Parental Self Research Articles

Cultivating parental virtuosi: therapeutic grammar and neuro-claims in Danish parenting courses

This article analyses how universal parenting courses for first-time parents in Danish municipalities represent measures to cultivate parents’ skills in ‘how to parent’. The aim of such courses is to support all new parents in the transition to parenthood, to teach parents about early child development, and to guide parents in managing their emotions. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews, we address how the courses end up addressing a particular form of parenting (risk attuned, educated, science based) as well as a particular kind of parental self (reflective, responsible, sensible). We discuss how a therapeutic grammar imposes a new conformity on parents, and how neuro-claims form the basis for recommendations about child development and parent-child interactions. We also critically assess how mothers, in particular, are encouraged to work on and manage their maternal selves.

Familial transmission of mental health help-seeking: Does it “run in the family”?

Familial transmission of mental illnesses and health behaviors is well established. However, little research has examined familial transmission of mental health help-seeking behaviors despite social science theoretical traditions that support its occurrence including social learning theory and the network episode model. Among parent-adolescent dyads, extant literature supports consideration of adolescent-autonomy versus parent-gatekeeping according to whether or not parents recognize a mental health problem in their adolescent. Given this, we examined familial transmission of self-reported mental health help-seeking among parent-adolescent dyads over an 18-month period from a school-based study (N = 422; Texas, USA). Generalized estimating equations tested the effect of multiple forms of parent help-seeking on similar forms of adolescent help-seeking, controlling for personal/family characteristics. We also examined interaction by parent recognition of a mental health problem in their adolescent to discern unique intergenerational processes across these subgroups of parent-adolescent dyads. Owing to effect modification by parent problem recognition (p<0.01), two unique familial transmission of help-seeking pathways emerged. When parent problem recognition was present, parent self help-seeking history reduced adolescent help-seeking net of controls. In contrast, when parent problem recognition was absent, parent self help-seeking history increased adolescent help-seeking net of controls. Our findings provide evidence of familial transmission of mental health help-seeking behaviors, but the direction of influence fundamentally depends on parent recognition of a mental health problem in their adolescent in order to reveal intergenerationally transmitted processes. The findings support our hypotheses that familial transmission of help-seeking starts early in adolescence and is likely influenced by parent modeling and gatekeeping, though explanations for the patterns observed, such as short- and long-term positive and negative mixed impacts of past help-seeking experiences of parents, require further study to ascertain.

The Impact of Parental Solid Self, Treatment Involvement, Stress, and Parenting Styles on Children’s Mental Health Symptom Severity

With the increasing rate of mental health disorders among youth in the United States (U.S.) and the essential role of parents in children’s development, many studies have investigated the relationship between parental factors and children’s mental health. The current study expanded on this research by exploring the impact of parent solid self (i.e., one subcategory of differentiation of self), parenting stress, parenting styles, and parent involvement in treatment on children’s mental health symptom severity. The sample included 216 parents (U.S. residents; Mage = 33.84, SDage = 5.384) with at least one youth aged 3–17 years actively or historically in mental health treatment. Participants completed an online survey that included a demographic questionnaire and measures of parenting styles, parental solid self, parental stress, and children’s symptom severity. A simple linear regression found that parental solid self and stress levels were associated with the severity of children’s symptoms. A two-way ANOVA revealed that parenting styles had a significant main effect on children’s symptom severity. Results also showed that the level of authoritative parenting style mediated the relationship between parental solid self and children’s symptom severity. This study further highlighted the importance of promoting individual therapy or psychoeducation for parents and how it might benefit children’s treatment. Future research may consider children’s perspectives, how parents engage with their child’s treatment, incorporating more expansive assessment methods, and longitudinal designs to further explore the impact of parents’ differentiation of self, parental stress, parenting styles, and parental involvement in treatment on children’s symptom severity.

Right To Property and Maintenance of Illegitimate Child Under Hindu Law

The concept of property is evolving from the days of adopting the law relating to property of Hindu people. The laws relating to property undergoes many changes from time to time as to accommodate the changing need of the society. The major changes in the law of property held after the adoption of our Constitution. The Article 14 of the Constitution of India guarantees equality among men and women as a fundamental right. Following by Article 15 which allows special provisions can be made for women and child. Article 19 1(f) which said that right to property was a fundamental right, which later on amended and now property is a legal right under article 300A of the Constitution of India. Article 39(f) which is directive principle also concern about the safeguard of the child. The court observed that right to property is not only a constitutional right but also a human right1, and no person can be deprived of his property save and except by and in accordance with law. Due to Constitutional guarantees the legislature has brought Hindu Succession Act in 19562 and Hindu Marriage Act in 19553 along with three other Acts. Hindu Succession Act has amended and codified the law relating to intestate succession4. This Act has laid down a uniform and comprehensive system of inheritance of property. Moreover this Act gave rights to women to property which were unknown till then. The provision of this Act in relation to property is clear for legitimate child, but is silent for illegitimate child. The paper will focus on the right of illegitimate progeny to maintenance from their parents as well as right of inheritance to their parents self acquired as well as ancestral property in a Hindu family.

