Parent–Child Relationships and Influences

Russell, Alan

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“…The model in Figure recognizes the role of parental influences on the development of OW/OB in childhood. The contribution of these psychosocial processes is prominent in the developmental literature and scholarship on the development of children's eating and weight . A biopsychosocial approach emphasizes the need to integrate these psychosocial influences with child biological factors.…”

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A biopsychosocial approach to processes and pathways in the development of overweight and obesity in childhood: Insights from developmental theory and research

Russell

2019

Obesity Reviews

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Summary Childhood obesity has reached alarming proportions in many countries. There is consensus that both biological (especially genetic) and environmental (including psychosocial) factors contribute to weight gain and obesity in childhood. Research has identified extensive risk or predictive factors for childhood obesity from both of these domains. There is less consensus about the developmental processes or pathways showing how these risk factors lead to overweigh/obesity (OW/OB) in childhood. We outline a biopsychosocial process model of the development of OW/OB in childhood. The model and associated scholarship from developmental theory and research guide an analysis of research on OW/OB in childhood. The model incorporates biological factors such as genetic predispositions or susceptibility genes, temperament, and homeostatic and allostatic processes with the psychosocial and behavioral factors of parenting, parental feeding practices, child appetitive traits, food liking, food intakes, and energy expenditure. There is an emphasis on bidirectional and transactional processes linking child biology and behavior with psychosocial processes and environment. Insights from developmental theory and research include implications for conceptualization, measurement, research design, and possible multiple pathways to OW/OB. Understanding the developmental processes and pathways involved in childhood OW/OB should contribute to more targeted prevention and intervention strategies in childhood.

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A biopsychosocial approach to processes and pathways in the development of overweight and obesity in childhood: Insights from developmental theory and research

Russell

2019

Obesity Reviews

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“…On the contrary, it appears that “survivalist” mothers, those mothers who engaged in both harsh discipline and advocacy, invested considerable energy in parenting. Indeed harsh discipline, while characteristic of low‐income mothers, can also be viewed as adaptive—particularly in dangerous neighborhoods where children's obedience may be necessary for their survival (Russell, Mize, & Bissaker, 2002). Further, with low‐income parents (and specifically African‐American parents), harsh discipline has been found to covary with a nurturing relationship more so than in White middle class families (where harsh discipline is more often associated with rejection).…”

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“…Here we can see how context bleeds into family processes pertinent to parenting. At the very least, we remind therapists to be aware of how conditions of cumulative disadvantage fuel distress (Grimes & McElwain, 2008), as well as how such contexts give rise to parenting that may have unique adaptive features and outcomes that may not translate into more advantaged environments (Russell et al, 2002).…”

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“…There is some evidence suggesting the inefficacy of parenting interventions (which work for middle class families; cf. Grimes & McElwain, 2008) given cultural and environmental characteristics of low‐income families (Russell et al, 2002). A strengths‐based approach may hold promise not only in tempering any negative effects of harsh discipline on children (cf.…”

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Maternal Distress and Parenting in the Context of Cumulative Disadvantage

2010

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This article presents an emergent conceptual model of the features and links between cumulative disadvantage, maternal distress, and parenting practices in low-income families in which parental incarceration has occurred. The model emerged from the integration of extant conceptual and empirical research with grounded theory analysis of longitudinal ethnographic data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study. Fourteen exemplar family cases were used in the analysis. Results indicated that mothers in these families experienced life in the context of cumulative disadvantage, reporting a cascade of difficulties characterized by neighborhood worries, provider concerns, bureaucratic difficulties, violent intimate relationships, and the inability to meet children's needs. Mothers, however, also had an intense desire to protect their children, and to make up for past mistakes. Although, in response to high levels of maternal distress and disadvantage, most mothers exhibited harsh discipline of their children, some mothers transformed their distress by advocating for their children under difficult circumstances. Women's use of harsh discipline and advocacy was not necessarily an "either/or" phenomenon as half of the mothers included in our analysis exhibited both harsh discipline and care/advocacy behaviors. Maternal distress characterized by substance use, while connected to harsh disciplinary behavior, did not preclude mothers engaging in positive parenting behaviors.

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“…Two other features of parent–child relationships that may also be associated with memory recall in adults but have been seldom examined are the quality of parent–child relationships (Burger & Miller, 1999; Farrar, Fasig, & Welch‐Ross, 1997; Hodges, Finnegan, & Perry, 1999) and the amount of parental involvement in the child's life (Stattin & Kerr, 2000). These two features are seen as valuable characteristics of a healthy family (Russell, Mize, & Bissaker, 2002) and are associated with positive family communication (Jackson, Bijstra, Oostra, & Bosma, 1998). Since parent–child talk increases children's communication skills and autobiographical memory recall, it is plausible that the quality of parent–child relationships and the amount of parental involvement may be associated with memory in adults, including adults' ability to recall their very earliest years.…”

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Parent–child relationship quality and infantile amnesia in adults

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2010

British J of Psychology

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The first years of life are typically shrouded by infantile amnesia, but there is enormous variability between adults in how early and how much they can remember from this period. This study examined one possible factor affecting this variability: whether the perceived quality of parent-child relationships is associated with the number of early memories young adults can retrieve, and their age at the time of their first memory. We found such associations but they were qualified by parent gender. Mother-child relationships that were more affectively intense (greater social support but also more negative interchanges) were associated with recalling more early memories, although paternal companionship was most associated with how early an individual's first memory was. Affective tone of retrieved memories was also assessed, and a greater proportion of affectively positive memories (as well as fewer affectively neutral memories for males) was associated with high parental involvement in children's lives.

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Parent–Child Relationships and Influences

Cited by 16 publications

References 92 publications

A biopsychosocial approach to processes and pathways in the development of overweight and obesity in childhood: Insights from developmental theory and research

A biopsychosocial approach to processes and pathways in the development of overweight and obesity in childhood: Insights from developmental theory and research

Maternal Distress and Parenting in the Context of Cumulative Disadvantage

Parent–child relationship quality and infantile amnesia in adults

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