 1º ciclo do ensino básico. Tendo por objetivo o estudo representativo da população portuguesa, realizou-se uma amostragem estratificada que selecionou 820 escolas dos 18 Distritos de Portugal Continental. Foi realizada uma pesquisa em bases de dados relevantes para o tema, tendo como palavra-chave preocupações parentais, e como critérios de inclusão serem peer-reviewed, focarem a avaliação das preocupações parentais e serem pertinentes para a parentalidade genérica. Os pais preencheram um questionário sociodemográfico, a Escala de Preocupações Parentais, a Escala de Stress Parental e duas subescalas do Inventário de Comportamento da Criança para Pais. Resultados: Foram selecionadas 128 publicações que preencheram os critérios definidos. Os temas foram agrupados segundo as seguintes categorias: Definição de preocupação parental, determinantes das preocupações parentais, preocupações parentais preditivas de problemas da criança, preocupações parentais preditivas do comportamento parental, resultados das preocupações parentais, influência das preocupações parentais nos profissionais de saúde, preocupações parentais e estratégias de intervenção. Os estudos de validação da Escala de Preocupações Parentais revelaram validade de constructo, avaliado por uma Análise Fatorial Confirmatória que confirmou os 5 fatores da Escala, e valores elevados de consistência interna, avaliada pelo alfa de Cronbach. A validade de critério, avaliada através da correlação com o ICCP, revelou valores baixos de correlação. Os estudos de validação da Escala de Stress Parental revelaram validade de constructo através de uma Análise Fatorial Confirmatória, confirmando os 4 fatores definidos na versão Portuguesa da Escala. Valores mais elevados de stress verificaram-se em pais de crianças do sexo masculino, com um maior número de irmãos, e em pais com um nível de escolaridade mais baixo, mais velhos, divorciados ou solteiros, e ainda em mães em situação profissional inativa. O estudo comparativo entre preocupações parentais e stress parental revelou correlações baixas. No estudo de prevalência das preocupações verificaram-se valores muito elevados de preocupação. O valor mais elevado verificou-se na subescala preocupações escolares e problemas familiares, enquanto o valor mais baixo foi observado na subescala de medos das crianças. A análise das variáveis sociodemográficas revelou diferenças significativas entre mães e pais, no sexo da criança, no nível de escolaridade da criança, no nível de escolaridade dos pais, na idade dos pais ao nascimento da criança, no estado civil, e na situação profissional. Conclusões: A Escala de Preocupações Parentais revelou boas qualidades psicométricas, validade de constructo e validade de critério. Estes resultados apontam para a validade da escala na avaliação das preocupações parentais na investigação e na prática clínica. Os elevados níveis de prevalência das preocupações parentais confirmam a necessidade de avaliação pelos profissionais de saúde, devendo ser definidas diferentes estratégias de intervenção consoante o nível de preocupação que os pais manifestem. Estudos posteriores deverão analisar a influência da personalidade dos pais, problemas de saúde mental, e fatores de conjugalidade. ---------- ABSTRACT ---------- Objective: The aim of this study was to develop an instrument to assess general parental concerns, and to evaluate parental concerns’ prevalence in Portuguese parents of children between 3 and 10 years old. Methods: The participants were 3842 parents of children attending public preschool and primary school. Being our aim to study a representative sample of Portuguese parents, a stratified design sample scheme selected 820 schools in the 18 Portuguese Districts. An extensive search was conducted using relevant databases. The key-words were parental concerns, and the criteria for inclusion were peer-reviewed publications, parental concerns’ assessment, and being an issue of interest to general parenting. Parents completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Parental Concerns Scale, the Parental Stress Scale, and two subscales of the Portuguese version of the Child Behavior Checklist. Results: 128 publications were selected for inclusion. Themes were grouped according to seven main outcome categories: Parental concerns’ definition, parental concerns’ determinants, parental concerns predictive of children’s problems, parental concerns predictive of parental behavior, parental concerns’ outcomes, parental concerns’ influence on healthcare professionals, and parental concerns and intervention strategies. Results support the 5-factor structure of the Parental concerns Scale, which showed construct related validity, as evaluated by a confirmatory factorial analysis, and a strong internal consistency. Low evidence of criterion-related validity was obtained by a correlational study with CBCL. The validity studies conducted with the Parental Stress Scale supported the 4-factor structure of the Portuguese version of the Parental Stress Scale. Higher levels of parental stress were reported by parents of boys, with a lower educational level, older, divorced or single parents; unemployed mothers, and with a higher number of children. Parental concerns and parental stress’ comparative study reported very low correlations. The prevalence study reported very high levels of parental concern. The highest level of concern was obtained in the subscale family and school problems, and the lowest level of concern in the fears subscale. Comparative analysis reported significant differences between mothers and fathers; child’s gender; child’s schooling level; mothers’ and fathers’ level of education, age at childbirth, marital status, and employment status. Conclusions: The Parental Concerns Scale revealed good psychometric properties, construct validity, and criterion related validity. These results confirm the validity of this instrument in the assessment of parental concerns for research and clinical practice. The high prevalence levels of parental concerns in general parenting brings evidence for the need to address parental concerns, and also to define different strategies of intervention in accordance to the level of concern parents express. Future research should address the parents’ personality, mental health problems, and also marital variables that might influence parental concerns.
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Harty, Michal. "The validation of a task-specific measure of parenting self-efficacy for use with mothers of young children." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10172009-122717.
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Stacey, Bibi. "Can minority languages survive around English? : An investigation into family language policy in the UK." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-144461.
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Family language policy (FLP) focusses on how languages are dealt with within the home; typically how languages are used and how they are maintained or promoted by family members. The present study investigates families living in the UK, where one parent is a native English speaker, and the other a native speaker of another language, the minority language. By use of a mixed-methods design, utilising questionnaires, interviews and logs, this paper answers the questions: what are the reported language practices of children and parents in bi- or multilingual families, what ideologies about FLP do parents in these families possess and what strategies do families reportedly employ in their homes. Through a nexus analysis approach, the paper establishes connections between the historical bodies, the interaction orders and the DIP of the families in order to account for their language behaviours in the home. The nexus analysis suggests that although parents show positive attitudes towards minority language use, it is the macro-level societal factors that are most powerful in determining language use within the home. That is, space plays an important role in choice of language practices. This finding suggests that children need more minority language exposure outside the home, therefore this paper suggests that the UK government could promote and encourage minority language maintenance through the implementation of language policy.
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Rehnberg, P.-O. "Lad or Dad? : An analysis of some of the discourses found in fatherhood books in Britain." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-24320.
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In Britain, fathers are allowed just two weeks of paid paternity leave while mothers may take out 26 weeks of paid maternity leave. (DirectGov.uk, 2012). It could seem, then, that the mothers are expected to do most of the child rearing. This essay investigates if this is true by examining discourse in three British books for fathers-to-be; Rob Kemp’s (2010) The expectant dad’s survival guide, Andrew Watson’s (2011) Down to Earth with a bump – The diary of a first-time dad, and Tim Atkinson’s (2011) Fatherhood – The essential guide. These books have all been amassed into a corpus and they are analysed using methods developed by Paul Baker (2006).This essay aims to find out what discourse is used, and what the expectations are on fathers-to-be in the UK by examining three popular books on fatherhood. Jane Sunderland’s (2002) study of fatherhood discourses in general parenting books will serve as a background to this study: In her study, Sunderland (2002) presented a thesis of the father as someone who assists with the child-rearing rather than doing any actual child-rearing himself. This thesis will be tested in this study, as will a claim by Andrew Watson (2011) that “we all face fatherhood reluctantly and need a desperate gag in every paragraph to stop us losing interest and turning on the telly?” (Watson, 2011: viii).As will be shown, the situation is more complex and fathers are actually expected to be involved in the child-rearing as much as they are able. This study shows that some fathers actually lament the fact that, for various reasons, they cannot be more involved. The books actually do have a more progressive view on fatherhood than they first appear to, and hopefully they can inspire fathers to be ‘doers’ rather than ‘helpers’.
