Iv. Developmental Trajectories of Children's Aggressive Behaviors After the Birth of a Sibling

Volling, Brenda L.; Gonzalez, Richard; Yu, Tianyi; Oh, Wonjung

doi:10.1111/mono.12310

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“…The study is novel in the context of the sample: mothers expecting second children and contributed to the literature on mother-child relationship quality when expecting a second child. Considering the disruption in the mother-first-born relationship (e.g., Kojima et al, 2005;Taylor & Kogan, 1973;Teti et al, 1996) and first-born children's adjustment problems (Volling, 2017), by highlighting the relationship in this time, families can prepare to have the second child into the family better. Some practical suggestions for intervention emerge from the findings of the current study.…”

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Child Temperament and Child-care Support are Related to Better Mother-child Relationship Quality

Yalcintas

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2023

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The current study identifies associates of mother-first-born-child relationship quality of an important period that is when expecting a second child. Based on Belsky’s determinants of parenting model (Belsky, 1984), we suggested three domains to relate to mother-child relationship quality, maternal personal resources (well-being, effortful control), child characteristics (temperament, behaviour problems) and contextual factors (household chaos, child-care support, marital satisfaction). Forty-five mothers (Mage= 34.78 years; SDage = 3.86 years) and their typically developing first-born children (Mchild age=32.26 months; SDage = 6.27) were visited at home in the south of England, Sussex, UK, where mothers completed questionnaires and mother-child interactions were videotaped. Results demonstrated that easier child temperament, better maternal well-being, less household chaos and more child-care support were related to more positive mother-child relationship quality. Together the variables explained 23% of the variance in relationship quality. The child’s easy temperament, chaos and child-care support provided unique variance in explaining the mother-child relationship. These results contribute to the literature on expecting a second child and yield several implications. The findings also provide guidance for future intervention programs. In order to improve the mother-child relationship quality, child executive functioning may be a fruitful target for intervention, as well as increased support for child-care and decreased household chaos.

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“…Research also suggested that a spike is seen in first-born children having problematic behaviours, such as disruptive, aggressive, or noncompliant behaviours. (Volling, 2017). On the other hand, a good quality mother-child relationship might prevent this spike in problematic behaviours.…”

Section: Mother-child Relationshipmentioning

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Child Temperament and Child-care Support are Related to Better Mother-child Relationship Quality

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2023

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“…However, Volling’s team has a contrary view on this issue in their several years studies with a dozen papers, including a large SRCD monograph. 21 Her research does not support the idea that TTS is a crisis event and the impact of the arrival of a second child is acceptable for most firstborn children and families. 22 , 23 Although he firstborn children may have severe adjustment difficulties during TTS, it is limited to a very small number of children.…”

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Emotional and Behavioral Changes in Preschool Firstborn Children During Transition to Siblinghood: A Mixed Methods Study

Zhang,

Wu,

Sheng

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Purpose To help firstborn children in families expecting a second child navigate the role transition more smoothly, we investigated the emotional and behavioral changes of firstborn children during the transition to siblinghood (TTS) and the factors that contribute to these changes. Patients and Methods From March to December 2019, a total of 97 firstborn children (Mage=3.00± 0.97, and female = 51) were included in the study through a questionnaire survey of their mothers, and two follow-up visits were conducted in Chongqing, China. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 14 mothers. Results Both quantitative and qualitative results suggest that emotional and behavioral problems of firstborn children tend to increase during TTS, particularly in issues such as anxiety/depression, somatic complaints, withdrawal, sleep problems, attention problems, and aggressive behavior, as well as internalization problems, externalization problems and total problems in the quantitative study (P<0.05). A poor father-child relationship may increase emotional and behavioral problems in firstborn children (P=0.05). Further qualitative analysis found that younger age and outgoing personality of the firstborn child may improve the emotional and behavioral problems. Conclusion The firstborn children did have more emotional and behavioral problems during TTS. But these problems can be regulated by family factors and their own characteristics.

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“…The Chinese version has shown a very high internal reliability and current validity [33]. The BDI has 21 items, which have been widely used in different research, including prenatal depressive symptoms research [34]. The score was from 0 to 3.…”

Section: Prenatal Depressive Symptomsmentioning

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Association between Parent-Child Relationship and Second-Time Mother’s Prenatal Depressive Symptoms: The Mediation Role of Parenting Burnout

Zhuo

Shi

2022

IJERPH

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Purpose: The aim of this research was to study the association between the mother-firstborn relationship and second-time mothers’ prenatal depressive symptoms before the birth of a second child and the mediation role of parenting burnout on this relationship. Methods: Empirical study was adopted in this research. Using a convenient sampling method, we recruited 110 second-time mothers who were in their third trimester of pregnancy. Child-parent relationship questionnaire, parenting burnout scale, and Beck Depression Instrument were used to measure the relationship between firstborn and second-time mothers, mothers’ parenting burnout, and prenatal depressive symptoms, respectively. Regression analysis was conducted to test the relationship between variables, and the mediation effect was tested using PROCESS. Results: Regression results showed that the parent-child relationship is negatively associated with second-time mothers’ prenatal depressive symptoms. The parent-child relationship is negatively associated with parenting burnout which is positively related to prenatal depressive symptoms. When considering the mediation variable of parenting burnout, the direct effect is not statistically significant. Conclusions: Parent-child relationship has a significant impact on second-time mothers’ prenatal depressive symptoms, and this relationship is mediated by parenting burnout.

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Iv. Developmental Trajectories of Children's Aggressive Behaviors After the Birth of a Sibling

Cited by 4 publications

References 239 publications

Child Temperament and Child-care Support are Related to Better Mother-child Relationship Quality

Child Temperament and Child-care Support are Related to Better Mother-child Relationship Quality

Emotional and Behavioral Changes in Preschool Firstborn Children During Transition to Siblinghood: A Mixed Methods Study

Association between Parent-Child Relationship and Second-Time Mother’s Prenatal Depressive Symptoms: The Mediation Role of Parenting Burnout

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