Parental Attachment, Self Control and Internet Addiction

There is an increase in the prevalence of internet addiction among Adolescence at the end of this year, but there is little research in Indonesia that evaluates and considers important factors that can explain internet addiction in this vulnerable population, this is certainly a common concern, especially for parents. The latest research states that the prevalence of cases occurring among Adolescence during the pandemic of internet addiction cases is increasing among Adolescence. In this research, the aim is to test the factors that cause internet addiction in Adolescence, the factors of parental attachment and self-control are considered to be central factors in the occurrence of internet addiction. The results of the research show that there is an influence of parental attachment and self-control on internet addiction in Adolescence.

I Know What to Do; I Can Do It; It Will Work: The Brief Parental Self Efficacy Scale (BPSES) for Parenting Interventions.

Parental self-efficacy predicts outcomes for parenting interventions for child behaviour problems, but there is a need for a brief measure that can be repeated over treatment and applies to a wide age range. The present study describes the development of such a measure, the Brief Parental Self-Efficacy Scale (BPSES). The psychometrics of the BPSES is presented across a wide age range from preschool to late adolescent in a sample comprised of four different intervention contexts. Evidence for structural validity, internal consistency, content validity, configural measurement invariance (equivalent factor structure) and test-retest reliability is presented alongside convergent validity against measures of parental self-efficacy, child behaviour problems, as well as self-report and observed parenting styles. Finally, lower levels of BPSES at baseline predicted increased disengagement from an intensive, individualised family therapy intervention for antisocial youth, while higher baseline levels predicted increased response to a group parenting programme for primary school aged children. The BPSES shows promise as a measure that can be used across a wide age-range, for a variety of parenting interventions for disruptive behaviour problems and which is sufficiently brief to be used as a routine outcome measurement during treatment.

Why are Moral Qualities so Important in Understanding Ourselves?

This article presents a paper by Alsou Samoilova and Ekaterina Verezhan at the online student conference Transactional Analysis in the 21 st Century, which was organized by the MIR-TA (World of TA) Institute and took place on July 1 st and 2nd, 2023. The topic of the paper is Maria Teresa Tosi's (Italy, PhD, TSTA-P) article Personal Identity and Moral Discourse in Psychotherapy (Tosi, 2018).This paper analyzes an original text by Maria Teresa Tosi on the definition of personal identity in relation to person's moral values. It is suggested that personal identity can be viewed as having two basic dimensions, which are autobiography and moral values. As the research cited in the paper shows, it is moral values that are recognized as the most important part of a personal identity. Moral values are linked to the general development, which means that a new perspective for psychotherapeutic work is needed. Despite the common belief that the moral discourse is not a part of the field of the therapeutic work, it may be the time to reconsider this tendency. Maria Teresa Tosi emphasizes the need to incorporate the moral discourse into the psychotherapeutic practice. Bringing the discussion of moral values into therapeutic conversations can help to build an alliance and promote personal growth and social responsibility in patients, which in the long term has healing implications for the participants in the therapeutic process. In these aspects, spirituality can be seen as a framework for the development of a Parent Self in order to bring positive values and moral principles into personal identity.

The emotional pathway to parenthood: Parental mentalizing mediates the association between alexithymia and parental emotion regulation in the transition to parenthood

Becoming a parent is perhaps one of the most profound processes in the lives of individuals, and it entails significant psychological, neurobiological, and hormonal changes designed to facilitate successful caretaking. It is considered a highly challenging emotional transitional experience for most parents both as individuals and couples, accompanied with elevated levels of role overload and stress. Therefore, parents’ self emotion-regulation within the parenting context plays an important role in the transition to parenthood. Unfortunately, parents’ own self-regulation within the context of parenting is largely overlooked. The aim of the current investigation was to explore whether parental self emotion-regulation at six months can be predicted from a prenatally measured trait-like capacity for emotional awareness and labeling—alexithymia. Moreover, this study examined the mediation role parental mentalizing may play in this longitudinal association, while accounting for situational emotional functioning in the form of parental depression. Importantly, this mediation model was tested using an APIM model, considering he mutual influences of both partners on the other. The sample involved 104 community-based couples in the transition to parenthood (prenatally and at six-months). Results showed adults’ alexithymia, assessed prenatally, predicted parental mentalizing, which, in turn, predicted the parent's ability to regulate one own self in challenging times of parental distress, above and beyond postnatal depression. Moreover, this study revealed important dyadic associations between both parents, highlighting the importance of examining parental capacities and functioning within a systemic framework. The empirical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.