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Walsh, Anne Majella. "Parents' management of childhood fever." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16522/.
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Despite decades of research about educational interventions to correct parents' childhood fever management their knowledge remains poor and practices continue to be based on beliefs about harmful outcomes. The purpose of this thesis was to 1) identify Australian parents' fever management knowledge, attitudes, practices and methods of learning to manage fever and 2) undertake a theoretical exploration of the determinants of parents' intentions to reduce fever using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Two studies were undertaken: a qualitative study with 15 parents; and survey of 401 Queensland parents with a child aged between 6 months and 5 years. Parents determine childhood fever through behavioural changes they have learnt to associate with fever. Few were aware of the immunological beneficial effects associated with fever and most believed fever harmful causing febrile convulsions and brain damage. To prevent harm they monitored temperatures, used antipyretics, dressed children in light clothing and sponged them with tepid, cool or cold water. Despite believing antipyretics harmful most parents reduced temperatures of 38.3 degrees Celsius ± 0.6 degrees Celsius with antipyretics, alternating two antipyretics when fever was not reduced or returned. In addition to temperature reduction antipyretics were used to reduce distress or general unwellness and pain or discomfort. Multiple factors were used to determine antipyretic dosage including temperature, irritability and illness severity. Over one-third of parents had overdosed their child with too frequent antipyretic administration; more frequently with ibuprofen than paracetamol, 12:1. Fever management information was learnt from numerous sources. Doctors were the most frequently reported followed by personal experience. With the variety of information sources nearly half received conflicting information about how to manage fever increasing concerns and creating uncertainty about how to best care for their child. Despite this many believed they knew how to manage fever. Some parents' practices changed over time as a result of either positive or negative experiences with fever indicating more positive or negative attitudes toward fever. Positive experiences reduced antipyretic and medical service use; negative ones had the adverse effect with increase in antipyretic use including alternating antipyretics and double dosing with one antipyretic. Child medication behaviours also influenced attitudes and practice intentions. Parents of children who readily took antipyretics had more negative attitudes and intended to reduce their child's next fever with antipyretics. Negative attitudes were a significant determinant of fever management intentions. Parents' practices were strongly influenced by their perception that doctors and partners expected them to reduce fever. This expectation from partners is understandable; from doctors it is not and indicates doctors' propensity to recommend reducing fever. There is an urgent need to identify doctors' fever management beliefs and rationales for practice recommendations. Parents also learn to manage fever from nurses and pharmacists; their beliefs and management rationales must also be determined and addressed. There is an urgent need to educate parents about evidence-based fever management and reduce their unnecessary antipyretic use. They must be encouraged to delay antipyretic administration using them to reduce pain rather than fever. Findings from this thesis have identified the determinants of parents' intentions to reduce fever; negative attitudes and normative influences and positive child medication behaviours. Future studies should examine the efficiency and cost effectiveness of fever management educational programs for parents using different presentation methods in multiple settings.
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Walsh, Anne Majella. "Parents' management of childhood fever." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16522/1/Anne_Majella_Walsh_Thesis.pdf.
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Despite decades of research about educational interventions to correct parents' childhood fever management their knowledge remains poor and practices continue to be based on beliefs about harmful outcomes. The purpose of this thesis was to 1) identify Australian parents' fever management knowledge, attitudes, practices and methods of learning to manage fever and 2) undertake a theoretical exploration of the determinants of parents' intentions to reduce fever using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Two studies were undertaken: a qualitative study with 15 parents; and survey of 401 Queensland parents with a child aged between 6 months and 5 years.
Parents determine childhood fever through behavioural changes they have learnt to associate with fever. Few were aware of the immunological beneficial effects associated with fever and most believed fever harmful causing febrile convulsions and brain damage. To prevent harm they monitored temperatures, used antipyretics, dressed children in light clothing and sponged them with tepid, cool or cold water.
Despite believing antipyretics harmful most parents reduced temperatures of 38.3 degrees Celsius ± 0.6 degrees Celsius with antipyretics, alternating two antipyretics when fever was not reduced or returned. In addition to temperature reduction antipyretics were used to reduce distress or general unwellness and pain or discomfort. Multiple factors were used to determine antipyretic dosage including temperature, irritability and illness severity. Over one-third of parents had overdosed their child with too frequent antipyretic administration; more frequently with ibuprofen than paracetamol, 12:1.
Fever management information was learnt from numerous sources. Doctors were the most frequently reported followed by personal experience. With the variety of information sources nearly half received conflicting information about how to manage fever increasing concerns and creating uncertainty about how to best care for their child. Despite this many believed they knew how to manage fever.
Some parents' practices changed over time as a result of either positive or negative experiences with fever indicating more positive or negative attitudes toward fever.
Positive experiences reduced antipyretic and medical service use; negative ones had the adverse effect with increase in antipyretic use including alternating antipyretics and double dosing with one antipyretic. Child medication behaviours also influenced attitudes and practice intentions. Parents of children who readily took antipyretics had more negative attitudes and intended to reduce their child's next fever with antipyretics. Negative attitudes were a significant determinant of fever management intentions.
Parents' practices were strongly influenced by their perception that doctors and partners expected them to reduce fever. This expectation from partners is understandable; from doctors it is not and indicates doctors' propensity to recommend reducing fever. There is an urgent need to identify doctors' fever management beliefs and rationales for practice recommendations. Parents also learn to manage fever from nurses and pharmacists; their beliefs and management rationales must also be determined and addressed.
There is an urgent need to educate parents about evidence-based fever management and reduce their unnecessary antipyretic use. They must be encouraged to delay antipyretic administration using them to reduce pain rather than fever. Findings from this thesis have identified the determinants of parents' intentions to reduce fever; negative attitudes and normative influences and positive child medication behaviours. Future studies should examine the efficiency and cost effectiveness of fever management educational programs for parents using different presentation methods in multiple settings.
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Colla, Vittoria <1993>. "Children’s socialization, involved parenting, and the construction of the family-school partnership in everyday family interactions: a study on parent-assisted homework as a morally dense educational arena." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2022. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/10217/1/Vittoria%20Colla%20PhD%20thesis.pdf.
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This study investigates an activity that takes place at the intersection between family and school and plays a key role in the building of the family-school partnership largely promoted by education policies: parent-assisted homework. Even though this topic is not new in pedagogical research, what is innovative about this study is the focus on naturally occurring parent-child conversations during homework. Adopting a phenomenological approach to the study of educational events and relying on conversation analysis, the present study analyzes 62 video-recorded sessions of parent-assisted homework collected in 19 Italian families with children aged 6-10 years old (i.e., attending primary school). The analysis of parent-child interactions reveals that parent-assisted homework is not only a site for formal learning but also and primarily a morally dense educational arena. Through the ‘small talks’ that accompany the completion of homework exercises, parents and children evoke and co-construct moral ideologies concerning topics as diverse as learning, school rules and standards, ‘good, involved parenting’, the family-school partnership, children’s autonomy, virtue, time management, and the organization of knowledge and authority in interaction. By taking part in everyday homework interactions, children are educated to culture-specific ethical systems and socialized into morally competent members of their communities, while parents implement the family-school partnership and comply with the model of “involved parent” proposed by pedagogical research and policies. Providing empirical evidence for the moral and educational relevance of ordinary family talk, this study contributes to pedagogical research on family life and promotes parents’ reflexivity about their mundane interactive activities.
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ABENI, LOREDANA. "SOFFERENZA INFANTILE E STILI EDUCATIVI FAMILIARI." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/6163.
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La tesi esamina le principali rappresentazioni della sofferenza infantile nella società contemporanea, con un affondo sul tema della malattia oncologica che coinvolge un bambino e la sua famiglia.
