Child Illness, the Parenting Alliance, and Parenting Stress

Frank, Susan J.; Olmsted, Cheryl L.; Wagner, Ann E.; Laub, Carol C.; Freeark, Kristine; Breitzer, Gerard M.; Peters, John

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/16.3.361

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“…A stronger parenting alliance has been associated with less parenting stress in parents of ill children, as well as with fewer difficulties attaching to the child, greater competence and less restriction in the parenting role, and more perceived reinforcement from their children (Frank et al, 1991). Parenting alliance has also been linked to better parenting, by fostering self-worth and enabling parents to manage the psychological demands of parenting (Cohen & Weissman, 1984).…”

Section: The Parenting Alliancementioning

confidence: 99%

Predictors of Parenting Stress in Patients with Haematological Cancer

Fernandes

Muller

Rodin

2012

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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This study was designed to identify potential determinants of parenting stress in parents with leukemia or lymphoma and with children younger than age 18 years. Participants recruited at a comprehensive cancer center completed self-report measures of parenting stress, attachment style, parenting alliance, depression, and anxiety. Depression was positively correlated with parenting stress. Anxious and avoidant attachment styles, but not the degree of physical distress or the quality of the parenting alliance, significantly predicted parenting stress. These findings underscore the relationship of parenting stress to psychological well-being and the contribution of individual characteristics in parents to this stress.

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Section: The Parenting Alliancementioning

confidence: 99%

Predictors of Parenting Stress in Patients with Haematological Cancer

Fernandes

Muller

Rodin

2012

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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“…Les percep tions pa ter nel les de l'al liance pa rais sent par ti cu liè re ment liées au deve nir de l'en fant, y com pris à l'at ta che ment à l'en fant rap porté par le père, et au fonc tion ne ment po si tif de l'en fant tel qu'éva lué par les mè -res, les pè res et les en sei gnants (Abi din et Brun ner, 1995). En fait, certai nes preu ves sug gè rent que les pè res qui ont une al liance pa ren tale réus sie éprou vent iro ni que ment une vul né ra bi lité ac crue au stress ; ils ont mon tré des ni veaux plus éle vés de stress quand l'en fant est ma lade que les pè res qui sont moins sa tis faits de l'al liance (Frank et al, 1991). Les pè res rap por tant une al liance pa ren tale plus forte peu vent être des pa rents plus im pli qués ; leur vie est trou blée par la ma la die de leurs enfants, à la fois émo tion nel le ment et parce qu'ils pren nent congé de leur tra vail pour soi gner l'en fant.…”

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Le rôle du père au sein du partenariat parental

Egeren¹

2007

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Le rôle du père au sein du partenariat parental est examiné à partir d'une perspective systémique de l'évolution et de la famille. Une relation co-parentale s'établit lorsque deux personnes sont disponibles pour élever un enfant. Cette relation se développe dans le cadre de la relation d'attachement mère-enfant. L'entrée du père au sein de ce système a tendance à être déterminée par ses caractéristiques propres, qui fixent le fondement minimal de sa motivation à être parent, et par la propension maternelle de protection qui décourage ou facilite l'implication paternelle. Trois approches du partenariat parental sont présentées : les évaluations multidimensionnelles de la division du travail, l'alliance parentale et les interactions co-parentales. Les relations des pères au sein de sous-systèmes familiaux paraissent être moins différenciées que celles des mères ; le partenariat parental se trouve donc plus vulnérable à la satisfaction des pères quant à la famille et aux relations conjugales. L'engagement du père envers la famille et la capacité de la mère de lui accorder une certaine autonomie en tant que parent sont des facteurs critiques de la relation co-parentale.The Father's Role in the Coparenting Partnership The father's role in the coparenting partnership is reviewed from an evolutionary and family systems perspective. Whenever two individuals are available to parent a child, a coparenting relationship exists. The coparenting relationship is developed within the framework of the mother-child attachment relationship. The father's entrance into this system tends to be determined by individual characteristics of the father, which set a baseline level of the father's motivation to parent, and by maternal gatekeeping proclivities, which discourage or facilitate paternal involvement. Three approaches to the coparenting relationship are presented : multidimensional assessments of the division of labor, the parenting alliance, and coparenting interactions. Father's relationships within different family subsystems appear to be less differentiated than those of mothers, leaving coparenting partnerships vulnerable to father's satisfaction with family and marital relationships. The father's commitment to family and the mother's ability to allow fathers some autonomy in parenting are critical factors in coparenting relationships.El papel del padre en el seno de la colaboración parental En este artículo se explora el papel del padre en el seno de la colaboración parental a partir de una perspectiva systémica de la evolución y de la familia. Una relación co-parental se establece cuando dos personas son disponibles para criar a un hijo. Esta relación se desarolla a dentro del cuadro de la relación de apego madre-hijo. La entrada del padre en el seno de este systema tiene tendancia a ser determinada por sus proprias caractéristicas cuales fijan el fundamento minimal de su motivación a ser p...

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“…Although there has been some research linking minor illnesses during early childhood to family functioning (Forgays et al, 1992;Frank et al, 1991;Vernon-Feagans and Wamboldt, 1999), there are few studies in this area. It may not be the amount of child illness in and of itself that impacts families, but children's symptoms and parental perceptions of these illnesses.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research examining the effects of minor childhood illness on families is scarce. Frank et al (1991) explored the relationship between minor illness and parent characteristics in a sample of two-parent families in which 70% of the mothers were employed full-time. The authors found that child illness was linked to mothers' reports of parenting stress but not to fathers'.…”

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The influence of family environment and child temperament on work/family role strain for mothers and fathers

Lee

Vernon–Feagans

Vazquez

et al. 2003

Infant and Child Development

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This study examined the additive effect of structural variables, child characteristics, and the family environment on mothers' and fathers' work/family role strain. Differences between mothers and fathers on these variables were also examined. The sample consisted of 36 dualearner families whose children had been in daycare from infancy through 4 years of age. Structural variables included work schedules and time spent with child for mothers only, fathers only, and both parents together with child. Child characteristics included temperament and health. Family environment variables included different components of the family environment (conflict, cohesion, expressiveness, organization, and control) and parenting daily hassles. Results showed that mothers' time with child and caregiving for child were greater than fathers'. Mothers reported more expressiveness in the family and more daily hassles with children than fathers. Mothers' level of role strain was also significantly higher than fathers'. For mothers, role strain was associated with hours away from home, child sociability, family conflict, and daily hassles resulting in an R 2 of 0.57. Fathers' role strain was associated with family expressiveness, organization, and their wives' daily hassles resulting in an R 2 of 0.37. Data suggest that mothers' and fathers' role strain may be driven by somewhat different factors. For women, aspects of the family and the child and work hours accounted for a considerable portion of the variance while for men, only aspects of the family environment were associated with their level of role strain.

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Child Illness, the Parenting Alliance, and Parenting Stress

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