Reach, acceptability and impact of an online parent healthy lifestyle intervention during the COVID-19 lockdown: A pilot study.

There is growing evidence that online parent-focused child healthy lifestyle interventions can improve healthy eating practices and food environments in the home. Greater understanding of whether and how parents engage with these online interventions is needed. This study evaluated the reach, acceptability and impacts of an online parent healthy lifestyle intervention. A pilot study was conducted in New South Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic when stay-at-home public health orders were in place (July-August 2021). A concurrent mixed methods design was adopted. Data collection measures were: an online participant survey at baseline, post-intervention and 3-month follow-up; two online post-intervention focus groups; and web metrics at post-intervention and 3-month follow-up. There were 181 intervention participants, primarily mothers with high education levels and living in advantaged areas: 43 (24%) completed surveys post-intervention; and of these, 35 (81%; 19% of participants) completed surveys at follow-up. Sixteen mothers participated in focus groups. Parents' knowledge, self efficacy, role modelling and behaviours improved, but there were no significant differences detected over time. Metrics and survey data indicated webinar recordings, particularly the topics of 'Fussy Eating' and 'Screen time and sleep', had the greatest engagement and most perceived them as useful (93% and 96%, respectively). An online healthy lifestyle intervention to support parents in providing opportunities for their children to engage in healthier lifestyle behaviours was appealing and acceptable to mothers and has the potential to improve families' healthy lifestyle behaviours. Enhancing intervention reach amongst fathers and priority populations, as well as incorporating design elements to enhance engagement will be important. SO WHAT?: An online healthy lifestyle intervention reached and engaged parents, despite being faced with additional parenting challenges arising from COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.

REGULASI DIRI ORANG TUA DALAM PENGASUHAN ANAK AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER DI MASA PANDEMI

Parenting of Autism Spectrum Disorder children has great challenges especially during the covid-19 pandemic due to reduced social support, increased parental duties, and the child behavior. Parental self-regulation is important because it affects positive parenting practices, which support the optimization of children's development. This study aims to understand the description of parental self-regulation in parents of Autism Spectrum Disorder children during the covid-19 pandemic. This research is descriptive explanatory design-mixed methods, included 120 parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder completed the “Me as a Parent” questionnaire, measured four parental self-regulation domains: self-efficacy, personal agency, self-management and self-sufficiency. Interviews are conducted on representatives of high, moderate, and low categories of participants to obtain qualitative data. The result shows that most of the participants have moderate category of parental self- regulation, approximately a quarter of the participants in the high category, and a small proportion in the low category. Descriptive data analysis showed that some of the participants had low parental self-regulation, which was supported by qualitative data. Based on the results, a training was designed that aims to improve parental self-regulation of parents with Autism Spectrum Disorder children, through developing domains with discussion and practice.

Parental Socialization, Peer Influence, Self Control and Financial Literacy as Determinants of Saving Behavior of the Workforce of a State College in Davao De Oro

Parental Socialization, Peer Influence, Self Control and Financial Literacy as Determinants of Saving Behavior of the Workforce of a State College in Davao De Oro

The Influence of E-Commerce, Parents Socio Economic Status, Self Control and Religiosity on Consumer Behavior

This study aims to determine the effect of e-commerce, parents' socioeconomic status, self-control and religiosity on Muslim consumer behaviour at the Faculty of Economics and Business at Syiah Kuala University. The research focuses on three things: simultaneous influence, partial influence and the most dominant variable. This study uses a correlational-based quantitative research method. The number of samples is 115 students. Data collection uses a questionnaire that is distributed online using Google Forms. The results showed those e-commerce variables, parents' socioeconomic status, self-control, and religiosity significantly affected Muslim student consumer behaviour. Partially, only e-commerce and religiosity variables have a significant effect, while two other variables, namely parents' socioeconomic status and self-control, do not significantly influence Muslim student consumer behaviour. At the same time, religiosity is the variable influence Muslim student consumer behaviour. The higher the level of religiosity, the more it will influence the consumption behaviour of Muslim students of the Faculty of Economics and Business at Syiah Kuala University.