L’indagine si propone di offrire ai genitori la possibilità di esprimersi in merito alle modificazioni dei propri stili educativi che la malattia e l’ospedalizzazione comportano. L’idea consiste nel dedicare ai genitori del tempo per offrire loro uno spazio di pensiero in merito alle modificazioni avvenute negli equilibri familiari e supportarli nell’individuare una nuova progettualità familiare.
Accompagnare i genitori ad assumere consapevolezza del cambiamento personale e della coppia genitoriale verificatosi durante la degenza ospedaliera del figlio significa anche aiutarli a identificare nuove modalità di interazione con i figli, sulla scorta dei significati dell’esperienza attraversata.
Significa inoltre aiutare gli operatori sanitari a percepire i genitori come persone competenti nella gestione educativa del figlio e pertanto a migliorare costantemente la presa in carico non solo del bambino, ma anche della sua famiglia.
L’indagine in generale, la flessibilità degli strumenti in particolare, ha permesso di raggiungere gli obiettivi prefissati.The purpose of this research is to examine the nature of the experiences of parents of children with cancer. In fact, childhood cancer is a potentially life-changing experience for mothers and fathers. Overall, the research move in terms of theoretical reflection and empirical research. The study explore the main representations of the suffering of children in contemporary society, with special attention to the suffering due to oncological disease. Also, the research explore the influences of the hospital context on the members of the family, intending only not the physical environment, but also the figures of various kind that are daily reported with their. The investigation in general, the flexibility of the tools in particular, has allowed the parents to comment on the changes of their educational styles that illness and hospitalization cause.
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ABENI, LOREDANA. "SOFFERENZA INFANTILE E STILI EDUCATIVI FAMILIARI." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/6163.
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La tesi esamina le principali rappresentazioni della sofferenza infantile nella società contemporanea, con un affondo sul tema della malattia oncologica che coinvolge un bambino e la sua famiglia.
L’indagine si propone di offrire ai genitori la possibilità di esprimersi in merito alle modificazioni dei propri stili educativi che la malattia e l’ospedalizzazione comportano. L’idea consiste nel dedicare ai genitori del tempo per offrire loro uno spazio di pensiero in merito alle modificazioni avvenute negli equilibri familiari e supportarli nell’individuare una nuova progettualità familiare.
Accompagnare i genitori ad assumere consapevolezza del cambiamento personale e della coppia genitoriale verificatosi durante la degenza ospedaliera del figlio significa anche aiutarli a identificare nuove modalità di interazione con i figli, sulla scorta dei significati dell’esperienza attraversata.
Significa inoltre aiutare gli operatori sanitari a percepire i genitori come persone competenti nella gestione educativa del figlio e pertanto a migliorare costantemente la presa in carico non solo del bambino, ma anche della sua famiglia.
L’indagine in generale, la flessibilità degli strumenti in particolare, ha permesso di raggiungere gli obiettivi prefissati.The purpose of this research is to examine the nature of the experiences of parents of children with cancer. In fact, childhood cancer is a potentially life-changing experience for mothers and fathers. Overall, the research move in terms of theoretical reflection and empirical research. The study explore the main representations of the suffering of children in contemporary society, with special attention to the suffering due to oncological disease. Also, the research explore the influences of the hospital context on the members of the family, intending only not the physical environment, but also the figures of various kind that are daily reported with their. The investigation in general, the flexibility of the tools in particular, has allowed the parents to comment on the changes of their educational styles that illness and hospitalization cause.
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RACCAGNI, DALILA. "GENITORI SENZA PATRIA: COME CAMBIA LA FUNZIONE EDUCATIVA GENITORIALE NEI PROCESSI MIGRATORI. L'ESPERIENZA DELLA RELAZIONE TRA GENITORI E FIGLI NELLA COMUNITA' GHANESE DELLA PROVINCIA DI BRESCIA E BERGAMO." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/93125.
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Il contesto contemporaneo pare attraversato da una grande sfida umana, che chiama in causa ognuno di noi ad interrogarsi circa il significato di educare nel tempo della pluralità. L’epoca attuale è caratterizzata dal fenomeno migratorio, dalla presenza stabile di cittadini di origine straniera residenti nel territorio italiano e da una globalizzazione della persona umana. È in questo contesto che il presente lavoro prende in esame, nel quadro della ricerca qualitativa qui condotta, le narrazioni di storie di vita di genitori di origine ghanese residenti nella provincia di Bergamo e Brescia al fine di problematizzare alcune categorie pedagogiche legate al ruolo genitoriale. Ne emerge uno spaccato interessante che mostra l’importanza per questi genitori di mantenere un legame con la terra di origine, la necessità di aprirsi al contesto in cui vivono e la sfida nel rapporto con i figli nati e/o cresciuti nel paese di residenza.
La ricerca ha dimostrato come la pedagogia, accogliendo questi vissuti, sia in grado di promuovere riflessioni e spazi di interesse in cui le differenze reciproche sono occasione di crescita comune, nella molteplicità delle culture.The contemporary context seems to be marked by a great human challenge which calls each of us into question about the meaning of educating in this time of plurality. The time we live in is characterized by the migration phenomenon , the stable presence of citizens of foreign origin living in the Italian territory and by a globalization of the human person. The present work has examined, within the framework of qualitative research and the current social context, the life stories of Ghanaian-born parents living in the province of Bergamo and Brescia. This was carried out in an attempt to problematize multiple pedagogical categories related to the parenting function. The result is an interesting cross- section that shows the importance for these parents to maintain a bond with the country of origin, the need to open up to the context in which they live, and the challenge found in the relationship with their children born and/or raised in their country of residence. The research has shown how pedagogy, by accepting these experiences, is able to promote reflections and spaces of interest in which mutual differences are an opportunity for common growth within the multiplicity of cultures.
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RACCAGNI, DALILA. "GENITORI SENZA PATRIA: COME CAMBIA LA FUNZIONE EDUCATIVA GENITORIALE NEI PROCESSI MIGRATORI. L'ESPERIENZA DELLA RELAZIONE TRA GENITORI E FIGLI NELLA COMUNITA' GHANESE DELLA PROVINCIA DI BRESCIA E BERGAMO." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/93125.
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Il contesto contemporaneo pare attraversato da una grande sfida umana, che chiama in causa ognuno di noi ad interrogarsi circa il significato di educare nel tempo della pluralità. L’epoca attuale è caratterizzata dal fenomeno migratorio, dalla presenza stabile di cittadini di origine straniera residenti nel territorio italiano e da una globalizzazione della persona umana. È in questo contesto che il presente lavoro prende in esame, nel quadro della ricerca qualitativa qui condotta, le narrazioni di storie di vita di genitori di origine ghanese residenti nella provincia di Bergamo e Brescia al fine di problematizzare alcune categorie pedagogiche legate al ruolo genitoriale. Ne emerge uno spaccato interessante che mostra l’importanza per questi genitori di mantenere un legame con la terra di origine, la necessità di aprirsi al contesto in cui vivono e la sfida nel rapporto con i figli nati e/o cresciuti nel paese di residenza.
La ricerca ha dimostrato come la pedagogia, accogliendo questi vissuti, sia in grado di promuovere riflessioni e spazi di interesse in cui le differenze reciproche sono occasione di crescita comune, nella molteplicità delle culture.The contemporary context seems to be marked by a great human challenge which calls each of us into question about the meaning of educating in this time of plurality. The time we live in is characterized by the migration phenomenon , the stable presence of citizens of foreign origin living in the Italian territory and by a globalization of the human person. The present work has examined, within the framework of qualitative research and the current social context, the life stories of Ghanaian-born parents living in the province of Bergamo and Brescia. This was carried out in an attempt to problematize multiple pedagogical categories related to the parenting function. The result is an interesting cross- section that shows the importance for these parents to maintain a bond with the country of origin, the need to open up to the context in which they live, and the challenge found in the relationship with their children born and/or raised in their country of residence. The research has shown how pedagogy, by accepting these experiences, is able to promote reflections and spaces of interest in which mutual differences are an opportunity for common growth within the multiplicity of cultures.
