Parental Problem Drinking, Marital Aggression, and Child Emotional Insecurity: A Longitudinal Investigation

Keller, Peggy S.; Gilbert, Lauren R.; Koss, Kalsea J.; Cummings, E. Mark; Davies, Patrick T.

doi:10.15288/jsad.2011.72.711

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“…The question whether aggressive and antisocial behaviors in adolescents are related to psychosocial factors is of major importance. Various studies in this area have shown positive associations between parental alcohol use problems/ dependence and conduct disorder or severe aggressive and antisocial behaviors in children (Finan et al, 2015;Gabel & Shindledecker, 1993;Keller et al, 2011). Our results agree with these studies.…”

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confidence: 92%

Self-reported aggressive and antisocial behaviors in Moroccan high school students

2019

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The aims of the present study were to map the level and distribution of aggressive and antisocial behaviors in a sample of Moroccan high school students and to define the level of these behaviors in adolescents who reported parental alcohol use problems and/or experienced abuse. In total, 375 high school students completed the "Mental and Somatic Health without borders (MeSHe)" survey that includes the Life History of Aggression scale. Male students had significantly higher scores for aggression and antisocial behaviors than female. The students who reported experience of abuse or parental alcohol use problems scored significantly higher for aggression, self-directed aggression, and antisocial behaviors compared to students not reporting these negative psychosocial factors. Previously shown gender-specific patterns in aggressive and antisocial behaviors, but not in self-harm behaviors were confirmed in these Moroccan high school students. Reported experience of abuse and/or parental alcohol use problems were associated with increased frequency of aggressive and antisocial behaviors.

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Self-reported aggressive and antisocial behaviors in Moroccan high school students

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“…It is also possible that different effects for mothers’ and fathers’ problem drinking emerged because men reported more problem drinking and 12% of fathers, in comparison to 3% of mothers, surpassed the clinical cut-off for alcohol use disorders. The higher levels of fathers’ than mothers’ problem drinking in the sample is characteristic of drinking in the population (Keller et al, 2011). Study findings are consistent with others that have found fathers’ problem drinking to have a more deleterious influence on children’s development (Keller et al, 2008).…”

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“…In contrast, continued exposure to threatening and chaotic circumstances can create heightened vigilance, which is the antithesis of sleep. Paired with the emotional security theory (Cummings & Davies, 2010), which posits that a sense of emotional security derives from family relationships that children perceive as safe, exposure to family stress including PPD can produce feelings of worry and interfere with a sense of security in the family (Keller, Gilbert, Koss, Cummings, & Davies, 2011). …”

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Parental problem drinking and children’s sleep: The role of ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Kelly¹,

El‐Sheikh²

2016

Journal of Family Psychology

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We examined relations between mothers’ and fathers’ problem drinking and school-aged children’s sleep. Consistent with a health disparities perspective, children’s ethnicity and socioeconomic status were examined as moderators of relations between parental problem drinking and children’s sleep. Participants were 282 children (M age = 9.44 years) and their parents. Children were from diverse ethnic (65% European American, 35% African American) and socioeconomic backgrounds. Using a multi-informant design, parents reported on their own problem drinking and children’s sleep was assessed with actigraphs over 7 nights. After controlling for several influential covariates, moderation findings indicated that associations between heightened levels of parental problem drinking (predominately fathers’) and children’s shorter sleep duration, reduced sleep efficiency, and greater long wake episodes were most evident for African American children and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Findings are among the first to establish relations between parental problem drinking and children’s sleep and indicate that not all children are at equal risk for sleep disturbances in such home environments. Results add to a growing literature that has examined children’s sleep within the family context and highlight the importance of considering the broader sociocultural milieu.

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“…The parents' marital relationship is usually an important influence on child development [3]. Children's exposure to parental marital conflict may increase risky behavioral and emotional problems [4,5], including internet addiction in adolescents and young adults [6][7][8][9]. While parental marital conflict is a potential risk factor for IGD in children, little is known about the mechanisms underlying the relationship between parental conflict and IGD propensity.…”

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A partial mediation effect of father-child attachment and self-esteem between parental marital conflict and subsequent features of internet gaming disorder in children: a 12-month follow-up study

Jeong

Lee

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BMC Public Health

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Background: This study evaluated whether parent-child attachment and self-esteem may mediate the relationship between parental marital conflict and increases in features of internet gaming disorder (IGD) in children at 1 year. Methods: The baseline and one-year follow-up data for 268 pre-teens aged between 9 and 10 from the Internet User Cohort for Unbiased Recognition of Gaming Disorder in Early Adolescence (iCURE) study were collected. The students were children at low risk for IGD in the initial self-reported assessment, anyone living with both parents, current game user at baseline, and those who completed a 12-month follow-up assessment. The Internet Game Use-Elicited Symptom Screen (IGUESS) was used to identify increases in IGD features at 12 months. To examine a potential mediation effect, structural equation modeling was performed. Results: The direct effect was statistically significant, and parental marital conflict at baseline significantly predicted the increases in IGD features in children at the 12-month follow-up after adjusting for gender, sex, socioeconomic status, and baseline IGUESS score (ß = 0.206, P = 0.003). The indirect effect showed that attachment to fathers through self-esteem was a significant mediating effect (ß = 0.078, P = 0.045). Parental marital conflicts were associated with increases in IGD features in children through poor father-child attachment, and in turn, the lower levels of self-esteem in the children. Conclusions: Parents, especially fathers, should make an effort to bond with their children to reduce the risk of their children's developing the IGD features.

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Parental Problem Drinking, Marital Aggression, and Child Emotional Insecurity: A Longitudinal Investigation

Cited by 19 publications

References 47 publications

Self-reported aggressive and antisocial behaviors in Moroccan high school students

Self-reported aggressive and antisocial behaviors in Moroccan high school students

Parental problem drinking and children’s sleep: The role of ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

A partial mediation effect of father-child attachment and self-esteem between parental marital conflict and subsequent features of internet gaming disorder in children: a 12-month follow-up study

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