Index

Transitions into Parenthood: Examining the Complexities of Childrearing

ISBN: 978-1-83909-222-0, eISBN: 978-1-83909-221-3

ISSN: 1530-3535

Publication date: 25 November 2019

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(2019), "Index", Blair, S.L. and Costa, R.P. (Ed.) Transitions into Parenthood: Examining the Complexities of Childrearing (Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, Vol. 15), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 257-264. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1530-353520190000015012

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INDEX

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” with numbers indicate notes.

Abstract theory of cognitive change processes
, 127

Abuse (ABU)
, 44

childhood
, 184

maternal alcohol abuse
, 38

substance
, 38, 46–47

of women
, 40, 48, 50–52

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)
, 190

Adaptations
, 176

Adherence Counselor for Health and Nutrition
, 42

Adolescence
, 205

maternal warmth and communication in
, 212

school disconnectedness in
, 211

Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health)
, 204, 210–211

Adulthood, transition to
, 204–205

analytic approach
, 212–213

conceptual model
, 206–210

control variables
, 212

data
, 210–212

depressive symptoms in emerging adulthood
, 211

descriptive statistics for overall sample
, 213–214

differences by race and ethnicity
, 213–222

hypotheses
, 210

maternal warmth and communication in adolescence
, 212

race and ethnicity
, 212

school disconnectedness in adolescence
, 211

summary statistics for analytic sample
, 214

theoretical frameworks
, 205–206

Adverse parenting behaviors
, 38

Age
, 8, 83, 212

Alcohol abuse
, 38

in SA and Western Cape Province
, 39–40

Alcohol use during pregnancy (AUDP)
, 38, 44

Anxious toddlers
, 182

Asian adolescents
, 213, 222

Asian mothers
, 208–209

Attachment

co-sleeping related to
, 181–182

theory
, 128, 130, 143, 175, 188

Attention to variability
, 127, 136

Authoritarian parenting
, 234

Bedsharing
, 174

infants
, 180

Bedtime protests
, 191–192

Behavioral interventions
, 122

Biracial children
, 19, 21, 29, 32, 33

in United States
, 32

Biracial couples
, 30

Biracial/ethnic couples
, 21

Biracial/ethnic relationships
, 18, 21

women in
, 22, 31–32

Black adolescents
, 213, 219

Black male–female relationship
, 104

Black mothers
, 20, 29, 104, 116, 209

Black students
, 207–208

Body contact
, 177–178

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
, 139

Breastfeeding
, 186–187

Caring for Body and Mind in Pregnancy (CBMP)
, 128, 130

Chi-square analysis
, 87

Child

abandonment and neglect
, 58

characteristics
, 5–6, 8

development
, 43

difficult child and parenting stress
, 4–5

father, experiences with
, 28

independence
, 188

neglect in WCP
, 40

rearing practices
, 124

Child-rearing

in Taiwan
, 233–235

in three-generation families
, 230

Childhood

abuse
, 184

survival
, 176

Children

behavior
, 5

communication skills improvement with
, 54–56

into “generational line” and extended family
, 159–160

psychopathology
, 126

Circle of Security (COS)
, 128, 130

COS-M
, 128, 130

“Clingy” behavior
, 181

Co-residency
, 236

parents
, 6, 13

Co-sleeping
, 174–175

arrangement
, 178

benefits of co-sleeping for infant and parent health
, 186–188

into developmental theory
, 175–185

mothers and infants
, 181

nature of
, 182–183

as normal developmental context
, 180–181

parenting universals and
, 176–180

related to attachment
, 181–182

risks of co-sleeping for infant and parent health
, 188–190

role in family
, 176

Western controversy over
, 185–190

Cohabiting couples
, 95

Commitment
, 81

scholarship
, 81

Commitment Inventory
, 84

Commitment theory
, 79

and coparenting
, 79–82

Communication skills improvement with children
, 54–56

Comparative fix index (CFI)
, 87

Compassion for self and child
, 123

Coparenting
, 88

analytic approach
, 85–87

association between parental commitment and
, 82

commitment theory and
, 79–82

dataset
, 83–84

descriptive statistics
, 88–95

disagreements
, 105

limitations
, 95–96

measures
, 84–85

potential confounding factors
, 82–83

relationships
, 78, 109

sample
, 84

support
, 110

trajectory
, 87, 90, 91–92

Cortisol
, 184–185

Cost-of-basic-needs approach
, 37

Counseling Program (CP)
, 36, 42–43

Crib
, 185

Crying
, 184

Depression
, 205

Depressive symptoms
, 204–205

in emerging adulthood
, 211

factors shaping by race and ethnicity
, 216–222

factors shaping depressive symptoms
, 215–216

OLS regressions
, 216, 220–221

Descriptive statistics
, 8–9, 85, 88

coparenting
, 88

independent variables
, 93–94

latent growth curve model of mothers’ coparenting trajectories