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MUSSI, ALESSANDRA. "Non solo vulnerabili. Una rilettura pedagogica della genitorialità migrante a partire dalle voci di donne arabo-musulmane a Milano." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/262895.
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La tesi indaga, in prospettiva pedagogica, le dimensioni esperienziali e di senso connesse alla genitorialità in donne migranti arabo-musulmane in Italia, a partire dall’osservazione di alcuni gruppi di donne all’interno di luoghi di incontro e scambio e dalla raccolta di storie di vita di madri di origini marocchine o egiziane residenti a Milano. L’obiettivo è quello di esplorare le loro esperienze in quanto donne-madri migranti e le loro rappresentazioni su genitorialità ed educazione.
L’aumento di stabilizzazioni di progetti migratori nelle comunità di origini arabe e, di conseguenza, il crescente numero di presenze di donne con bambini nei contesti educativi italiani (Giacomello, Mastropietro, Serusi, & Lobello, 2018a, 2018b; Simina Duma et al., 2018a), insieme alla diffusione di pregiudizi, sentimenti islamofobici ed episodi discriminatori soprattutto nei confronti delle donne arabo-musulmane (Dessi, 2016; Liepyte & McAloney-Kocaman, 2015; Lunaria, 2019; Perry, 2014), mostrano come sia particolarmente urgente esplorare da un punto di vista pedagogico la dimensione della genitorialità in connessione con l’esperienza della migrazione in questi gruppi di donne.
Da un punto di vista teorico, la tesi si colloca nell’ambito degli studi pedagogici recenti sul costrutto della genitorialità migrante (E. Balsamo, Favaro, Giacalone, Pavesi, & Samaniego, 2002; Favaro & Colombo, 1993; Iavarone, Marone, & Sabatano, 2015; Portera, 2004; Silva, 2006, 2008; Webb, 2001). Si pone, inoltre, in continuità con le ricerche che, in campo pedagogico, hanno analizzato le migrazioni attraverso il prisma del genere (Cambi, Ulivieri, & Campani, 2003a; Campani, 2000; Donato, Gabaccia, Holdway, Manalansan, & Pessar, 2006; Favaro & Tognetti Bordogna, 1991; Morokvasic, 1984b; Pessar, 1984; Ulivieri, 2017; Vianello, 2013, 2014). Infine, sviluppa alcune indicazioni di metodo emergenti dalla tradizione di ricerche sull’educazione familiare, in particolare sul sostegno alla genitorialità (Catarsi, 2006; Dusi, 2007; Formenti, 2000, 2008; Gopnik, 2017; Milani, 2001, 2009, 2018, Sità, 2005, 2007).
Alla luce di questi riferimenti, la ricerca sul campo si è posta gli obiettivi di: indagare le dimensioni esperienziali e di senso connesse alla genitorialità nelle donne-madri protagoniste della ricerca; approfondirne la dimensione formativa individuando nelle loro storie fattori di rischio e risorse; dedurre criteri orientativi per rileggere il costrutto della genitorialità e del sostegno alla genitorialità e per sviluppare approcci metodologici di avvicinamento all’alterità.
Metodologicamente, la ricerca si rifà alla tradizione di ricerca qualitativa in educazione (Bove, 2009c; Cardano, 2003; Caronia, 1997, 2011; Denzin & Lincoln, 2005; Lumbelli, 1980, 1995; Mantovani, 1998b; Mortari & Ghirotto, 2019). Si colloca, in particolare, sulla scia delle recenti ricerche empiriche in educazione che hanno adottato metodologie etnografiche (Bove, 2009b, 2019; Caronia, 2018; Caronia & Vassallo, 2015; Gobbo, 2004b, 2011; Leoncini, 2011; Sclavi, 1989; Tobin, 2016; Tobin, Wu, & Davidson, 2000; Tobin, Hsueh, & Karasawa, 2011) insieme a quelle che hanno approfondito la dimensione narrativo-biografica (Cambi, 2002; D’Ignazi, 2008, 2016, Demetrio, 1996, 2004; Ferrarotti, 1981; Formenti, 2006; Mantovani, 1998a; Merrill & West, 2012).
L’analisi dei dati evidenzia alcuni temi emergenti rilevanti, tra cui: questioni di genere tra paese di origine e migrazione; essere madre tra significati culturali, migrazione e trasmissione culturale; la rete di sostegno sociale; il rapporto con le istituzioni educative; le identità culturali, religiose, multiple. La discussione pedagogica dei dati suggerisce, nel campo del sostegno alla genitorialità, l’adozione di un approccio che valorizzi le risorse e le competenze e l’utilizzo di metodi e dispositivi che si ispirino all’etnografia.The dissertation investigates Arab-Muslim migrant women’s experiences and meanings of parenting in Italy, from a pedagogical perspective. The study originates from observations of a selection of places of encounter and exchange between women, as well as the collection of life stories of mothers of Moroccan or Egyptian origin living in Milan. The aim is to explore their experiences as migrant women-mothers and their representations of parenting and education. The increase in stabilization of migration projects in communities of Arab origin, and the resulting increasing number of women with children in Italian educational contexts (Giacomello et al., 2018a, 2018b; Simina Duma et al., 2018a), together with the spread of prejudices, Islamophobic feelings and discriminatory episodes, especially against Arab-Muslim women (Dessi, 2016; Liepyte & McAloney-Kocaman, 2015; Lunaria, 2019; Perry, 2014), show the urgency to examine parenting in connection with the experience of migration for these groups of women from a pedagogical perspective. From a theoretical point of view, the dissertation is seen in the context of contemporary educational studies on the construction of migrant parenthood (E. Balsamo et al., 2002; Favaro & Colombo, 1993; Iavarone et al., 2015; Portera, 2004; Silva, 2006, 2008; Webb, 2001). It also expands on previous educational research analyzing migration through the gender prism (Cambi et al., 2003a; Campani, 2000; Donato et al., 2006; Favaro & Tognetti Bordogna, 1991; Morokvasic, 1984b; Pessar, 1984; Ulivieri, 2017; Vianello, 2013, 2014). Finally, it develops some indications of method emerging from the tradition of research in family education, specifically concerning parenting support (Catarsi, 2006; Dusi, 2007; Formenti, 2000, 2008; Gopnik, 2017; Milani, 2001, 2009, 2018, Sità, 2005, 2007). In light of these references, field research aimed to: investigate the experiences and meanings of parenting for the women-mothers involved in the research; delve into its formative dimension by determining risk factors and resources in their stories; deduce guiding criteria to re-interpret the construct of parenting and parenting support programs and to develop methodological strategies to approach otherness. Methodologically, the study is based on the tradition of qualitative research in education (Bove, 2009c; Cardano, 2003; Caronia, 1997, 2011; Denzin & Lincoln, 2005; Lumbelli, 1980, 1995; Mantovani, 1998b; Mortari & Ghirotto, 2019). In particular, it positions itself in the wake of recent empirical research in education, adopting ethnographic methodologies (Bove, 2009c, 2019; Caronia, 2018; Caronia & Vassallo, 2015; Gobbo, 2004b, 2011; Leoncini, 2011; Sclavi, 1989; Tobin, 2016; Tobin et al., 2000, 2011), along with others exploring the narrative-biographical dimension (Cambi, 2002; D’Ignazi, 2008, 2016, Demetrio, 1996, 2004; Ferrarotti, 1981; Formenti, 2006; Mantovani, 1998a; Merrill & West, 2012). This research highlights some relevant emerging topics, such as: gender issues between the country of origin and migration; being a mother amongst cultural meanings, migration and cultural transmission; the social support network; the relationship with educational institutions; cultural, religious, and multiple identities. In the area of parenting support, the pedagogical discussion of research findings suggests the adoption of a resources and skills-based approach and the use of methods, and tools derived from ethnography.
