Parental Bonding Research Articles

RECONHECIMENTO DA FILIAÇÃO SOCIOAFETIVA PELA VIA EXTRAJUDICIAL E A INFLUÊNCIA NAS NOVAS FORMAS DE FAMÍLIA

The research will address the recognition of socio-affective filiation through extrajudicial means and its influence on new family forms. The general objective of this study is to analyze the impact of the extrajudicial recognition of socio-affective filiation on new family configurations, focusing on legal and social issues. Specifically, it seeks to: discuss the evolution of the concept of filiation in the Brazilian legal system; evaluate the implications of Provision No. 63/2017 of the CNJ in the formalization of parental bonds; and investigate the possible conflicts and challenges related to multi-parenthood and the rights of those involved in this process. The central problem that guides this research is to understand how the extrajudicial recognition of socio-affective filiation, established by Provision No. 63/2017, influences new family forms in Brazil. Therefore, the recognition of socio-affective filiation through extrajudicial means, in addition to being a milestone in the adaptation of the Law to social changes, reinforces the importance of continuing to reflect on the challenges and implications of this innovation in the legal system and in contemporary family relationships. The research is bibliographical, using articles, doctrine and legislation on the subject as sources.

Sibling presence during fostering ameliorates endocrine stress profile changes in a social rodent species (Octodon degus) in a sex-specific manner

During early life, disruption of the parent-offspring bond can substantially impact development of offspring physiology and behavior. In rodents, it has been well-documented that parental separation, reduction in parental care, and cross-fostering can affect development of the endocrine stress response. For social species, however, several social factors may mitigate the stress of cross-fostering, such as remaining with other known adult caregivers or siblings. In this study, we cross-fostered a social rodent species (Octodon degus) with or without their siblings at postnatal day (PND) 8 and measured their endocrine stress response immediately after fostering (PND9) and at weaning (PND28). We found that female singly-fostered offspring displayed elevated baseline cortisol levels and reduced weight gain immediately after fostering. At weaning, female singly-fostered offspring continued to display elevated baseline cortisol levels compared to non-fostered female offspring, while singly-fostered males demonstrated weaker cortisol negative feedback strength compared to male offspring that were not fostered or were fostered with their siblings. These results suggest that sibling presence may help mitigate the stress of fostering, and that future studies should further examine other social conditions that may help reduce developmental consequences of long-term parental bond disruption.

Witnessing their mother’s acute and prolonged stress affects executive functioning in children

Stress can detrimentally affect physical and mental health, especially during childhood. During this critical period, parental bonds can foster resilience or amplify stress. This study explored whether mothers’ everyday stress can act as a source of childhood stress, affecting children’s executive functioning. 76 healthy mother-child dyads participated, with mothers assigned to a stress-inducing or stress-free condition. Children observed their mothers and were subsequently tested for cognitive flexibility and working memory. Subjective stress, heart rate, and cortisol were measured repeatedly in mothers and children, alongside everyday stress perceptions. Linear mixed models showed that children’s acute stress response was associated with impaired cognitive flexibility. Maternal stress, both acute and past-month, was a better predictor of children’s cognitive performance than children’s own stress. Quadratic relationships indicated the highest error rates at very low and high maternal stress. We found no evidence that children’s working memory was impaired by their own or their mothers’ stress. Although expected covariations of acute or prolonged stress between mothers and children were not observed, an interaction between maternal past-month stress and acute stress condition provided insights into adaptive mechanisms in children. These findings underscore the significant impact of maternal stress on children’s executive functioning, illustrating how parental experiences shape children’s everyday outcomes.

Adverse Childhood Experience, Parental Bonding, and Fatherhood as Parenting Vulnerabilities to Social Anxiety Severity.