, 92

maternal reports of coparenting
, 94–95

multivariate results
, 90–91

parental commitment
, 88

time-invariant covariates
, 90

time-varying variables
, 88

weighted means/percentages and standard deviations
, 89–90

Developmental theory, co-sleeping into
, 175–185

Discrimination
, 206

Distress within coparental system
, 105

Doing family
, 230–232

Doing gender
, 232

Domestic abuse
, 45–46

Early childhood development (ECD)
, 40

Early Childhood Development and Aftercare (ECDA)
, 42, 47, 59

Early co-sleepers
, 188

East Asian children
, 209

Educational goals and strategies
, 160–162

Emerging adulthood
, 205–206, 210

depressive symptoms in
, 211, 213, 215–217, 219–220, 222–223

racial socialization
, 224

Emotional awareness of self and child
, 123

Emotional issues
, 45

Emotional security
, 188

Employment status
, 3, 5–8

Ethnicity
, 5, 8, 206, 212

differences
, 213–222

factors shaping depressive symptoms
, 216–222

mother-child relationships in adolescence–differences by
, 208–209

Extended family, children into
, 159–160

Family

background
, 83

dynamics in daily life
, 230

experiences
, 27–28

family-friendly policies
, 14

family-level controls
, 212

fragile
, 82, 93

harmony
, 234

practices
, 230, 232

relationships
, 209

science theory
, 31

structure
, 212

support of parenthood
, 21–22

values in Taiwan
, 233–234

Father
, 102

family
, 27

father–child interactions
, 102

paternal stressors
, 110

paternal stressors model for fathers parenting
, 112–113

perceived coparenting relationship
, 109

perceived coparenting support
, 110

perceived maternal gatekeeping behaviors
, 110

Father-son relationship
, 234

Fathering
, 102, 116

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
, 38

Filipino American children
, 209

Fragile families
, 82, 93

Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS)
, 78–79, 96

Full Paternal Stressors Model for Nonresident Black Fathers
, 111

Gender
, 212

biases
, 102

differences in work-family conflict
, 4

Generational line, children into
, 159–160

Globalization in Taiwan
, 234

Grandparents’ role in Taiwanese childrearing
, 234–235

Great Recession (2007–2009)
, 6

Hart-Cellar Act (1965)
, 207

“Heat map” of co-sleeping rates
, 175

Hispanics
, 207–208

families
, 96

mothers
, 209

Immigrant generation status
, 212

Immigrant parents
, 209

Infant

benefits of co-sleeping for
, 186–188

and medical professional
, 26

neuroendocrine response
, 184

risks of co-sleeping for
, 188–190

Infant sleep (see also Co-sleeping)
, 190–196

sleep consolidation and sleeping through night
, 193–194

one-size-fits-all advice
, 194–196

Western Sleep “Problem”
, 191–193

“Integrational continuum” concept
, 153

Intensive mothering
, 230–232

ideology
, 233

and value changes in Taiwan
, 232–233

Intention
, 134–135

Intention, attention, and attitude (IAA)
, 123, 134–143

Intentionality
, 126, 134

Intergenerational conflict
, 209

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)
, 122, 127–128

Keller’s parenting universals
, 176–177

Languages
, 149

barriers
, 209

for parenting functions
, 151–153

use models and “partial” parenting
, 153

Latent growth curve models
, 86

Less than high school (LTHS)
, 57

level of educational attainment
, 44

Life course

theory
, 204–205, 210

transitions
, 18

Life event
, 81

Life-span development
, 206

Linked lives
, 206

Listening
, 123, 134

Lived experience
, 18, 22, 24, 29, 46, 96, 128

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
, 43

Maternal alcohol abuse
, 38

Maternal gatekeeping
, 110

behaviors
, 102

mediating effects of behaviors
, 113–114

paternal stressors with
, 106–107

Maternal psychological distress
, 103

Maternal relationship quality
, 204

Maternal warmth and communication
, 208–209

in adolescence
, 212, 219

Mental disorders
, 38

Mental health disparities
, 204

Mentalization
, 126, 139

Migration
, 151–152

Mindful parenting (MP)
, 122, 127–128

change mechanisms to improving parenting
, 124–125

data analysis
, 131–134

functions
, 123

intentionality
, 126

interview questions
, 129

participants
, 128–129

procedure
, 129–130

program content
, 130–131

reflective functioning
, 126–127, 131, 134

results
, 131

theoretical model, mechanisms, and mediators
, 123–126

Mindful with your baby (MP program)
, 125

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
, 128, 130

Minorities
, 204, 206

Mis-attunement
, 126, 128

Mother

family
, 27

and medical professional
, 26

as protective buffer in school context
, 210

Mother-child relationships
, 204–206

in adolescence–differences by race and ethnicity
, 208–209

Mother-infant bed-sharing
, 194

Motherhood
, 31

experience
, 19–21

Motherhood, transition to
, 18, 22