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TABACCHI, ALESSIA. "PERCORSI DI ACCOMPAGNAMENTO PEDAGOGICO ALLA GENITORIALITA' ADOTTIVA." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/96255.
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Il progetto di ricerca mira ad indagare, nell’orizzonte della pedagogia della famiglia, l’accompagnamento da offrire ai coniugi che si accostano all’adozione. Lo studio muove dall’assunzione di un paradigma sistemico e dialogale, nel quale la famiglia è intesa come realtà in divenire, che concorre alla crescita reciproca e vicendevole dei suoi membri (Pati, 2014).
L’analisi della letteratura scientifica e del contesto adottivo rivelano zone d’ombra nella ricerca interdisciplinare, in particolare rispetto al periodo pre-adottivo, ed una esiguità di contributi provenienti dall’area pedagogica. Il presente lavoro si prefigge, pertanto, di raggiungere una comprensione più profonda dell’oggetto di ricerca, al fine di promuovere interventi di sostegno e accompagnamento educativo alla genitorialità adottiva.
In una costante circolarità fra teoria e prassi, si è scelto di coinvolgere alcuni genitori adottivi in interviste semi-strutturate. Ciò, nella convinzione che far parlare l’esperienza e riflettere su di essa può favorire una definizione epistemologica e contenutistica del discorso pedagogico sull’adozione (Pati, 2004).
L’indagine si propone di chiarire come si struttura e consolida la scelta adottiva dentro il progetto di vita familiare, di rintracciare le peculiarità educative sottese alla genitorialità e filiazione adottiva e di individuare percorsi di accompagnamento educativo per la famiglia adottiva.The research project aims to inquire, in the context of family pedagogy, the help offered to couples who are approaching adoption. The study starts from the assumption of a systemic and dialogical paradigm, in which the family is understood to be in progress and contributes to the mutual growth of its members (Pati, 2014). The analysis of scientific literature and of the context about adoption reveal many unexplored areas in the interdisciplinary research, specifically regarding the pre-adoption interventions, as well as some contributions coming from the educational area. This work tries to reach a deeper understanding of the research subject, to gain involvement of educational accompaniment and support to adoptive parenting. In a constant exchange between theory and practice, it has been proposed to involve some adoptive parents in semi-structured interviews. It is believed that talking and reflecting on the experience, should encourage an epistemological and of content definition of the educational subject on adoption (Pati, 2004). The expected results are to clarify how the adoptive choice is structured and consolidated within the family life project; to outline educational peculiarities of adoptive parenting and sonship; and to suggest way of educational accompaniment to the adoptive family.
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TABACCHI, ALESSIA. "PERCORSI DI ACCOMPAGNAMENTO PEDAGOGICO ALLA GENITORIALITA' ADOTTIVA." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/96255.
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Il progetto di ricerca mira ad indagare, nell’orizzonte della pedagogia della famiglia, l’accompagnamento da offrire ai coniugi che si accostano all’adozione. Lo studio muove dall’assunzione di un paradigma sistemico e dialogale, nel quale la famiglia è intesa come realtà in divenire, che concorre alla crescita reciproca e vicendevole dei suoi membri (Pati, 2014).
L’analisi della letteratura scientifica e del contesto adottivo rivelano zone d’ombra nella ricerca interdisciplinare, in particolare rispetto al periodo pre-adottivo, ed una esiguità di contributi provenienti dall’area pedagogica. Il presente lavoro si prefigge, pertanto, di raggiungere una comprensione più profonda dell’oggetto di ricerca, al fine di promuovere interventi di sostegno e accompagnamento educativo alla genitorialità adottiva.
In una costante circolarità fra teoria e prassi, si è scelto di coinvolgere alcuni genitori adottivi in interviste semi-strutturate. Ciò, nella convinzione che far parlare l’esperienza e riflettere su di essa può favorire una definizione epistemologica e contenutistica del discorso pedagogico sull’adozione (Pati, 2004).
L’indagine si propone di chiarire come si struttura e consolida la scelta adottiva dentro il progetto di vita familiare, di rintracciare le peculiarità educative sottese alla genitorialità e filiazione adottiva e di individuare percorsi di accompagnamento educativo per la famiglia adottiva.The research project aims to inquire, in the context of family pedagogy, the help offered to couples who are approaching adoption. The study starts from the assumption of a systemic and dialogical paradigm, in which the family is understood to be in progress and contributes to the mutual growth of its members (Pati, 2014). The analysis of scientific literature and of the context about adoption reveal many unexplored areas in the interdisciplinary research, specifically regarding the pre-adoption interventions, as well as some contributions coming from the educational area. This work tries to reach a deeper understanding of the research subject, to gain involvement of educational accompaniment and support to adoptive parenting. In a constant exchange between theory and practice, it has been proposed to involve some adoptive parents in semi-structured interviews. It is believed that talking and reflecting on the experience, should encourage an epistemological and of content definition of the educational subject on adoption (Pati, 2004). The expected results are to clarify how the adoptive choice is structured and consolidated within the family life project; to outline educational peculiarities of adoptive parenting and sonship; and to suggest way of educational accompaniment to the adoptive family.
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GALLI, ANGELICA. "Ruolo dei PUFA OMEGA-3 nella regolazione della funzione endoteliale in parenti di primo grado di pazienti affetti da diabete mellito di tipo 2." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2108/377.
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Obiettivi: La disfunzione endoteliale è il meccanismo iniziale nella patogenesi dell’aterosclerosi. Costituisce una delle alterazioni vascolari presenti in soggetti apparentemente sani parenti di primo grado di pazienti affetti da Diabete Mellito Tipo 2 (FDR). Gli acidi grassi polinsaturi n-3 (PUFA n-3), come l’acido eicosapentaenoico (EPA) e l’acido docosaesaenoico (DHA), hanno un’ampia serie di proprietà antinfiammatorie. Noi abbiamo voluto testare l’ipotesi che la somministrazione di PUFA n-3 potesse migliorare la funzione endoteliale in soggetti FDR, ad elevato rischio di sviluppare precocemente aterosclerosi.
DISEGNO DELLO STUDIO E METODI: Abbiamo condotto uno studio monocentrico, randomizzato, controllato con placebo, in doppio cieco, a gruppi paralleli. Sono stati inclusi 70 soggetti (età 30.5 ± 5.2 anni, 30 donne e 40 uomini) con un parente di primo grado affetto da Diabete di Tipo 2. I soggetti sono stati assegnati per randomizzazione ad assumere placebo (n = 34) o PUFA n-3 (n= 36) per 12 settimane. La funzione endoteliale è stata esaminata attraverso la tecnica del brachial artery reactivity test (BART) misurando la dilatazione flusso-mediata (FMD). Peso, BMI, pressione sisto-diastolica, e parametri di laboratorio (profilo lipidico, glicemia, insulinemia e C-peptide a digiuno, TNF-α, adiponectina, hs-PCR) sono stati misurati prima e dopo il trattamento. All’inizio dello studio, ciascun soggetto è stato sottoposto a una curva da carico orale di glucosio (OGTT).
RISULTATI: Dopo OGTT abbiamo identificato 53 soggetti normoglicmici (NGT) e 17 soggetti con alterata tolleranza ai carboidrati (IGT). Al baseline i soggetti IGT presentavano un’età maggiore, un livello significativamente più alto di BMI, trigliceridi ed insulinemia a digiuno, un aumento dell’insulino-resistenza, e una funzione endoteliale peggiore rispetto ai soggetti NGT. Dopo trattamento, il braccio placebo, non ha mostrato significative modificazioni dei parametri valutati rispetto alle misurazioni basali; viceversa, il gruppo PUFA n-3 ha mostrato livelli significativamente ridotti di trigliceridi e TNF-α, un aumento dell’adiponectina circolante e un significativo miglioramento della funzione endoteliale. Il cambiamento dei livelli di TNF-α emergeva come unico e significativo predittore indipendente dell’aumento della FMD.