Background: The present study aims to elucidate the association between adverse childhood experiences, parental bonding, fatherhood, and social anxiety symptoms among emerging adults within an Iranian context. Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study utilized self-reported assessments to evaluate fatherhood, parental bonding, anxious thoughts, and childhood trauma. The study was administered to 242 university students exhibiting social anxiety symptoms. Among the participants, 181 (74.8%) were boys and 61 (25.2%) were girls between the ages of 18 and 29. In terms of educational background, 64.9% of them held a bachelor's degree, and 35.1% held a master's degree. A majority of them (84.3%) were of middle-class socio-economic status, 6.6% were of low income, and 9.1% were of high income. Results: Analysis via multiple linear regression revealed that individuals with adverse childhood experiences exhibited heightened levels of social anxiety symptoms (R2 = 0.32) compared to their counterparts without such experiences. Furthermore, fatherhood (R2 = 0.28), paternal bonding (R2 = 0.26), and maternal bonding (R2 = 0.26) were all significantly and equally associated with variance in social anxiety symptoms. The findings underscored the substantial correlation between ACEs, fatherhood, and both maternal and paternal bonding with social anxiety symptoms in adulthood. Conclusions: Accordingly, the study emphasizes the importance of thoroughly assessing the multifaceted contributors to social anxiety. Such insights are pivotal for the design and implementation of community-based preventive interventions aimed at reducing the societal burden of social anxiety disorders.

Unraveling the Significance of Educated Parent Involvement: A Comprehensive Exploration of its Influence on Interconnected Dimensions of a Child

Parental Bonding is an important variable for the nourishment of a child. Numerous studies have emphasized that parental involvement plays a significant role in the development of a child. The role of a mother is extensively studied but the role and involvement of the father is not studied well in previous research. This research aims to highlight the positive contributions of both father and mother, specifically educated parents in the development of interconnected dimensions of a child. A qualitative research method was employed including interviews with middle-class educated parents. Thematic Analysis of the qualitative data revealed four themes which were: Academic performance, Leisure time activities, Moral values, and Dietary habits which underscore the prominent roles of Educated Parents in promoting the holistic development of a child.

Impact of Parental Bonding on Body Dissatisfaction: The mediating Effect of Socio-cultural Attitude towards Appearance among University Students

Impact of Parental Bonding on Body Dissatisfaction: The mediating Effect of Socio-cultural Attitude towards Appearance among University Students

Validating the caregiving experiences questionnaire (CEQ) in a Turkish setting: Understanding attachment and parental care in diverse contexts

Despite the universal significance of secure attachments, differences exist in parental responses to children’s signals of need across cultures. While much research has focused on Western countries, there is a growing recognition of the need to explore cultural variations in parental ideologies and caregiving practices. However, limited assessment tools exist for evaluating caregiving experiences, particularly in non-Western contexts. This present design study aims to explore the Turkish validity of the Caregiving Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ), specifically tailored to assess the self-reported caregiving experiences of parents with young children within the attachment system. The Turkish-CEQ was administered to 339 Turkish mothers with children attending preschools. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was employed to assess the congruence of the Turkish data. The results showed that the CEQ is a relevant construct in Turkish culture. The CEQ successfully adapted to Turkish, resulting in a questionnaire comprising 34 items organized into four factors namely maintaining warm parental bond, suffering from separation concerns, struggling with parenting challenges, and imposing emotional parentification on the child. The internal consistency of each factor demonstrates satisfactory reliability, with Cronbach Alpha coefficients ranging between 0.71 and 0.80. Finally, we assessed the criterion validity of the CEQ by examining its relationships with the Parental Burnout Assessment and Parenting Stress Scale. The results support the criterion validity of the Turkish-CEQ. The study provides Turkish researchers with a new instrument for assessing caregiving experiences and paves the way for future cross-cultural studies on caregiving experiences among parents from diverse backgrounds in Turkey.

Adolescent nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers: an examination of primary socialization theory

ABSTRACT Objective The purpose of the present study was to examine the links between primary socialization sources and the past year non-medical use of prescription pain relievers among adolescents. Methods The data for the study came from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) (2016–2019). Specifically, self-reported past year non-medical use of prescription pain relievers, Primary Socialization Theory (PST) constructs, and control measures was used. Results The results from binomial complex survey logistic regression indicated poor parental bonds, poor school bonds, and associating with substance using peers had links with past year non-medical use of prescription pain relievers. Conclusion Further, the results indicated associating with substance using peers had the strongest link with past year non-medical use of prescription pain relievers hypothesized by the theory. The limitations and implications for future research are noted.

