Family Structure and Child Well-Being in a Non-western Context: The Role of Parent–Child Relations and Parental Conflict in South Korea

Jarvis, Jonathan A.; Gibby, Ashley Larsen; Dufur, Mikaela J.; Pribesh, Shana

doi:10.1007/s11113-020-09586-8

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“…Each subsystem influences every other subsystem in the family. High level of marital conflict affects child adjustment adversely ( Hosokawa and Katsura, 2017 ; King and Mrug, 2018 ; Philbrook et al, 2018 ; Camisasca et al, 2019 ; Jarvis et al, 2020 ). Thus, more specifically, the second goal of the present study was to examine the potential moderating effect of marital conflict on the links between social avoidance and socio-emotional adjustment in a sample of kindergartners living in China.…”

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The moderating effect of marital conflict on the relationship between social avoidance and socio-emotional functioning among young children in suburban China

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Social avoidance has been found to be related to negative social adjustment, yet evidence of the relationship between social avoidance and social adjustment is very limited in suburban preschoolers in China. Moreover, the underlying mechanisms that help to explain the associations between social avoidance and socio-emotional adjustment remain poorly considered. The goal of the present study was to examine the moderating effect of marital conflict in the link between social avoidance and indices of socio-emotional functioning among young children in mainland China. Participants were N = 256 children aged from 49 to 72 months (125 boys, 131 girls, Mage = 59.06 months, SD = 6.58) attending preschools/kindergartens in suburban areas of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Multi-source assessments were employed, with mothers reporting marital conflict as well as rating their children’s social withdrawal (i.e., social avoidance, shyness, unsociability), and teachers assessing indices of children’s socio-emotional functioning at school (i.e., anxious-fearful behavior, peer exclusion, and loneliness). Children were asked about their loneliness. Among the results, social avoidance was positively associated with anxious-fearful behavior, peer exclusion, and loneliness (marginal significance). Moreover, as hypothesized, marital conflict was found to exacerbate the relations between social avoidance and peer exclusion, and loneliness. Results are discussed in terms of the etiology and implications of social avoidance among young children in mainland China.

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“…Other variables included in the model were drawn from previous research on family structure and adolescent behaviors, youth substance use, and the correlates of delinquency and substance use using the ISRD-2 data. The first set was based on studies suggesting that family structure might be linked to adolescent problem behaviors due to the former’s connections to attenuated economic resources, parent–child relationship, or parental supervision as well as life stressors [ 19 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 31 , 38 , 40 ]. Substance use research has also highlighted the role of low self-control and peer substance use as predictors of heavy alcohol and substance use [ 46 , 48 ] though low self-control might instead reflect risk-taking as an adaptive strategy.…”

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“…Instead, most studies have attempted to determine the mechanisms through which living with, for example, a single father or single mother increases the risk of substance use. Much of this research has addressed socioeconomic conditions such as family income or living in poverty; family relationships such as parent–child warmth, communication, and parenting styles that affect the socialization of youth; and the stress that often accompanies family dissolution or reconfiguration [ 22 , 24 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 ]. For example, many single-mother families have relatively few economic resources, which affects the parent’s ability to invest in their children [ 30 , 33 ].…”

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Family Structure, Unstructured Socializing, and Heavy Substance Use among Adolescents

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2022

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Background: Psychoactive substance use is a transient behavior among many adolescents and diminishes as they mature, but some engage in heavy forms of substance use, which increases their risk of health and behavioral challenges. A consistent predictor of substance use among youth is family structure, with adolescents living in single-parent, stepparent, or no-parent families at higher risk than others of several forms of substance use. The objective of this research was to investigate whether unstructured socializing mediated the association between family structure and heavy alcohol or substance use. Methods: Data from 30 nations (n = 65,737) were used to test the hypothesis using a generalized structural equation model and tests of mediation. Results: The analysis furnished clear support for a mediation effect among adolescents living with a single parent but less support among those living with a stepparent or neither parent. Conclusion: The association between living in a single-parent household and heavy alcohol or other substance use was mediated largely by time spent outside the home with friends in unsupervised activities. Additional research that uses longitudinal data and more nuanced measures of family structure is needed to validate this finding.

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“…In general, family is considered the basic unit of a society, and yet the structures of contemporary families and the related family processes in different societies are shaped by specific cultural traditions and political-economic system (Shek, 2006). Family structures in non-western societies, just like their counterparts in western societies, are diversifying as the cultural, political and economic exchanges in the whole world become extremely frequent (Jarvis et al, 2020). Meanwhile, there is a shared uniqueness across non-western societies (such as Korea and China) in that family processes in these societies are deeply influenced by their traditional values (Shek, 2006; Yoo, 2020).…”

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Reconsider the triangle: Effects of birth parents’ communicative practices on Chinese hidden children’s identification with family of origin

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2022

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Employing the theoretical approach of discourse dependence, the present study investigates the effects of birth parents’ communicative practices upon Chinese hidden children’s identification with family of origin before and after family reunification. Semi-structured interviews with 10 hidden children presented a birth parent-centered triangle of communication among birth parents, hidden children, and foster caregivers. The birth parents’ open communication with hidden children and foster caregivers, display of affections, along with the representation of family membership, affected hidden children’s birth family identification. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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Family Structure and Child Well-Being in a Non-western Context: The Role of Parent–Child Relations and Parental Conflict in South Korea

Cited by 11 publications

References 55 publications

The moderating effect of marital conflict on the relationship between social avoidance and socio-emotional functioning among young children in suburban China

The moderating effect of marital conflict on the relationship between social avoidance and socio-emotional functioning among young children in suburban China

Family Structure, Unstructured Socializing, and Heavy Substance Use among Adolescents

Reconsider the triangle: Effects of birth parents’ communicative practices on Chinese hidden children’s identification with family of origin

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