data analysis
, 24–26

family and social support
, 21–22

family experiences
, 27–28

implications
, 31–33

individual experiences
, 28–29

at individual level
, 30–31

literature review
, 18–19

methods
, 22

phenomenological qualitative methodological approach
, 22–23

procedures
, 24

results
, 26

sample
, 23

societal experiences
, 26–27

at societal level
, 29–30

strengths, limitations, and future directions
, 31

symbolic interactionism and
, 19

Narrative envelope
, 177, 180

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
, 190

National Mental Health Commission (NMHC)
, 127

National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
, 6

Newborn’s thermoregulatory system
, 183

Nighttime behavior
, 180

Non-attunement
, 126

Nonmarital childbearing
, 78

Nonresident black fathers’ paternal stressors

conceptual model of paternal stressors
, 106–107

culturally sensitive approach
, 115–116

data analysis
, 111–112

direct effects of paternal stressors model for fathers parenting
, 112–113

exogenous variables
, 109–110

interdependence and conflict within coparental system
, 105–106

measures
, 109

mediating effects of maternal gatekeeping behaviors
, 113–114

mediating variable
, 110

methodology
, 107–108

outcome/dependent variable
, 110–111

parenting stress
, 102–103

recruitment
, 108

statement of problem
, 103–104

study limitations and future directions
, 116

survey design and administration
, 108–109

unequal childrearing decision-making power
, 114–115

Nonresident fathers
, 102

Normal infant sleep
, 194

OLS regressions
, 8, 10–12, 213, 216–217, 220–221

Ontogenetic adaptations
, 176

Oppression
, 206

Over attunement
, 126–127

Paid labor force
, 2, 4

Parent health

benefits of co-sleeping for
, 186–188

risks of co-sleeping for
, 188–190

Parent perspectives of parenting programs
, 49, 75

abuse of women
, 50–52

better educational outcomes for children
, 56–57

change in parenting styles
, 54

communication skills improvement with children
, 54–56

emotional issues
, 49–50

participant drug use
, 52–54

Parental commitment
, 78–79, 88

analytic approach
, 85–87

association between coparenting and
, 82

dataset
, 83–84

descriptive statistics
, 88–95

limitations
, 95–96

measures
, 84–85

sample
, 84

Parental/parents
, 36

decision-making
, 190

education
, 212

expectations
, 192

parent-children interactions
, 151

parent–child affection
, 124

parent–other social actors interactions
, 151

parents–children interactions
, 148

psychopathology
, 126

reflective functioning
, 140

socialization
, 208

solidarity
, 105

wellbeing
, 124

Parenthood, transition to
, 18, 29, 174

Parenting
, 148, 174

advice
, 174

affective and relational dimensions
, 155–157

affective interactions–expression of personality
, 158–159

body contact
, 178

body stimulation
, 179

children into “generational line” and extended family
, 159–160

conceptual framework
, 149–150

conflict
, 7–8

culture
, 232–233

data collection
, 154–155

educational goals and strategies
, 160–162

everyday care and providing for material needs
, 162–163

face-to-face contact
, 179–180

methods of data analysis
, 155

narrative envelope
, 180

object stimulation
, 179

originality of approach
, 149–150

primary care
, 178

roles of languages for
, 151–153

strengths and limits
, 166–167

style changes
, 54

system
, 176

theoretical framework
, 149–153

Parenting programs
, 40

abuse of women and child neglect in WCP
, 40

alcohol abuse in SA and WCP
, 39–40

AUDP
, 38

data analysis
, 45

data collection
, 45

ethical considerations
, 46

limitations and future research
, 62–63

parent perspectives
, 49–57, 75

participant demographics and characteristics
, 44

participation impact on
, 36

participation in parenting workshop and counseling program
, 58–59

qualitative interview
, 70–73

qualitative study
, 36–37

racial hierarchy
, 37–38

results
, 46

social challenges
, 57–58

staff perspectives
, 46–49, 74

Table Views
, 41–44, 57

WCP and Maraval Township
, 40–41

Parenting stress
, 102–103

associated with child’s behavior
, 7–8

difficult child and
, 4–5

parents’ gender and
, 11

Parenting Workshop (PW)
, 36, 42–43

and counseling program impact on parenting behavior
, 48, 59

Partial parenting
, 148–150

Participant demographics

and behaviors
, 69

and characteristics
, 44

Paternal distress
, 105

Paternal in-laws
, 236

Paternal stressors

direct effects for fathers parenting
, 112–113

with maternal gatekeeping as mediator
, 106–107

mediating effects of maternal gatekeeping behaviors
, 113–114

Personality, affective interactions–expression of
, 158–159

Pregnancy, alcohol abuse during
, 38

Prejudice
, 206

Pro-social behaviors
, 95

Psychic hovering (see Over attunement)