Validation of the Ukrainian version of the Parental Burnout Assessment.

The aim of the present study was to develop a Ukrainian version of the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) and examine its psychometric properties among Ukrainian parents. We examined the factorial structure of the Ukrainian version of the PBA (PBA-UA) and its relation with other variables, both antecedents and consequences of PB, in a sample of 1896 parents including 1735 (91,5%) mothers and 161 (8,5%) fathers. The original four-factor model (exhaustion from parental role, emotional distancing from one's child, feelings of being fed up with parenting and contrast with previous parental self) and second-order model with a global parental burnout as a second-order factor fit the data well. The results of both subscale and global scores were reliable. The PBA-UA showed a positive association with perfectionism and general stress and a negative association with resilience. The low association with socio-demographic factors (i.e., marital status, number of children, number of children living in the household, work status) was replicated in accordance with previous studies of parental burnout, nevertheless mothers had higher level of parental burnout than fathers. PBA-UA also predicted both parental neglect and parental violence, even beyond general stress. The good psychometric properties of the PBA-UA suggests that this questionnaire can be used to assess parental burnout among Ukrainian parents.

The Effect of Parent Support and Self Regulated Learning on Learning Motivation on Students in SDIT Insan Utama

This study aims to determine how far the influence of parental support and self-regulated learning on students' learning motivation. This research is a research model of hypothesis testing (hypothesis testing study) with a quantitative approach. Data were collected using a questionnaire/questionnaire in the form of a Likert scale on parental support, self-regulated learning and learning motivation. The population was taken from all students of SDIT Insan Utama Yogyakarta with a simple random sampling technique with a sample of 152 students. Data analysis consisted of validity and instrument reliability tests, normality tests, linearity tests, hypothesis tests and correlation tests. The results of this study indicate that 1) Parental support has a significant effect on student learning motivation by 7.7% and has a moderate correlation with the Pearson Correlation value of 0.278; 2) Learning motivation has an effect on student achievement by 31.8% and is perfectly correlated with the Pearson Correlation score of 0.564; 3) Parental support and self-regulated learning together have an effect on student learning motivation by 32.9% with a significance value of 0.000. 4) The indicators of parental support variable are the provision of accommodation, motivation, appreciation, regulatory support, comfort, opportunities for activities, discussions and joint activities. Indicators of self-regulated learning variable are learning process control, setting learning goals, setting time and school assignments, motivation, planning, evaluating, implementing plans and asking for help if needed. The indicators of learning motivation variable include having an effort to learn, being able to maintain perseverance in learning and focusing on achieving learning goals.

Effect of empowerment program on parents' self competence regarding care of their children with cochlear implantation

Background: Children with severe or profound hearing loss are substantially get benefit from cochlear implantation that plays an important role in development of listening skills, communication abilities, social skills and participation and help children to progress in their life as an ability to carry out successful livelihood. Objective was to evaluate effect of empowerment program on parents' self competence regarding care of their children with cochlear implantation. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used. This study was conducted at Phoniatric Unit of Ear, Nose and Throat department in Bahteem Specialized Hospital. A purposive sample of (75) parents accompanying their children with cochlear implantation. Four tools were used; A structured interviewing questionnaire sheet, Child medical data sheet, Parents' reported practices checklist and Parenting Sense of Competency Scale. Results: there were highly statistical significance difference in parents' knowledge, reported practice and self competence level regarding care for their children with cochlear implantation pre and post empowerment program implementation. while, there were no statistical significance difference in parents' knowledge, reported practice and self competence level regarding care for their children with cochlear implantation between post and after 3 months of empowerment program implementation.

The Relationship Between Parental Verbal Abuse and Self Esteem in Adolescent at Junior High School 4 Jember

Introduction: Verbal abuse was a form of abuse by saying words or sentences that are negative such as insult, humiliate, refuse, yell, or berate has an impact on the development of adolescent self-esteem. Self-esteem was a self-assessment that is influenced by attitude, interaction, award, and form of acceptance of others towards an individual. This study aim was to determine the relationship between parental verbal abuse and self-esteem in adolescents. Method: The research design used quantitative methods with a correlation design and a cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique used simple random sampling to obtain a sample of 152 students from the calculation of the Slovin formula.Data collection used a questionnaire and the statistical test used Chi-square. Result: The result showed that verbal abuse committed by parents was 93%, self-esteem in adolescents obtained high self-esteem results of as much as 89%, and there was no relationship between the variables of parental verbal abuse and self-esteem in adolescents with a p-value of 0,0246. Conclusion: The absence of a relationship between the variable verbal abuse and the variable self-esteem occurs because adolescents in developmental tasks seek identity and improve self-integrity. So that adolescents will spend more time with friends and their relationship with their parents will be stretched.

