Exploring Mothers’ and Fathers’ Relationships with Sons Versus Daughters: Links to Adolescent Adjustment in Mexican Immigrant Families

Updegraff, Kimberly A.; Delgado, Melissa Y.; Wheeler, Lorey A.

doi:10.1007/s11199-008-9527-y

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“…The results contradict the notion of same-sex socialization behaviors in parents, in which fathers were said to be more likely to be involved in their son's development (Updegraff, et al, 2009). Instead, fathers in this study take more measures to encourage, support and assist their daughter's school-related activities.…”

Section: Differential Treatment Of Single Fathers and Single Mothers contrasting

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“…In comparison to paternal parenting, mother parenting posits greater influence over the adolescent's later development (McKinney & Renk, 2008). The uniqueness of mother-adolescent relationship is illustrated in a way that would promote good outcomes in children, such as high academic achievement and reducing adolescents' risky behaviors (Updegraff et al, 2009). Given different family arrangements and quality of care provided by single fathers and mothers, we predicted different parenting goals and practices in these family settings.…”

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“…The gender intensification perspective (Updegraff, Delgado, & Wheeler, 2009) draws our attention to examine whether or not single fathers devote more effort on socializing sons, and whether single mothers have a more salient role in socializing daughters. Additionally, we examined if a child's gender determines the educational involvement of the father and mother.…”

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Educational Goals, Parenting Practices and Adolescents’ Academic Achievement

Baharudin¹,

Yee²,

Jing³

et al. 2010

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The present study examined linkages between educational goals, parenting practices (school involvement and monitoring) of single-mothers and single-fathers, and the academic achievement of their school-going adolescents. Additionally, it sought to examine the differences in educational goals and parenting practices between the single fathers and mothers, as well the parents' differential treatments toward their male and female adolescents. Through Single Mother Associations, we recruited 60 single mothers and snowball 30 single fathers for the study. We found that the parents differ only in terms of educational goals where single fathers had significantly lower goals compared to single mothers. In zero order correlational analyses, we discovered positive relationships between (1) parenting practices and academic achievement of adolescents from both families; (2) fathers' educational goals and their monitoring behaviors; and (3) mothers' educational goals and their school involvement, and monitoring behaviors. Findings from this study accentuate the importance of an active educational socialization process in diverse family settings to promote adolescents' educational success.

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“…Mothers, on the other hand, were reported to be more accepting of young adolescents (Updegraff, Delgado, & Wheeler, 2009). …”

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Victim, perpetrator, and offense characteristics in filicide and filicide–suicide

Debowska

Boduszek

Dhingra

2015

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical review of most recent studies of parental and stepparental filicide. A detailed review of the literature revealed the importance of certain demographic, environmental, and psychosocial factors in the commission of child homicide.Our findings indicate that filicides perpetrated by genetic parents and stepparents differ considerably in terms of underlying motivational factors. Data in the literature suggest that biological parents are more likely to choose methods of killing which produce quick and painless death, whereas stepparents frequently kill their wards by beating. Research results demonstrate the victims of maternal filicides to be significantly younger than the victims of paternal filicides. Additionally, filicide-suicide is most often associated with parental psychopathology. Genetic fathers are at the greatest risk of death by suicide after the commission of familicide. These findings are discussed in relation to theoretical frameworks explaining the occurrence of child murder. Further, limitations of reviewed studies and directions for future research are presented.

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“…Our research focused on mother-adolescent dyads because immigrant as well as nonimmigrant mothers were found to spend more time with adolescents than fathers and they often have deeper insights into the lives of their offspring (Dubas and Gerris 2002;Updegraff et al 2009). Furthermore, in a recent study, adolescents reported on maternal and paternal warmth over a 5-year period (Rodríguez et al 2013).…”

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Two Sides of a Story: Mothers’ and Adolescents’ Agreement on Child Disclosure in Immigrant and Native Families

Titzmann

Gniewosz²,

Michel

2013

J Youth Adolescence

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Research on immigrant families often has suggested that the process of immigration can lead to a distancing of adolescents and their parents. This study examined the actual agreement of immigrant and native mother-adolescent dyads in their reports on children's disclosure as an indicator for a trusting mother-child relationship. The research questions related to group-level differences (immigrant vs. native dyads) in mother-adolescent agreement, the prediction of interdyadic differences in mother-adolescent agreement, and the associations between mother-adolescent agreement and both family conflicts and adolescents' depressive symptoms. The sample was comprised of mother-adolescent dyads: 197 native German dyads (adolescents: mean age 14.7 years, 53 % female) and 185 immigrant dyads from the former Soviet Union (adolescents: mean age 15.7 years, 60 % female). Agreement was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient. The results revealed that mother-adolescent agreement was lower in immigrant dyads than in native dyads. In both samples, higher levels of adolescent autonomy predicted lower mother-adolescent agreement. Among immigrants, language brokering was an additional predictor of lower levels of mother-adolescent agreement. The interaction of language brokering and autonomy also turned out to be significant, indicating that if an adolescent was high in language brokering or autonomy, the effect of the other variable was negligible. In both groups, mother-adolescent agreement was negatively related to family conflicts. The study shows that processes in immigrant and native families are rather similar, but that in immigrant families some additional acculturation-related factors have to be considered for a full understanding of family dynamics. Research on immigrant families often has suggested that the process of immigration can lead to a distancing of adolescents and their parents. This study examined the actual agreement of immigrant and native motheradolescent dyads in their reports on children's disclosure as an indicator for a trusting mother-child relationship.The research questions related to group-level differences (immigrant vs. native dyads) in mother-adolescent agreement, the prediction of interdyadic differences in mother-adolescent agreement, and the associations between mother-adolescent agreement and both family conflicts and adolescents' depressive symptoms. The sample was comprised of mother-adolescent dyads: 197 native German dyads (adolescents: mean age 14.7 years, 53% female) and 185 immigrant dyads from the former Soviet Union (adolescents: mean age 15.7 years, 60% female). Agreement was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). The results revealed that mother-adolescent agreement was lower in immigrant dyads than in native dyads. In both samples, higher levels of autonomy predicted lower mother-adolescent agreement. Among immigrants, language brokering was an additional predictor of lower levels of mother-adolescent agreement. The interaction of lan...

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Exploring Mothers’ and Fathers’ Relationships with Sons Versus Daughters: Links to Adolescent Adjustment in Mexican Immigrant Families

Cited by 103 publications

References 42 publications

Educational Goals, Parenting Practices and Adolescents’ Academic Achievement

Educational Goals, Parenting Practices and Adolescents’ Academic Achievement

Victim, perpetrator, and offense characteristics in filicide and filicide–suicide

Two Sides of a Story: Mothers’ and Adolescents’ Agreement on Child Disclosure in Immigrant and Native Families

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