Longitudinal Bidirectional Relations among Parenting Quality, Parenting Stress, and Child Functioning in HIV-affected Families

Goodrum, Nada M.; Armistead, Lisa; Masyn, Katherine E.; Schulte, Marya T.; Murphy, Debra A.

doi:10.1007/s10964-021-01444-w

Cited by 6 publications

(10 citation statements)

References 54 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…During the last years, bidirectional relations between parental stress and child functioning have increasingly been subject in research devoted to understand complex family relations over time in clinical [23] and other at-risk populations [24][25][26][27][28]. Despite a few exceptions (e.g., [27]), several studies found transactional relations between parental stress and child behavior problems starting at age 1 [24] and stretching to age 4 [29], 9 [30], and 18 [31].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transactional Relations between Child Functioning and Parenting Stress in the First Years of Life: A Longitudinal Study among Psychosocially Burdened Families

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Introduction: Previous research reported transactional relations between child functioning and parenting stress. There is limited evidence whether a transactional developmental model also fits children below the age of 12 months, especially in psychosocially burdened families. This study aims to test the fit of a transactional model during the first 3 years of life and examines whether the model differs between families with low and high psychosocial burden. Methods: A total of 302 psychosocially burdened families were observed over 3 years at age 4, 12, 24, and 36 months. Child behavioral problems and parenting stress were assessed via self-report while psychosocial burden was assessed via external rating at baseline. Cross-lagged panel analysis was used to investigate the fit of a transactional model. Results: A transactional model fitted the data significantly better (Δχ2 = 81.87, p < 0.001) than an autoregressive model reaching acceptable to good fit indices (CFI = 0.96, RMSEA = 0.09). The model indicated moderate stability within and reciprocal effects between child behavioral problems and parenting stress from age 12 to 36 months. From age 4 to 12 months, parenting stress predicted child behavioral problems but not vice-versa. Model fit indices and transactional relations did not substantially differ between families with low and high psychosocial burden, except for child effects on parenting stress during the first year of life, which were only evident in higher burdened families. Conclusion: Transactional relations among child and parent variables are evident in the first 3 years of life. Child effects in the first year of life may be restricted to highly psychosocially burdened families. Future research may focus on potential mediating variables such as parental sensitivity or contextual variables like significant life events. Targeted prevention strategies should be adapted to the level of psychosocial burden to account for the differing transactional relations.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transactional Relations between Child Functioning and Parenting Stress in the First Years of Life: A Longitudinal Study among Psychosocially Burdened Families

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…For example, a previous study employing LCS modeling with a sample of families not affected by HIV revealed that decreases in parenting stress led to improvements in child behavior (Moreland et al, 2016). Within the current sample of MLH, longitudinal cross-lagged panel analyses revealed bidirectional relations between parenting stress and child anxiety (Goodrum, Armistead, et al, 2021). Further, the link between parental involvement and child functioning has been well documented in the literature (Brody et al, 1999; Davidson & Cardemil, 2009), with studies demonstrating poorer academic and mental health outcomes in the context of lower levels of parental involvement.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…For example, parents who are more involved with their children's activities may have more opportunities for positive parent-child interactions and may also increase their self-efficacy related to parenting, which is in turn related to lower levels of parenting stress (Crnic & Ross, 2017). Further, parental involvement can also lead to improvements in child behavior (Goodrum et al, 2017), and more compliant child behavior is associated with reduced parenting stress (Neece et al, 2012). Unforutnately, much of the research examining linkages among parenting practices (such as involvement) and parenting stress is cross-sectional, making it difficult to disentangle longitudinal associations.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Parenting stress predicts longitudinal change in parental involvement among mothers living with HIV.

Goodrum¹,

Carroll²,

Dubrow³

et al. 2022

Journal of Family Psychology

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Mothers living with HIV (MLH) face unique challenges that may compound parenting stress and impede effective parenting practices. Among the general population, research has demonstrated bidirectional longitudinal relations between parenting stress and parenting practices; yet, despite the additional stressors faced by MLH, these processes have not been examined longitudinally in this population. Utilizing the process model of parenting, the present study examined the longitudinal relations between parenting stress and parental involvement among a sample of MLH with children aged 6-14 years (N = 174). MLH completed self-report measures on their parenting stress and parental involvement at four timepoints spanning 15 months. Latent change score modeling was employed to examine how changes in parenting stress and changes in parental involvement were related across time. Results revealed that increases in parenting stressspecifically distress within the parental role-predicted subsequent decreases in parental involvement. The effects were unidirectional; parental involvement did not predict subsequent changes in parenting stress. Other aspects of parenting stress (perceptions of dysfunctional parent-child interactions and perceptions of the child's temperament as difficult) did not have significant longitudinal associations with changes in parental involvement. Results highlight the central role of parenting stress for MLH as a potential driving factor of parenting quality. Beyond supporting the use of effective parenting skills, clinical prevention and intervention efforts with families affected by HIV should also incorporate stress reduction techniques to increase MLH's capacity for active parental involvement and thereby support positive outcomes for their children.

show abstract

“…Finally, the authors note that as this was a cross-sectional study, causality is unclear. Research shows that stressors can impact internalizing and externalizing problems (Bagner et al, 2009 ; Goodman et al, 2011 ), but internalizing and externalizing problems of children can, in turn, impact current maternal stressors (Bagner et al, 2013 ; Cherry et al, 2019 ; Goodrum et al, 2021 ). Future studies should look at the differential impact of parenting characteristics in a longitudinal study to see if there are changes based on the bidirectional effects of maternal stress and child outcomes.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, covariation between a mother and child may increase over time (Waters et al, 2014 ). Furthermore, bidirectional effects of parental stress and child behavior problems have been reported in both child (Neece et al, 2012 ; Cherry et al, 2019 ) and adolescent (Goodrum et al, 2021 ) samples, such that parental stress levels at a particular time point were significantly associated with higher child behavior problems at the subsequent time point, and vice versa.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Differential Impact of Parenting on Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors in the Context of Maternal Stress

Miller

Jacobson

2023

J Youth Adolescence

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Longitudinal Bidirectional Relations among Parenting Quality, Parenting Stress, and Child Functioning in HIV-affected Families

Cited by 6 publications

References 54 publications

Transactional Relations between Child Functioning and Parenting Stress in the First Years of Life: A Longitudinal Study among Psychosocially Burdened Families

Transactional Relations between Child Functioning and Parenting Stress in the First Years of Life: A Longitudinal Study among Psychosocially Burdened Families

Parenting stress predicts longitudinal change in parental involvement among mothers living with HIV.

The Differential Impact of Parenting on Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors in the Context of Maternal Stress

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About