Family context and children’s early literacy skills: The role of marriage quality and emotional expressiveness of mothers and fathers

Konishi, Haruka; Froyen, Laura C.; Skibbe, Lori E.; Bowles, Ryan P.

doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2017.10.008

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“…These can be due to the fact that when in very stressful environments, parents tend to consider daily situations in an automatic and plain way, have fewer self-correction systems (Nunes et al, 2021b) and minimize the barriers and constrains faced. Although they activate these strategies, the stress experienced can cause strong effects on socioemotional and behaviour features in the children (Konishi et al, 2018), and therefore the child can be perceived as difficult.…”

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“…Regarding the influence of marital satisfaction in family functioning, research shows that low levels of marital satisfaction are associated with more distant parental-child relationships (Christopher et al, 2015), harsher discipline (Liu & Wang, 2015), and lower paternal responsiveness and sensitivity to children (Knopp et al, 2017), which is detrimental to the children's development (Ferrão et al, 2019). Existing research emphasizes that the marital relationship between parents may have important repercussions in children's' socioemotional development and behavioural problems (Konishi et al, 2018). In addition, marital dissatisfaction has adverse effects for the members of the couple, such as cardiovascular problems (Liu & Waite, 2014), alcoholism (Cranford et al, 2011) and a decrease in self-esteem (Voss et al, 1999).…”

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The enrich marital satisfaction scale: Adaptation and psychometric properties among at-risk and community Portuguese parents

Nunes

Ferreira

Martins

et al. 2022

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Marital satisfaction is a multidimensional construct that encompasses the satisfaction with marital interactions and with the emotional and the practical aspects of marriage. Marital satisfaction has a great impact on personal well-being and affects the family as a whole; low marital satisfaction has been associated with unhappiness and with higher divorce rates. Furthermore, marital satisfaction is related with family functioning and is an indicator of the quality of the parenting relationship. The Enrich Marital Satisfaction (EMS) scale is a two-factor and 15-items self-report measure that assesses satisfaction with the marital relationship. This study analysed the psychometric properties of the EMS among two samples: at-risk ( N = 273, M = 37.05 years, 82.05% women) and community ( N = 205, M = 38.38 years, 52.2% women) Portuguese parents. Participants completed the EMS and measures of parenting sense of competence, parenting stress, and parenting alliance. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that the revised two-factor model obtained the best fit, after removing a few items. Measurement invariance across the two samples was demonstrated. The EMS showed good psychometric properties, namely internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity. The EMS is a time-efficient tool for both researchers and practitioners who need to assess marital satisfaction, a relevant dimension for family functioning and parenting.

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The enrich marital satisfaction scale: Adaptation and psychometric properties among at-risk and community Portuguese parents

Nunes

Ferreira

Martins

et al. 2022

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…Many efforts to increase public literacy have been carried out by the government and literacy observer communities, however, based on the research of Konishi, et al (2018) it is known that literacy improvement is more effective if it is carried out by mothers. This is because the mother is the first person a child encounters, so the child's literacy level is highly dependent on the mother's literacy level.…”

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Factors Related to Women Health Literacy in The Coastal Area at Semarang City

2021

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Improving women health literacy is crucial. In addition to improving individual health conditions, a mother is also closer to her child in terms of parenting. Nevertheless, there are still various factors that influence the improvement of health literacy, especially in coastal areas. This study aims to determine the health literacy of women in coastal areas and the factors that influence it. This research is quantitative research with a crosssectional approach. The research was conducted from March to July 2021 with locations in 4 sub-districts in the coastal area at Semarang City, namely Genuk, Tugu, North Semarang, and West Semarang. Respondents in this study were 220 people who were selected using the cluster random sampling technique. Data were obtained through interviews with questionnaires and analyzed by univariate and bivariate tests. Based on the results of the study, most of the respondents (65.5%) had health literacy at a medium level. Several factors that influence health literacy include education (p-value=0.006), motivation (p-value=0.0001), resources (p-value=0.0001), and social culture (p-value=0.011). Increasing knowledge and motivation related to health can be done through informal health training and group sharing. In addition, the support of resources from the government and the support of community leaders is also needed to improve health literacy in coastal areas.

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“…the result of a marital bond between a man and a woman. A manifestation of social life is the existence of healthy and constructive interactions between individuals; the establishment of love for them, and the expression of intimacy and empathy to each other (Nuttal et al, 2019;Konishi et al, 2018). Family is a framework to satisfy various physical, intellectual, and emotional needs.…”

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Effects of Marriage Preparation Per Satir’s Communication Model and Narrative Therapy on Empathy and Emotional Expression in Single Young Adults

Kashani

Koolaee

Davoodi

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JCCNC

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Background: Empathy and emotional expression, as important psychological elements, significantly impact couples’ marital satisfaction. Premarital counseling models are designed to increase positive couples’ communication behaviors and emotional style. Accordingly, this study compared the effects of marriage preparation based on Satir’s communication model and narrative therapy on empathy and emotional expression in single young adults. Methods: This quasi-experimental study employed a pre-test, post-test and a control group design. The research population included all girls and boys on the age of marriage who were referred to Vesta Counseling Clinic in Kashan City, Iran, from March 20th, to September 22nd, 2019. The study participants were 45 individuals who were selected by convenience sampling method. Then, they were randomly assigned to three groups (narrative therapy intervention, Satir intervention, and controls) of 15 clients. The research participants in the two intervention groups attended 11 sessions of narrative therapy and Satir communication therapy; however, the controls received no intervention. The data collection instruments were the Emotion Expression Scale (EES), and the Questionnaire Measure of Emotional Empathy (QMEE). The research hypotheses were tested using the Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) by SPSS. Results: The present study results suggested that narrative therapy (F=53.97, P=0.0001) was more effective than Satir’s communication model (F=33.82, P=0.0001) in terms of emotional expression. Both intervention groups obtained higher mean scores on emotional expression, compared to the controls (F=29.005, P=0.0001). Besides, the narrative therapy group gained a higher Post-test mean score for empathy (F=101.12, P=0.0001), compared to the Satir group (F=84.93, P=0.0001). Besides, both interventions were more effective in the test groups, compared to the controls (F=68.27, P=0.0001). Conclusion: Narrative therapy was more effective for improving emotional expression and empathy, compared to Satir’s communication model. Family and marriage counselors are recommended to apply these premarital models for young single adults in counseling centers.

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Family context and children’s early literacy skills: The role of marriage quality and emotional expressiveness of mothers and fathers

Cited by 13 publications

References 87 publications

The enrich marital satisfaction scale: Adaptation and psychometric properties among at-risk and community Portuguese parents

The enrich marital satisfaction scale: Adaptation and psychometric properties among at-risk and community Portuguese parents

Factors Related to Women Health Literacy in The Coastal Area at Semarang City

Effects of Marriage Preparation Per Satir’s Communication Model and Narrative Therapy on Empathy and Emotional Expression in Single Young Adults

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