CONCLUSIONI: La somministrazione di PUFA n-3 in soggetti NGT ed IGT parenti di primo grado di pazienti affetti da Diabete Mellito Tipo 2 determina un miglioramento della funzione endoteliale che si accompagna ad una diminuzione dei livelli circolanti TNF-α.Objective: Endothelial dysfunction is the early and fundamental step in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. It has been indicated as one of the precocious vascular abnormalities in apparently healthy first-degree relatives of type 2 diabetic patients.(FDR). N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA n-3), such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoico acid (DHA), have a wide range of anti-inflammatory properties. The aim of this study is that a supplementation of n3-PUFA might be effective to improve the endothelial dysfunction in FDR subjects at higher risk of developing atherosclerosis. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We carried out a randomized, controlled with placebo, double blind, parallel-groups clinical trial. The study included 70 subjects (age 30.5 ± 5.2 years, 30 women e 40 men), all first-degree relatives of type 2 diabetic patients. The subjects were randomly assigned to assume placebo (n = 34) or n-3 PUFA (n= 36) for 12 weeks. Endothelial function was assessed by brachial artery reactivity test (BART), measuring the flow-mediated dilatation (FMD). Weight, BMI, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and laboratory parameters (lipid profile, fasting plasma glucose, insulin, and C-peptide, TNF-α, adiponectin, hs-PCR) were assessed at baseline and after treatment. At the beginning of the study, each subject underwent a standard oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). RESULTS: Upon OGTT we identified 53 normoglycemic subjects (NGT) and 17 subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). At baseline, the subjects IGT were older and presented significant higher levels of BMI, triglycerides, and fasting insulin, as well an increased insulin resistance, and a worse endothelial function, compared with NGT individuals. After treatment, we found only little if any change in metabolic and biomarkers levels of the participants of the placebo group (NGT and IGT); on the contrary, the n-3 PUFA group showed some difference respect to the baseline characteristics: the triglycerides and the TNF-α levels were significantly decrease, the adiponectin was increase, and the endothelial function showed a significant improvement. The changing of TNF-α levels emerged as the unique independent and significant predictor of the improvement of the FMD after the period of assumption of n-3 PUFA. CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that the N-3 PUFA oral supplementation is associated with an improvement of endothelial function via decreasing TNF-alpha in NGT and IGT subjects offspring of patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
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Sims, Nelrose Chandler. "Linking general parenting and racial socialization to rural African American youths' adjustment." 2007. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/sims%5Fnelrose-chandler%5F200705%5Fphd.
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王正婷. "The impact of parental comparison from different parenting styles on children's general ability." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61217119044676837234.
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The research was to explore the effects of parenting style, parental comparison, and the interaction of them on children’s general ability. Data were collected from Taiwan Education Panel Survey (TEPS), the core panel in the second and the third wave. Total number of the students from high school reduced to 2,595 people after listwise deletion. We explored the effects by using ordinal least squares in the multiple regression analysis. The results showed that there were 74.6% high-respective parents, and 69.2% high-demanding ones. Mixed with the two dimensions, demanding and responsive, there were 52.40% authoritative parents, 22.20% authoritarian ones, 16.90% indulgent ones, and 8.50% neglectful ones. Besides, parents compared their children with their classmates (45.5%), neighbors (42.0%), cousins (37.0%), siblings (26.9%), and parents’ childhood (18.8%). After regression, the results showed in the following ways. First, no matter what the parenting style was, children who were compared with classmates had significantly higher ability. Whether adding the control variables like children’ gender, parents’ education level and family monthly income or not, when parents were authoritarian, children compared with classmates and parents’ childhood had significantly higher ability. Meanwhile, if they were compared with cousins, then they had significantly lower ability. Keywords: Taiwan Education Panel Survey (TEPS), multiple regression analysis, parenting style, social comparison, general ability
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Pi-Hui, Chung, and 鍾璧卉. "A General Exploration on Parenting Stress from the Parents of Preschool ASD(Autistic Spectrum Disorder) Children." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42130961811839166813.
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Abstract By the time parents know that they have a child with developmental delay,especially, autistic spectrum disorder(ASD), except suffering, they use to loss of their orientation in life. Author tried to review literatures and found that only limited of information has focused on parenting stress, influential factors and changes in the process on care of ASD children. And this is the reason why we started this research.There are three directions in this study：1. Explore parenting stress on parents of ASD children and associated influences during the processes of treatments.2. Explore changes of parenting stress through out the process of care. 3. Compare the parenting stress discrepancy between parents of ASD children and parents of age matched general population. Hence, in my research I targeted some parents of 3-6 years old preschool ASD children in a medical at central Taiwan. By the end , I completed analysis of 36 parents of ASD children( Experimental Group 1 ) and 55 parents of age matched general population ( Experimental Group 2).They filled in some forms such as “Parenting Stress Index”, “Brief Symptom Rating Scale, BSRS),” “Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, VABS)”. Accordingly, I analyzed those forms and field working data and got some conclusions as follows: 1. The income of household will affect the status of their parenting stress, namely, the less their incomes , the higher their parenting stress. 2. The mental and physical conditions will affect the status of their parenting stress. 3. The extent of parenting stress will diverse with the change of time and place of treatments. 4. Family income and education level as well as children’s diagnosis categories and their cognitive ability will affect adaptive behavior of ASD children. 5. The above-mentioned factors just slightly affect ASD patients. 6. The parenting stress of ASD patients is higher than that of normal parents. 7. There is no obvious discrepancy in parenting stress and mental and physical status among those parents after half a year treatments. 8. The adaptive behavior of normal children is superior to those ASD children. Finally, our suggestions to parents of ASD autism, professional personnel and social welfare authorities, are concluded in this article. Key words: preschool autistic spectrum disorder children、parenting stress、mental and physical status、adaptive behavior of children
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Liang, Wan-Chi, and 梁婉琪. "Ａ Study on New Immigrant and General Junior High School Students : The Comparison of Parenting Style and Self-Concept." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49897052984474769905.
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碩士中國文化大學
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Abstract As marriage of our nationals to foreigners becomes common, there are more and more new immigrant families whose children have gradually entered junior high school. Treatment by other important people and peers at juvenile stage will deeply influence their self-identity and self-concept. The study mainly investigates state and relevant situation of difference in discipline method of parents and self-concept between new immigrant students and general junior high students through questionnaire survey and purposive sampling. Public and private junior high school students in the Taipei City are the subject of the study which obtained 600 valid samples including 495 from general students and 105 from new immigrant students. The research tool contains “Survey of basic personal information”, “Scale for parenting style” and “Scale for self-concept”. Information collected is analyzed by frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, one-sample t test, independent t test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe’s Posterior Comparison, Pearson product-moment correlation and enter multiple regression. The study has results as follows: I. Overall mean of discipline of parents on general junior high students (3.08) is significantly higher than theoretical midpoint indicating that the parenting style tends to democracy and most are “laisser-faire”; however, overall mean of discipline of new immigrant parents on junior high students (2.89) is lower than theoretical midpoint showing that the parenting style inclines to non-democracy and most are “laisser-faire”. II. Overall mean of self-concept of general junior high students (3.66) is significantly higher than theoretical midpoint demonstrating self-concept of general junior high students is positive and fine; overall mean of self-concept of new immigrant junior high students (3.65) is higher than theoretical midpoint indicating that self-concept of new immigrant junior high students is ordinary. III. “Educational attainment of parents” is with significant difference in parenting style on junior high students.The result shows parents of general junior high students who graduated from graduate school have more democratic parenting style while new immigrant parents of junior high students who graduated from junior college or university have more democratic parenting style. IV. “Educational attainment of parents” is also with significant difference in self-concept of general junior high students, the result of which shows self-concept is more positive when father graduated from graduate school or higher education, and mother graduated from junior college or university. V. General junior high students and new immigrant junior high students have significant difference in “parenting style” demonstrating the parenting style on general junior high students is more democratic. There is no significant variation in “self-concept” between general junior high students and new immigrant junior high students. VI. For general junior high students, “parenting style” and “self-concept” show a moderate significant positive correlation. For new immigrant junior high students, “parenting style” and “self-concept” have a low significant positive correlation. VII. Parenting style of general junior high students demonstrates 10% explanation on self-concept. As to male junior high students who are new immigrants and whose mothers are Southeast Asians, compared to from the Chinese, parenting style show 19% explanation on self-concept. Finally, it is suggested that junior high students understand and affirm themselves through activities as well as learn how to establish good interaction with family to increase self-identity. The study suggests that parents respect individual difference of children, and parents to attend together activity related to parenting education. It is suggested school counselors help junior high students know themselves to increase self-confidence and actively hold parenting education activity to advance parents’ ability of upbringing and attitude. The study also makes suggestions about subject of study, study variable and study method as a reference for future academic study. Keywords: new immigrant, junior high student, parenting style, self-concept
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Martin, Jessica. "Évaluation formative d'ateliers visant à soutenir les parents immigrants dans l'adaptation de leur rôle parental." Thèse, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/22221.