Hubungan Dukungan Orang Tua dan Regulasi Diri dengan Tanggung Jawab Belajar pada Siswa Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri 1 Lhokseumawe

This study aims to determine the relationship between parental support and self regulation with learning responsbilitiies in SMA Negeri 1 Lhokseumawe students. The research approach is quantitative with the type of correlational research. The population of this research is the student of class XI SMA Negeri 1 Lhokseumawe, totaling 330 student. The research sample used the Slovin formula with a sample size of 181 people. The independent variables in this study were parental support and self regulation, while the dependent variable was learning responsibility. The research was carried out at SMA Negeri 1 Lhokseumawe in november 2021. The research data collection technique used a scale. The data analysis technique used the statistical test of the SPSS 26 program. Based of the results of the Pearson correlation calculation, the results of the relationship between parental support and learning responsibility rx1y were 0.379 and the relationship between self regulation and learning responsibility rx2y was 0.387. The results of multiple regression analysis show that the F test count 18.985 &gt; F table 3.046, accept Ha reject H0 that is, there is a simultaneous relationship between parental support, self regulation and learning responsibilies in SMA Negeri 1 Lhokseumawe student rx1,2y of 0.419. it can be concluded that there is a relationship between parental support and self regulation of 41.9% on student learning responsibilities. It is recomended for parents to pay attention and support their children. Furthermore, students of SMA Negeri 1 Lhokseumawe can organize themselves and be responsible for laerning.

Influence of parental self-efficacy on behavioural problems of pre-school children

Parental self efficacy is the parent’s conviction about being capable in influencing their children’s behaviour. A correlation research design was employed to study the influence of parental self-efficacy on behavioral problems of pre-school children in both rural and urban locality. Multistage random sampling was employed where rural sample formed 213 pre-school children from ten Anganwadi’s and urban sample formed 121 pre-school children from six Anganwadi’s from the selected villages of Dharwad district. The influence of parental self-efficacy on behavioural problems was studied on a dichotomized sample of 206 children falling in normal and borderline/clinical range for behavioural problems which were assessed by administering the Child Behavior Checklist. The self efficacy among parents was assessed by administering Cooper Parental Self-Efficacy Scale-Child Health Behavior by Cooper (2013). The results revealed that, 47% of pre-schoolers were in the borderline while 13.8 % were in clinical range for behavioural problems. Parents from urban locality had higher self efficacy than rural parents. Parental self efficacy was not found to be significantly influencing behavioural problems among rural pre-schoolers than urban pre-schoolers. To manage the behavioural problems among pre-schoolers, self efficacy skills of parents can be enhanced by adopting individualized intervention programmes.

Parent and child self- and co-regulation during pediatric venipuncture: Exploring heart rate variability and the effects of a mindfulness intervention.

Needle procedures are common throughout childhood and often elicit distress in children and parents. Heart rate variability (HRV), as an index of emotion regulation, can inform both self-regulatory and co-regulatory processes. Mindfulness may serve to regulate distress; however, no research has studied mindfulness or parent and child regulatory responding concurrently during venipuncture. Stemming from a randomized controlled trial investigating a mindfulness intervention, this study sought to describe regulatory responding (via HRV) throughout pediatric venipuncture and the role of cognitive-affective factors (mindfulness, parent anxiety, catastrophizing) in 61 parent-child dyads (7-12 years). We examined (1) patterns of parent and child HRV throughout venipuncture and whether a brief, randomly assigned audio-guided mindfulness versus control exercise affected this pattern and (2) the extent to which changes in parent and child HRV were synchronized throughout venipuncture, and whether parent catastrophizing and anxiety moderated this association. HRV differed as a function of procedural phase. Practicing the mindfulness versus control exercise did not consistently affect HRV in dyads. Positive synchrony was observed during the end of the intervention in dyads with high parental catastrophizing. Otherwise, a pattern of nonsynchrony emerged. Results provide foundational knowledge regarding children's internal (self) and external (parent) regulation mechanisms. RCT registration: NCT03941717.

Parental stress among parents of young children-the contribution of parental self- awareness, attachment orientation, quality of couple relationship and child's temperament

Parental stress among parents of young children-the contribution of parental self- awareness, attachment orientation, quality of couple relationship and child's temperament