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Wolchik, Sharlene A.; Wilcox, Kathryn L.; Tein, Jenn-Yun; Sandler, Irwin N.

doi:10.1023/a:1005178203702

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“…Following the death of a parent, youth are at an increased risk for a range of mental and physical health problems, and this risk increases when the surviving caregiver’s psychological distress negatively impacts their parenting practices (Kwok et al, 2005; Lutzke, Ayers, Sandler, & Barr, 1997). The provision of warmth/acceptance and effective discipline by the surviving caregiver is a particularly powerful source of protection for youth who experience family disruption or loss (Lin et al, 2004; Wolchik, Wilcox, Tein, & Sandler, 2000). Experimentally increasing effective parenting practices in parentally bereaved families has been found to lower the risk for mental health problems among youth in the short and long term (Kwok et al, 2005).…”

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Strengthening Effective Parenting Practices Over the Long Term: Effects of a Preventive Intervention for Parentally Bereaved Families

Hagan

Tein

Sandler

et al. 2012

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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This study tested the effect of the Family Bereavement Program (FBP), a preventive intervention for bereaved families, on effective parenting (e.g. caregiver warmth, consistent discipline) six years after program completion. Families (n=101; 69% female caregivers; 77% Caucasian, 11% Hispanic) with children between ages 8–16 who had experienced the death of one parent were randomized to the FBP (n=54) or a literature control condition (n=47). Multiple regression analyses conducted within a multilevel framework indicated that the FBP had a significant positive impact on a multi-rater, multi-measure assessment of parenting at 6-year follow-up, controlling for pretest levels of parenting and child mental health problems. Mediation analyses showed that short-term program effects on parenting, including caregiver warmth and effective discipline, significantly mediated the impact of the FBP on effective parenting six years later. These findings indicate that a relatively cost-effective brief intervention for families who experienced a major stressor resulted in sustained effects on caregiver warmth and consistent discipline six years following the program.

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Strengthening Effective Parenting Practices Over the Long Term: Effects of a Preventive Intervention for Parentally Bereaved Families

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Tein

Sandler

et al. 2012

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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“…Items were measured on a three-point scale from (1) like your mother to (3) not like your mother and coded such that higher numbers reflected greater warmth and acceptance. Wolchik et al (2000) has indicated this is a reliable (α = .86) measure of mother-adolescent relationship quality and Wolchik, Wilcox, Tein, and Sandler (2000) reported that the acceptance measure was negatively associated with internalizing problems, r (676) = −.16, p < .001, in children from divorced families. The composite had excellent reliability in the current sample, α = .94.…”

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Latent Profiles of Nonresidential Father Engagement Six Years After Divorce Predict Long-Term Offspring Outcomes

Modecki

Hagan

Sandler

et al. 2014

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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This study examined profiles of non-residential father engagement (i.e., support to the adolescent, contact frequency, remarriage, relocation, and interparental conflict) with their adolescent children (N = 156) six to eight years following divorce and the prospective relation between these profiles and the psychosocial functioning of their offspring, nine years later. Parental divorce occurred during late childhood to early adolescence; indicators of non-residential father engagement were assessed during adolescence, and mental health problems and academic achievement of offspring were assessed nine years later in young adulthood. Three profiles of father engagement were identified in our sample of mainly White, non-Hispanic divorced fathers: Moderate Involvement/Low Conflict, Low Involvement/Moderate Conflict, and High Involvement/High Conflict. Profiles differentially predicted offspring outcomes nine years later when they were young adults, controlling for quality of the mother-adolescent relationship, mother’s remarriage, mother’s income, and gender, age and offspring mental health problems in adolescence. Offspring of fathers characterized as Moderate Involvement/Low Conflict had the highest academic achievement and the lowest number of externalizing problems nine years later compared to offspring whose fathers had profiles indicating either the highest or lowest levels of involvement but higher levels of conflict. Results indicate that greater paternal psychosocial support and more frequent father-adolescent contact do not outweigh the negative impact of interparental conflict on youth outcomes in the long-term. Implications of findings for policy and intervention are discussed.

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“…The parenting quality composite includes four variables: two subscales from the Children’s Report of Parental Behavior Inventory (CRPBI (37, 38), rejection (10 items; alpha=.72) and consistent discipline (8 items; alpha= .83) and two subscales of the Conflict Tactics Scale – Parent Child version II (CTSPC-II) (39), non-violent discipline (4 items; alpha = .76) and psychological aggression (5 items; alpha .77).…”

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Mental Health of Children of Low-Income Depressed Mothers: Influences of Parenting, Family Environment, and Raters

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Coiro²,

Broitman³

et al. 2009

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Purpose To extend understanding of the effects of maternal depression on children to low-income and minority families; to apply advanced analytic methods to incorporate the reports of mothers, fathers, and teachers on the emotional and behavior problems and adaptive skills of 4–10 year old urban children; and to examine parenting quality and family environment as possible explanations of high rates of problems among children whose mothers have depression compared to those whose mothers are not depressed. Methods Mothers who participated either had major depressive disorder (n=84) or did not (n=49). They were predominantly African-American or Latino and lived in low-income, urban communities. Mothers, fathers, and teachers reported on children’s emotional, behavioral and adaptive functioning. Parenting behavior and family stress were examined as potential mediators and generalized estimating equations (GEE) were employed to test mediation and to account for discrepancies in reports by different raters. Results By mother, father and teacher reports, children of depressed mothers had significantly poorer adaptive skills than children of sociodemographically-similar non-depressed mothers; and they had more emotional/behavior problems according to mothers and fathers. The quality of mothers’ parenting mediated these associations, but quality of the family environment did not. Conclusions This study extends the literature on the effects of maternal depression to low-income, minority families, and demonstrates that mothers, fathers and teachers observe worse functioning in children of depressed mothers than those of non-depressed mothers, although their perspectives vary somewhat. The impact of maternal depression suggests the importance of developing and funding services to address the needs of affected families.

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Cited by 101 publications

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Strengthening Effective Parenting Practices Over the Long Term: Effects of a Preventive Intervention for Parentally Bereaved Families

Strengthening Effective Parenting Practices Over the Long Term: Effects of a Preventive Intervention for Parentally Bereaved Families

Latent Profiles of Nonresidential Father Engagement Six Years After Divorce Predict Long-Term Offspring Outcomes

Mental Health of Children of Low-Income Depressed Mothers: Influences of Parenting, Family Environment, and Raters

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