Psycholinguistics
, 149

Psychological segregated environment
, 206

Purposive sampling
, 45, 129

Qualitative interview

parents
, 72–73

providers
, 70–71

Quality of coparenting
, 116

Race (RAC)
, 5, 8, 44, 206, 212

differences
, 213–222

factors shaping depressive symptoms
, 216–222

mother-child relationships in adolescence–differences
, 208–209

racial categories
, 37

racial hierarchy
, 37

Racism
, 206

“Rare bedsharing” group
, 187

Reactive co-sleepers
, 188

Reflective functioning
, 126–127, 131, 134, 139

Reperceiving
, 127, 134–135

School connectedness
, 206–208

School disconnectedness in adolescence
, 211, 219

Segregated environments
, 206

Selective attunement
, 126

Self-regulation in parenting relationship
, 123

Self-reliance
, 235

Sensory exchanges
, 183–184

Sexual stratification
, 234

Single parenthood
, 2

Sleep consolidation and sleeping through night
, 193–194

Social

phenomenon
, 45

segregated environment
, 206

sleep
, 175

Social support
, 204–205

of parenthood
, 21–22

Solitary sleepers
, 187–188

Solitary sleeping (see also Co-sleeping)
, 183–185

infants
, 180

Some high school or high school diploma (SHSD)
, 44, 57

South Africa (SA)
, 36, 37

alcohol abuse in
, 39–40

Species-typical environment
, 181

Speech breathing
, 180

Staff perspectives of parenting programs
, 46, 74

abuse of women
, 48

child abandonment and neglect
, 46–47

improved self-esteem among parent participants
, 48–49

impact of parenting workshop and counseling program
, 48

Statistics South Africa (Statistics SA)
, 37

Strange Situation procedure
, 181, 185

Street outreach approach
, 108

Stress buffering hypothesis
, 206–207, 210

Substance abuse
, 46–47

during pregnancy
, 38

Substance misuse
, 38

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
, 175, 186

Sudden unexplained infant deaths (SUIDS)
, 189

Symbolic interactionism
, 19

Table Views
, 57, 61–62

foundation
, 41–42

programs and goals
, 42, 67

scope
, 42–44

total staff demographics
, 68

Taiwan

change in fertility rate in
, 233

child-rearing in
, 233–235

family values in
, 233–234

globalization in
, 234

intensive mothering and value changes in
, 232–233

Taiwanese families
, 231

Three-generation families
, 230

analysis
, 237–251

case study
, 237

child-rearing in Taiwan
, 233–235

doing family
, 230–232

home visit
, 236

interview
, 237

methods
, 235–237

parenting culture
, 232–233

socioeconomic characteristics of families
, 236

Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS)
, 2–3, 6–7

Tucker-Lewis index (TLI)
, 87

Universal parenting behaviors
, 176

Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich, and Democratic societies (WEIRD societies)
, 191

Western Cape Province (WCP)
, 36, 38

abuse of women and child neglect in
, 40

alcohol abuse in
, 39–40

and Maraval Township
, 40–41

Western positivist approaches
, 122

Western Sleep “Problem”
, 191–193

White mothers
, 208–209

Women

abuse alcohol
, 36

abuse of
, 40, 48, 50–52

in biracial families
, 26

Work-family conflict
, 2, 7

gender differences in
, 4

role theory and
, 3

Work-family stress
, 2

World Health Organisation (WHO)
, 127

Young adult parents’ work–family conflict
, 13

analytic strategy
, 8

control variables
, 8

data and sample
, 6–7

dependent variable
, 7

descriptive statistics of work-family stress
, 9

difficult child and parenting stress
, 4–5

hypotheses
, 6

implications for policy changes
, 13–14

independent variables
, 7–8

OLS regression of work-family stress
, 10–12

results
, 8

role theory and work-family conflict
, 3

stress associated with child’s behavior
, 13

TARS
, 2–3

time-based conflict
, 3–4

union status, child characteristics, and sociodemographic background
, 5–6