Emerging Adults’ Attitudes Toward Romantic Relationships: The Effects of Parental Bonding and Personal Value Preferences

This study investigates how parenting and value preferences are connected to emerging adults’ attitudes toward romantic relationships. The study was conducted in Israel among young Jews and Arabs looking for a romantic partner ( n = 1121, 40% male, age 18–30). Higher preferences for conservation versus openness to change and self-enhancement versus self-transcendence values and higher levels of parental care were associated with positive romantic attitudes. In addition, parental care was associated with higher preferences for self-transcendence versus self-enhancement and conservation versus openness to change values, and autonomy-providing was associated with higher preferences for openness to change versus conservation and self-transcendence versus self-enhancement values. Personal value preferences partially mediated the connection between parental bonding and romantic attitudes. More specifically, high levels of parental care and overcontrol lead to a higher preference for conservation values, which, in turn, lead to more positive romantic attitudes. The obtained results advance our understanding of the connections between parenting, general motivational goals, and romantic relationships among emerging adults.

Association of Perceived Parental Bonding and Emotional Intelligence among Elder Male Sibling and Younger Male Sibling

The development of a child's emotions is influenced by various factors, one of which is parental bonding. The way a child perceives their parents greatly affects their emotional being. This study investigated the association between perceived parental bonding and emotional intelligence among elder and younger male siblings. The study used the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) and the Goleman Emotional Intelligence Scale. The total sample consisted of 126 participants, of which 63 were elder male siblings and 63 were younger male siblings. The inclusion criterion was males with at least one male sibling. The age range of the participants in the study was 18-25 years old. The results revealed a significant correlation between perceived parental bonding and emotional intelligence. Although the mean emotional intelligence score was lower for the elder male siblings than the younger male siblings, the elder male siblings showed a stronger association between the two.

Understanding Imposter Syndrome: A Correlational Analysis Of Achievement Motivation, Parental Bonding, And Perceived Social Support

Understanding Imposter Syndrome: A Correlational Analysis Of Achievement Motivation, Parental Bonding, And Perceived Social Support

Examining the Relationship between Parental Bonding and Academic Performance among Secondary School Students in Mbarara Municipality, Uganda

Examining the Relationship between Parental Bonding and Academic Performance among Secondary School Students in Mbarara Municipality, Uganda

Early Maladaptive Schemas and Their Associations with Perceived Parental Bonding among Adolescents Entering Specialized Health Care

Early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) have scarcely been studied in adolescents. The present study investigates EMSs in two clinical samples of 12–22-year-olds recruited from patients entering a specialized adolescent psychiatry clinic [n = 190] or a pediatric clinic [n = 119] in Finland. The endorsement of EMSs was compared between these samples, and the association of EMSs with perceived parental bonding was assessed. EMSs were assessed with the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form 2-Extended and particularly affectionless control parenting style with the Parental Bonding Instrument. The main analyses were conducted using general linear modeling. Significant differences existed between the two samples, with most EMSs and EMS domains being stronger in the adolescent psychiatry sample. The Disconnection and Rejection domain was associated with maternal affectionless control in the adolescent psychiatry sample and paternal affectionless control in the pediatric sample. The results provide novel findings of EMSs in adolescents and their links to parenting.

Explaining the Victim-Offender Overlap of Cyberbullying Using Low Self-Control and Parental Bonds

This study examined cyberbullying using a cross-sectional sample of n = 5,954 late adolescent high-school students in Arizona and had several purposes: 1. To examine the extent of the overlap of cyberbullying perpetration and victimization; 2. To examine the effects of low self-control and parental bonds on cyberbullying; and 3. To use both attitudinal and behavioral measures of low self-control as predictors. Using bivariate probit regression models, the study found an overlap between cyberbullying perpetration and victimization, with 9.1% of the sample experiencing both. For the most part, low self-control measures better predicted cyberbullying than parental bond measures. Implications for programming are discussed.

Overview of Parental Bonding with Adolescent Mental Health in Bukittinggi 2023

Parental bonding is a bonding relationship between parents, both physically and emotionally, that helps shape emotions during the long-term growth and development of adolescents. Generally, parental bonding often refers to an imbalance between care and protection directed by parents toward their children. If it is associated with health conditions such as mental illness, strong parental bonding will affect positive behavior and good and healthy relationships. And if left unchecked, parents will find it difficult to control their children. Adolescents tend to report their feelings to friends when they have problems, such as feeling unwelcome; parents never understand; children don't pay attention to children; parents enter children's privacy spaces; and parents control everything their children do.