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Li, Chia-Ling, and 李佳玲. "A Comparative Study on the Relationship among Parenting Stress, Family Coping Patterns, and Quality of Life of the First time Fathers of General Occupations and Those Working in Hsinchu Science Park." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/80178243775264627143.
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臨床暨社區護理研究所
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Owing to the change of time, many countries have started to view the promotion of technological development as their main policy, and hope that the application and promotion of the results of technological development can speed up economic growth and maintain national competitiveness. The social expectation to parents’ parenting roles has been changed slightly as well. With the cultural transformation of paternal role, parenting stress is no longer faced by mothers, and the traditional role of fathers has been changed. In different family life cycles, families have to adapt to such a transformation to achieve the best quality of life of fathers. The purpose of this comparative study is to investigate the correlation among parenting stress, family adjustment and adaptation model, and quality of life of fathers in families with the first time father. This cross-sectional study used purposive sampling and structured questionnaires to collect the data from fathers raising 18-month-old children at hospitals in Hsinchu. The data of 140 fathers meeting the inclusion criteria were collected. The subjects were divided into two groups (each of them included 70 subjects, respectively). One group was the fathers of general occupations, while the other was the fathers working in Hsinchu Science Park. This study used structured questionnaires as the research tool, and the subjects were requested to complete the questionnaires on their own. The content included four parts,“family background information sheet,”“short-form parenting stress scale,”“family health response scale,” and “WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan version.” The questionnaires were used to measure fathers’ demographic variables, parenting stress, family adjustment and adaptation situation, and quality of life. The research results are as follows:(1) The parenting stress perceived by the two groups of fathers from the highest to the lowest are in the order as follows: parenting predicaments, difficult children, and disordered parent-child interaction. The family adjustment and adaptation models used by fathers (from the most frequently used one to the least frequently one) are in the order as follows: family integration, cooperation, and optimism; medical communication and negotiation; social support, self-esteem, and psychological comfort. The quality of life of fathers in the group of general occupations from the highest to the lowest are: physiological health aspect, social relationship aspect, environmental aspect, general measurement, and psychological aspect. The quality of life of fathers in the group of Hsinchu Science Park from the highest to the lowest are: social relationship aspect, physiological health aspect, psychological aspect, environmental aspect, and general measurement.(2) The overall quality of life of fathers of general occupations varies with variables, such as “health status of parents”, “religious belief”, “attendance in prenatal education classes”, etc. The quality of life of fathers whose parents’ health status is good, who have religious belief, and who attended prenatal education classes is better. The overall quality of life of fathers working in Hsinchu Science Park varies with variables, such as “wife’s level of education”, “father’s health status”, “other elder family requiring care”, etc. The quality of life of fathers whose wife’ level of education is higher, whose fathers’ health status is good, and who do not have other elder family requiring care is better.(3) The overall quality of life of fathers of general occupations is highly significantly correlated with overall parenting stress and various aspects of parenting stress. The overall quality of life of fathers working in Hsinchu Science Park is highly significantly correlated with overall parenting stress and various aspects of parenting stress, family adjustment and adaptation model and their various aspects.(4) The variable which can effectively predict the overall quality of life of fathers of general occupations is parenting predicaments, and the total variance explained is 25.4%. The variable which can effectively predict the overall quality of life of fathers working in Hsinchu Science Park is parenting predicaments andresponse type III, and the total variance explained is 41.3%. It is hoped that the research results can be provided as reference to assist nursing personnel in understanding the background information of families with 18-month-old children and developing relevant medical and nursing care measures to help families adjust to the impact of the join of new member, achieve the objective of improving quality of life, and indirectlystabilize the balance in family.
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Gagné, Julie. "L'association entre la psychopathie et les pratiques parentales dans une population non criminelle." Thèse, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/3882.
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La présente thèse avait pour but d’étudier les liens qui existaient entre la psychopathie du parent et les pratiques parentales utilisées. L’échantillon était composé de 65 parents francophones, hommes ou femmes, ayant au moins un enfant âgé entre 6 et 10 ans. Les parents ont été rencontrés à leur domicile, à l’école de leur enfant ou dans un organisme communautaire. Le Self Report Psychopathy Scale R12-III (Paulhus, Hemphill & Hare, sous presse) a été traduit en français pour la présente étude afin de mesurer la psychopathie du parent. La version francophone de l’Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (Pauzé & al., 2004) a été utilisée pour mesurer cinq pratiques parentales : les pratiques éducatives positives, le manque de supervision, l’engagement, la discipline incohérente et les punitions corporelles. La version francophone de l’échelle de désirabilité sociale abrégée de Marlowe-Crowe (Crowe-Marlowe, 1960) a été jointe aux deux autres questionnaires (Bergeron, Valla & Breton, 1992). Des régressions simples ont été effectuées entre le score global de psychopathie et chacune des cinq pratiques parentales énumérées ci-dessus. Ensuite, des régressions multiples ont été exécutées afin de vérifier quel était le meilleur facteur de la psychopathie pouvant prédire chaque pratique parentale. Les résultats ont montré que la psychopathie était associée négativement de façon significative aux pratiques éducatives positives et à l’engagement. Un lien significatif positif a été soulevé entre la psychopathie et l’utilisation des punitions corporelles. Les analyses secondaires ont démontré que le facteur interpersonnel de la psychopathie expliquait une proportion significative des pratiques éducatives positives. Le facteur antisocial a prédit, quant à lui, une petite partie significative de l’engagement au-delà de l’explication fournie par la désirabilité sociale. Le style de vie du psychopathe a contribué à une proportion significative de l’explication de la variance des punitions corporelles. Il semblerait pertinent d’intervenir le plus tôt possible auprès du parent et de l’enfant afin d’éviter que les mauvaises pratiques et les traits psychopathes ne se répètent dans les générations futures. Des méthodes d’intervention ont été suggérées. Les forces et les faiblesses de l’étude ont été discutées.The goal of the present thesis was to evaluate the associations between parental psychopathy and parenting methods. A total of sixty-five French parents, male or female, having at least one child between the ages of 6 and 10 year old, participated in the study. Parents were met at home, at their child’s school or in a community center. Parental psychopathy was measured by the Self Report Psychopathy Scale R12-III (Paulhus, Hemphill & Hare, sous presse) that had been translated into French for the purpose of the study. The French version of Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (Pauzé & al., 2004) was used to assess positive reinforcement, lack of parental monitoring, parental involvement, consistency in applying discipline and corporal punishment. Social desirability was assessed using the French version of the short form of the Marlowe-Crowe (Crowe-Marlowe, 1960) scale (Bergeron, Valla & Breton, 1992). Regressions between psychopathy and parenting practices were used to explore the associations. Multiple regressions were used to examine if one of the four psychopathy factors could predict educational methods. Psychopathy was negatively associated with positive reinforcement and involvement. Psychopathy was related positively with corporal punishment. Of the four factors of psychopathy, the interpersonal dimension accounted for a significant explanation of positive reinforcement. The antisocial factor account for a significant incremental of the involvement variance after social desirability was controlled. Life style seemed to explain a significant account of corporal punishment. The results suggested that it would be important to take action as early as possible towards the parent and the child to prevent the transmission of less effective parenting methods and psychopathic traits in the future generations. Suggestions of interventions were made and the strengths and limitations of the study were discussed.
