Within- and between-family differences in mothers’ guilt and shame: Caregiving, coparenting, and attachment.

Kerr, Margaret; Rasmussen, Hannah F.; Smiley, Patricia A.; Fanning, Kerrie A.; Buttitta, Katherine V.; Benson, Lizbeth; Borelli, Jessica L.

doi:10.1037/fam0000647

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“…Mothers still are primarily responsible and expected to be devoted to the household and the family (Aarntzen et al 2019). Thus, mothers’ mental health should have been especially negatively affected by the onset of the pandemic because they are often the group most exposed to work-family conflict and guilt (Collins et al 2020; Kerr et al 2021; Voydanoff 2005). However, we did not find support for this assertion in our data; the COVID-19 onset was not differentially associated with psychological distress, work-family conflict or guilt of the mothers in our sample, as compared with fathers or those without children.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research conducted during the pandemic shows that pressure for mothers to prioritize family over work persisted (Collins et al 2020). Research, new and old, suggests that mothers are more likely to feel conflict and guilt when they cannot adequately manage work and home demands (e.g., Borelli et al 2017; Kerr et al 2021) because standards of good parenting are more intense for mothers than fathers (Hays 1996). Working mothers must navigate both family and work devotion schemas (Blair-Loy 2003), which may have been amplified by pandemic responses.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Working mothers must navigate both family and work devotion schemas (Blair-Loy 2003), which may have been amplified by pandemic responses. Mothers took on more of the burden of childcare while children were unable to go to daycare or in-person schooling (Collins et al 2021), leading to greater work-family conflict, guilt, and, consequently, psychological distress among mothers than fathers (Collins et al 2021; Kerr et al 2021; Xue and McMunn 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

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COVID-19 Onset, Parental Status, and Psychological Distress among Full-time Employed Heterosexual Adults in Dual-earning Relationships: The Explanatory Role of Work-family Conflict and Guilt

Montazer

Brumley

Pineault

et al. 2022

Society and Mental Health

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We propose that the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions to daily life that followed had greater negative impact on the mental health, as measured by psychological distress, of employed parents than nonparents, because of an associated increase in both directions of work-family conflict and work-family guilt among this group of the population. To test this argument, we examined pooled data from two cross-sectional online surveys administered to heterosexual adults in dual-earning relationships living in the United States. The first data set was collected before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic ( N = 616), and the second data set was collected during the early months of the pandemic ( N = 454). Results of multivariate analyses show that distress increased between the two surveys, but only among parents, as compared with nonparents, irrespective of gender of the respondent, or age of the youngest child. This association is due to a change in work-family conflict and guilt between the two surveys: among parents, the COVID-19 onset was associated with higher family-to-work conflict, work-to-family guilt, and family-to-work guilt; among nonparents the pandemic was associated with lower work-to-family conflict and work-to-family guilt. Our results suggest that the COVID-19 onset had contrasting effects on the lives of employed parents and nonparents.

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COVID-19 Onset, Parental Status, and Psychological Distress among Full-time Employed Heterosexual Adults in Dual-earning Relationships: The Explanatory Role of Work-family Conflict and Guilt

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Brumley

Pineault

et al. 2022

Society and Mental Health

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“…Maintaining ties is also important to coparenting. When considering mothers with attachment anxiety, coparenting moderates the shame and guilt felt when spending time away from their children [92]. Therefore, efforts to accommodate coparenting with justice‐involved families helps reduce guilt and shame.…”

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confidence: 99%

Romantic attachment, childhood stability, depression, and PTSD in couples with an incarcerated partner

Tadros

Ansell

2022

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Incarceration has a multitude of effects on prisoners’ finances, health, education, employment, and family relationships. Incarceration complicates the maintenance of attachment bonds between romantic partners. Data from the Multi‐site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting, and Partnering were analyzed to examine the effects of childhood stability on adult romantic attachment while controlling for the effects of PTSD and depression within the carceral population. Findings indicate that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression have statistically significant effects on adult romantic attachment. PTSD on romantic attachment for men is statistically significant (p < 0.05) at −0.193 with an overall standardized effect of −0.086. For women, the effect is statistically significant (p < 0.01) at −0.235 with an overall standardized effect of −0.1. Effects of depression on romantic attachment for men is statistically significant (p < 0.001) −0.129 with an overall standardized effect of −0.229. For women, depression is also statistically significant (p < 0.001) at −0.153 with a standardized effect of −0.265. We examined the effects of childhood stability on adult romantic attachment while controlling for the effects of PTSD and depression within the carceral population. Findings supported our hypothesis that individuals with better childhood stability will experience better romantic attachments. Findings related to our hypothesis that having a partner with better childhood stability is positively associated with better romantic attachment produced mixed results. Clinical implications are discussed, and future directions call for research, practice, and training to improve outcomes for justice‐involved romantic partners, their attachment, and consideration of covariates of depression and PTSD.

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“…Another made use of observation and self-reports to classify triadic (mother–father–child) social networks within families (Heshmati, Blackard, Beckmann, & Chipidza, 2020). Kerr et al (2021) used ecological momentary assessment to randomly sample across the day the different social contexts in which mothers participated and their experienced emotions in those contexts. Nuttall, Valentino, Cummings, and Davies (2020) used a complex patterns-based approach to identify and characterize the family contexts in which children’s caregiving response to their parents occur.…”

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New conceptualizations and directions in the study of family context.

Teti¹,

Fosco²

2021

Journal of Family Psychology

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The manner in which family contexts place constraints on the universality of theoretical predictions has been of long-standing interest to developmental and family scientists. Current conceptualizations about family context, however, are evolving. Innovative thinking is emerging about how family contexts can be characterized, and there is growing appreciation that family contexts are dynamic, change across varying time scales, and that the manner in which they change impacts and alters trajectories of individual and family development. The present set of articles reflects these innovations and exemplifies how a systematic study of family context can further a richer and more comprehensive understanding of family life. We advocate a position in which the study of family context becomes a field of study in its own right and that approaching context and fit from a systems perspective will advance developmental and family science in exciting new directions.

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Within- and between-family differences in mothers’ guilt and shame: Caregiving, coparenting, and attachment.

Cited by 12 publications

References 56 publications

COVID-19 Onset, Parental Status, and Psychological Distress among Full-time Employed Heterosexual Adults in Dual-earning Relationships: The Explanatory Role of Work-family Conflict and Guilt

COVID-19 Onset, Parental Status, and Psychological Distress among Full-time Employed Heterosexual Adults in Dual-earning Relationships: The Explanatory Role of Work-family Conflict and Guilt

Romantic attachment, childhood stability, depression, and PTSD in couples with an incarcerated partner

New conceptualizations and directions in the study of family context.

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