The Role of Peer Pressure, Parental Bonding, and Sensation Seeking in Predicting Risk-taking Attitude among Adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia

The Role of Peer Pressure, Parental Bonding, and Sensation Seeking in Predicting Risk-taking Attitude among Adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia

Therapeutic Alliance: Associations with Childhood Trauma and Parental Bonding

Literature has shown the importance of therapeutic alliance in the psychotherapeutic process and seeks to understand factors that can interfere in its establishment, such as childhood trauma and parental bonding. As such, this study aims to evaluate therapeutic alliance in psychodynamic psychotherapy from the perspective of adult patients and the correlation between parental bonding and childhood trauma. A cross‐sectional and correlational study was carried out with 180 adult patients who started psychodynamic psychotherapy between May 2015 and May 2016 in a mental health clinic whereby Working Alliance Inventory, Parental Bonding Instrument and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire tools were used. The results show that there are correlations between the father's care and total alliance, as well as the dimensions of goal and bond, but those with mother did not reach statistical significance. The dimensions of emotional abuse and emotional neglect show an inverse correlation with the therapeutic alliance. These results point to the importance of experience of early relationships in establishing therapeutic alliance, relevance of the father figure in this process, and the need for clinicians to be aware of these attachment factors and patient childhood traumas to establish a strong therapeutic relationship.

Relationship between Parental Bonding, Alexithymia and Dissociation in Adults with PTSD

Relationship between Parental Bonding, Alexithymia and Dissociation in Adults with PTSD

Attachment and parental bond: impact on psychopathology, mental health and quality of life of hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study

BackgroundAttachment theory represents a reference model for understanding better how pre-existing personality factors can influence the coping with some chronic conditions. The onset of a chronic disease can represent a "threat" to the relationships between the subject and parental figures according to the type of bond that already exists. The aim of our study was to explore attachment styles in a sample of hemodialysis patients, hypothesizing that a secure attachment bond can constitute a protective factor for the quality of life and mental health in this type of patients.DesignWe used a cross-sectional design.MethodsFifty hemodialysis patients were given the following tests: Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) to assess attachment styles, Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) to assess parental bonding, Short Form Health Survey-36 (SF-36) for perceived quality of life and Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire (MHQ) to detect key psychological symptoms and relevant traits.ResultsThe results showed that secure attachment style correlated with good general health (r = 0.339; p < 0.05), good mental health (r = 0.547; p < 0.001) and mental component scale (r = 0.373; p < 0.05) of SF-36. Secure attachment was also significantly associated with mental health (B = 1.104; p = .002) of the SF-36.ConclusionsThe results confirmed the positive role of a secure attachment style for adequate psychological health. Early identification of patients with dysfunctional attachment styles will make it possible to offer them targeted interventions to improve their ability to accept, adapt and manage the disease and to maintain adequate psychological well-being.

Perceived Parental Bonding: A Comparative Study between Adults Growing up in Single Parent and Both Parent Homes

Parental bonding is an intense attachment in relationship that develops between the parent and child during the early years of life. Scientific literature asserts that parent-child bonding is an important predictor of the child’s immediate habits, thoughts, and emotions and its long-term personal and social growth. The present study investigated perceived parental bonding in adults from single-parent and both-parent homes to understand if parenting conditions influenced the bonding relationship. Parental Bonding Inventory (PBI) was used to evaluate one’s attachment to one's parent from the adult child's point of view. 200 adults with single parents (n=100) and both parents (n=100), with a mean age of 29.45 years participated in the study. Results from independent sample t-test showed that participants who grew up with single parents perceived lesser care and higher overprotectiveness from their father/mother, while those from both-parent homes perceived more care and lesser overprotection from their father as well as their mother. Further analysis revealed that individuals from single-parent homes reported affectionless control type of bonding to be persistent in their relationship, while those from both-parent homes reported optimal bonding with their parents.