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Beaulieu, Marie-Christine. "La relation entre les cognitions sociales des parents, les pratiques parentales et les caractéristiques comportementales de l'enfant ayant un TDAH." Thèse, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/10812.
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À ce jour, plusieurs études se sont penchées sur l’influence des comportements problématiques des enfants présentant un trouble déficitaire de l'attention avec ou sans hyperactivité (TDAH) sur les pratiques parentales (Chronis-Tuscano et al., 2008), mais peu de recherches se sont intéressées à la relation entre ce que pensent les parents et la façon dont ils se comportent avec leur enfant (Rudy & Grusec, 2006). L’objectif principal de cette thèse est d’étudier la relation entre les cognitions sociales des parents, les pratiques parentales et les caractéristiques comportementales de l’enfant présentant un TDAH. Une première étude examine la relation entre les cognitions sociales des parents (attributions causales, sentiment d’auto-efficacité parental (SAEP)), les caractéristiques comportementales de l’enfant (sous-type TDAH, symptômes concomitants) en lien avec les pratiques parentales utilisées. Cent dix familles dont l’enfant a un TDAH ont participé à l’étude. Les résultats indiquent que plus les parents ont un SAEP élevé, plus ils rapportent employer une discipline appropriée, une discipline verbale positive, des félicitations/récompenses et moins ils rapportent utiliser une discipline sévère/inconstante ou la punition physique. Les résultats montrent également que l’attribution des comportements de désobéissance de l’enfant soit à l’effort important du parent, soit au manque d’effort de l’enfant joue un rôle prédicteur en regard respectivement de l’utilisation d’une discipline verbale positive ou de l’utilisation d’une discipline sévère et inconstante par le parent. Par ailleurs, le fait de percevoir des symptômes d’opposition chez l’enfant TDAH prédit l’utilisation d’une discipline appropriée et d’une discipline verbale positive. Enfin, la présence de symptômes concomitants au TDAH prédit l’utilisation d’une discipline sévère et inconstante. L’objectif de la seconde étude est d’examiner le rôle des cognitions sociales des parents d’enfant ayant un TDAH en lien avec les pratiques parentales utilisées après leur participation à deux types d’intervention (programme d’entraînement aux habiletés parentales (PEHP) ou soutien téléphonique (ST)) comparativement à un groupe contrôle (GC). Les résultats suggèrent que dans certains cas, le SAEP ou les attributions causales prédisent différemment les pratiques parentales selon que les parents ont ou non participé à une intervention, mais il est prématuré de conclure que les cognitions sociales des parents d’enfant TDAH sont des modérateurs du changement des pratiques parentales. Les implications méthodologiques, conceptuelles et cliniques de ces deux études sont discutées.Studies have confirmed that behavior of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects parents’ parenting practices (Chronis-Tuscano et al., 2008). However, only few studies have investigated the association between parental social cognition and parenting practices in parents of children with ADHD (Rudy & Grusec, 2006). The principal purpose of this thesis was to examine the association between parental social cognitions, parental practices and the behavioural characteristics of their child diagnosed with ADHD. The purpose of the first study was to examine the association between parental social cognitions (parental causal attributions, parental self-efficacy), behavioural characteristics of their child (ADHD subtypes, comorbidity symptoms) and parental practices. Multiple regressions indicate that parental self-efficacy is associated with more use of appropriate discipline, praise and incentives, positive verbal discipline, and less use of harsh and inconsistent discipline and physical punishment. Results also show that parental causal attributions for the child’s misbehaviour to their own efforts are a predictor of positive verbal discipline whereas parents’ causal attributions for the child’s misbehaviour to the child’s lack of efforts are a predictor of harsh and inconsistent discipline. Parents’ perception of their child’s oppositional symptom is a predictor of appropriate discipline and positive verbal discipline. Finally, the presence of comorbidity symptoms in ADHD children is a predictor of harsh and inconsistent discipline. The purpose of the second study was to examine the association between cognitions (self-efficacy, causal attributions) of parents of ADHD children about their child’s behavior and their parental practices following an intervention (parent training program (PTP), support phone call (SPC)) in comparison with a control group (CG). Multiple regressions indicated that in some instances parental self-efficacy and causal attributions were predictors of parenting practices after the intervention. However it would be premature to conclude to the moderating role of social cognitions with regard to parenting practices following an intervention. Clinical implications of these results are explored in the discussion.
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THARTORI, ERIONA. "Mother's personality, parenting and child's externalizing behavior problems." Doctoral thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11573/961371.
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The first study, titled “Maternal irritability and aggressive behavior in family context “, aims to extend actual knowledge on the relation between mother Irritability trait and mother aggressive discipline toward her child. It examined the construct validity of the reduced version of Irritability Scale (Caprara et al., 1985) on 200 mother-child dyads from two family Italian context: Rome and Naples.
The first part of the study 1 presents the construct of irritability trait and its relation with aggressive behaviors, it continues by reviewing the main theoretical models for the development of aggressive behavior [Frustration-Aggression Theory (Dollard et al., 1939); Cognitive Neo-Association Theory (Berkowitz, 1989); Social Learning Theory (Bandura, 1971)] and it concludes with a review of studies (experimental, correlational and in familiar contexts) on the relationship between irritability, aggressive behaviors and harsh parenting measures.
The empirical part of the study, first analyzes the internal validity of Irritability Scale (Caprara et al., 1985) in family contexts: it confirms mono-factorial structure and reveals partial invariance between samples. Then, adopting a multi-informant approach, the study confirms construct validity, showing positive associations among maternal irritability and mother’s physical aggression, verbal aggression, and hostility-rejection.
The second study, titled “Trait and state variance of mother’s irritability and mother’s harsh parenting in two italian samples”, is a longitudinal study that aims to estimate the effects of situation and trait on irritability and to examine the relation between mother’s irritability and her harsh parenting over time (four time-points).
The first part of the study 2 presents the Latent State-Trait Theory (Steyer, Ferring, & Schmitt, 1992; Steyer, Schmitt, & Eid, 1999), on which is based the study.
The empirical part of the study, preliminarily analyzes the factor structure of the Irritability Scale in both Italian sample (i.e., Naples and Rome) and at each wave: the results confirm mono-factorial structure of the scale. Then, it analyzes latent state-trait of irritability: the results indicate that each single indicator contained more trait than situation influence. Finally, it examines a conditional latent-state model: the results reveal that mother trait irritability component had a statistically significant effect in predicting later harsh parenting, above and beyond the effects of the occasion-specific situation.
The third study, titled “Mother personality and child temperament as predictors of externalizing behavior problem trajectory from age 12 to age 14”, is a longitudinal study that explorer the joint contribution of parents’ personality characteristics (irritability) and children’s temperament (inhibitory control) to the development of children’s externalizing problems.
The first part of the study 3 presents the ecological theoretical models of child development (e.g., Belsky, 1984; Bronfenbrenner, 1986), on which is based the study and examines the relationship between the child's externalizing behaviors, temperament of the child and mother's personality.
The empirical part of the study identifies, using multilevel modeling (MLM), trajectory of adolescents’ externalizing behavior problems, including mother’s irritability and inhibitory control as predictors. The results indicate that higher levels of mothers' irritability predicted higher levels of externalizing behaviors over time and the inhibitory control moderates this relation.