What role do family composition and functioning play in emotional and behavioural problems among adolescent boys and girls?

Paclíková, Kateřina; Veselská, Zuzana Dankulincová; Bobakova, Daniela Filakovska; Palfiova, Michaela; Gecková, Andrea Madarasová

doi:10.1007/s00038-018-1171-x

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“…Girls also scored higher than boys in the offensive communication variable, coinciding with the findings reported in other studies that conclude that girls obtained noteworthy scores in offensive communication [47], as well as studies that have described an increase in family communication and a decrease in behavioral problems in girls, but not in boys [64].…”

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The Role of Parental Communication and Emotional Intelligence in Child-to-Parent Violence

López-Martínez

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Ruiz

et al. 2019

Behavioral Sciences

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In recent years, cases of child-to-parent violence (CPV) have increased significantly, prompting greater scientific interest in clarifying its causes. The aim of this research was to study the relationship between styles of family communication (open, offensive and avoidant), emotional intelligence or EI (attention, repair and perceived emotional clarity) and CPV, taking into account the gender of the aggressors. The participants of the study were 1200 adolescents (46.86% boys) between the ages of 12 and 18 enrolled at secondary schools in the Autonomous Communities of Andalusia and Valencia (M = 13.88, SD = 1.32). A Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA, 3 × 2) was performed with CPV and gender as independent variables and family communication styles and EI as dependent variables. The results showed that the adolescents with low CPV obtained lower scores for offensive and avoidant family communication and higher scores for both positive family communication and emotional repair. The girls scored higher than the boys in both offensive communication and perceived emotional attention. The results highlight the importance of encouraging positive communication, as well as the need to strengthen perceived emotional repair to prevent future cases of CPV.

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“…However, some studies have concluded that greater family communication reduces emotional and behavioral problems only in girls [64]. Therefore, more in-depth research is considered essential.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Role of Parental Communication and Emotional Intelligence in Child-to-Parent Violence

López-Martínez

Montero-Montero

Ruiz

et al. 2019

Behavioral Sciences

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“…We found that difficult communication with both parents is related to emotional and to behavioural problems in adolescents, thus adding to the already existing evidence on overall importance of communication with parents [18][19][20][21][22]. Likewise, recent studies show that negative family interactions between parent and child are associated with higher levels of anxiety and depression [23,[38][39][40], whereas communication between the parents and the child may be influenced by several factors, such as a divorce of the parents [41,42]. Moreover, recent studies exploring father-child relationships have proposed an "activation relationship", where fathers also tend to encourage children to take risks, while at the same time ensuring their safety and security [43][44][45][46][47].…”

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confidence: 65%

Does family communication moderate the association between adverse childhood experiences and emotional and behavioural problems?

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Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and poor family support and communication can increase emotional and behavioural problems (EBP). Therefore, we assessed the association of difficult communication with mother and with father separately with both emotional and behavioural problems (EBP), and whether adolescents' communication with mother and with father moderates the association of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) with the EBP of adolescents. Methods: We used data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study conducted in 2018 in Slovakia, comprising 5202 adolescents aged from 11 to 15 (mean age 13.53; 49.3% boys). EBP were measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. We used generalized linear regression adjusted for age, gender and family affluence to explore the modification of the associations between ACE and EBP by communication (easy vs. difficult communication) with mother and father. Results: Difficult communication or a complete lack of communication due to the absence of mother and father increased the probability of emotional (exp (b): 0.96, 95% CI: 0.92|1.00; and 0.95, 95% CI: 0.91|0.99, respectively) and also of behavioural problems (exp (b): 0.96, 95% CI: 0.92|1.00; and 0.94, 95% CI: 0.90|0.97, respectively). We found a statistically significant interaction of communication with father on the association of ACE with EBP, showing that the joint effects were less than multiplicative. Conclusion: Difficult communication with mother and father is related to EBP among adolescents, and adolescents' communication with father moderates the association of ACE with both emotional and behavioural problems among adolescents.

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“…Their parents had a significantly lower socioeconomic position, more psychological distress, poorer supervision and lower perceived family social support than those whose adolescents did not report having EBP and were not in psychosocial care (Group 1). Previous studies show that the abovementioned parental characteristics are associated with EBP in adolescents and the likelihood of enrollment in care [ 21 , 35 , 36 ]. Parental need for their adolescent’s enrollment in psychosocial care might come out of problems in the family and might not only be based on the problems of the adolescents [ 37 ].…”

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Adolescent Enrollment in Psychosocial Care: Do Parents Make a Difference?

Paclíková

Veselská

Gecková

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Care for adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems (EBP) is frequently unequally distributed. Parents may play a role in the access to this care. Therefore, the aim was to explore the association between parental characteristics and their adolescent’s enrollment in psychosocial care. We used data from the Care4Youth cohort study. Our sample consisted of 446 adolescents (mean age 13.22 years, 48% boys) and 382 parents (mean age 42.95 years, 14% males). EBP combined with enrollment created four groups: 1, no EBP/no care; 2, no EBP/care; 3, EBP/no care; 4, EBP/care. We assessed differences in parental characteristics among the groups. Group 2 had a significantly lower socioeconomic position (p < 0.01), more psychological distress (p < 0.001), poorer supervision (p < 0.001) and lower family social support (p < 0.05) than Group 1. Group 4 had a significantly lower socioeconomic position (p < 0.01) and poorer supervision (p < 0.001) than Group 1. Group 3 had significantly poorer supervision (p < 0.001) than Group 4. The poor supervision in Group 3 requires attention, as these adolescents receive no care. The quality of parental supervision should be addressed generally, e.g., by providing better parenting support and more parental training.

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What role do family composition and functioning play in emotional and behavioural problems among adolescent boys and girls?

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The Role of Parental Communication and Emotional Intelligence in Child-to-Parent Violence

The Role of Parental Communication and Emotional Intelligence in Child-to-Parent Violence

Does family communication moderate the association between adverse childhood experiences and emotional and behavioural problems?

Adolescent Enrollment in Psychosocial Care: Do Parents Make a Difference?

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