Family factors and parenting in Ukraine

Abstract

The present study aimed to estimate the use of positive and negative parenting practices in Ukraine and explore relationships between parenting practices, intimate partner violence (IPV), alcohol use, and sociodemographics. Parents of children (N=320) ages 9–16 from three Ukrainian regions answered questions from the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ), the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS-R), Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES), and the Alcohol Use Section of the Drinking and Drug History and Current Use Patterns questionnaire. Ukrainian parents who reported lower use of alcohol, balanced family functioning and lower intimate partner violence were more likely to use positive parenting and less likely to use negative parenting practices. Parents with lower education were more likely to use negative parenting practices. Furthermore, alcohol use, IPV, parent education and higher family income were significantly and indirectly related with positive and negative parenting scores. The model explained 61% of variance in the positive parenting, 67% in the negative parenting.

Alabama Parenting Questionnaire—Short Form (APQ-9): Evidencing Construct Validity with Factor Analysis, CFA MTMM and Measurement Invariance in a Greek Sample

“…The strength of associations is discussed in parenting literature (e.g. Seabridge, 2012;Hershkowitz et al, 2017;Burlaka et al, 2017).…”

“…However, direct comparisons of the results are challenging due to wide variations in the items used in each study and in child ages of the samples (see also Maguin et al, 2016). APQ has been translated into at least 11 languages (Seabridge, 2012), including German (Essau et al, 2006), Spanish (Molinuevo et al, 2011), Italian (Esposito et al, 2016) Chinese, Arabic (Badahdah & Le, 2015), Ukrainian (Burlaka et al, 2017) and Polish (Święcicka et al, 2019). The APQ-preschool version has been also tested in a sample of hyperactive-inattentive preschool children and controls and three factors emerged (Clerkin et al 2007;de la Osa et al, 2014).…”

Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors among Ukrainian Children: The Role of Family Communication and Maternal Coping

“…Essentially, chronic poverty is a social risk factor that can undermine children's perception of control (Dearing et al, 2006) and lead to depression (Rubenstein, Alloy, & Abramson, 2016;Wadsworth, Evans, Grant, Carter, & Duffy, 2016). Burlaka, Graham-Bermann and Delva (2017) previously reported that Ukrainian mothers from lower income homes experienced higher intimate partner violence (IPV) and a less balanced family functioning which had negative effects on parenting. In the present study, children who lived in less economically advantageous households were more likely to worry, fear school, feel unloved, and worthless.…”

Development of the Child Neglect and Abuse Awareness Scale for Parents and its Relationship with Various Variables

“…Studies have argued that as the income level of the family decreases, financial stress increases, which is related to the behavioral problems in children and that such families are more prone to abuse their children (Liu & Merritt, 2018;Maguire-Jack & Negash, 2016;Warren & Font, 2015). Furthermore, Burlaka et al, (2017) concluded that the high-income of the family increases positive parental behavior while reducing the negative behaviors (physical punishment, inconsistent parenting, and poor supervision).…”

“…Also, Miragoli et al (2015) emphasized that the fathers, who graduated from a university, had less child abuse potential than fathers with a high school or lower education degree. Burlaka et al (2017) concluded that the higher education status of parents increases positive parental behavior and reduces negative parental behavior (physical punishment, inconsistent parenting, and poor supervision).…”