Parentification

Parentification and Alcohol Use: Conditional Effects of Religious Service Attendance

“…Previous research findings demonstrate an association between family processes and increased alcohol use (e.g., Fischer et al, ; Kim & Neff, ), including the family risk factor of increased engagement in instrumental and emotional parentification roles (Hooper, Doehler, et al, ; Locke & Newcomb, ; Morissette et al, ; Stein et al, ). Despite evidence for the positive association between parentification and alcohol use by the parentified individual, further research is needed to more convincingly demonstrate the association and clarify contradictory findings.…”

“…Hooper, Doehler, et al () provided the most compelling evidence for the positive association between parentification and alcohol use; however, others have found a negative association. As part of an initial validation of the Parentification Inventory (Hooper, ), Hooper, Doehler, et al found that alcohol use positively correlated with the Parent‐ and Sibling‐Focused Parentification subscales.…”

Assessing Parentification in South American College Students: A Factor Analytic Study of a Spanish Version of the Parentification Inventory

“…Although considerable research has focused on parentification among American college students, racial and cultural factors and their possible impact on measuring parentification have received scant attention until recently (East, ; Hooper, ; Telzer & Fuligni, ). Because parentification is an important clinical construct, its precursors and outcomes need to be examined in the cultural and ecological contexts in which it takes place (e.g., Latino, Asian, Black, and Indian families, as well as international regions, college students, and underresourced family systems; see Bronfenbrenner, ; Cook, ; East, ; Hooper, ; Kam, ; Telzer & Fuligni, ). Most scholars would agree that research related to parentification should go beyond the borders of the United States.…”

“…An additional consideration is the extent to which any such instrument is culturally, linguistically, and clinically sensitive (Anderson & Mayes, ; Manly, ). With the increasing focus on racial and cultural diversity in the human helping disciplines (Chao & Otsuki‐Clutter, ; Hooper, ; McHorney & Fleischman, ), discussions and empirical research on the extent to which assessment methods are culturally responsive and relevant are important and timely (National Institutes of Health, ). Therefore, one important step in understanding parentification and its aftereffects is ensuring that individuals from racially and culturally diverse backgrounds are included in research studies that examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of instrument scores used in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment process (Manly, ).…”

“…The parentification literature has overwhelmingly focused on American populations. This study fills a gap in the family psychology, cultural psychology, and parentification literature with a focus on an international Latina/o college student population (East, ; Hooper, ).…”