Parental Stress and Children Adjustment in Kinship Foster Families

Jiménez, Jesús Muñoz; Mata, Estefanía; León, Esperanza; Muñoz, Alicia

doi:10.1017/sjp.2013.41

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“…parenting stress in adolescent mothers in foster care [ 14 ]. A study by Jiménez et al [ 15 ] is related to parental stress in kinship foster families, which, however, are only in part comparable to the situation of non-kinship foster families addressed in the current study. One of the few studies which are directly related to parental stress in foster parents is a study of Nadeem et al [ 16 ] with repeated assessments of foster children’s mental health problems and their foster parent’s parental stress.…”

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Children’s mental health problems and their relation to parental stress in foster mothers and fathers

Lohaus

Chodura

Möller

et al. 2017

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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BackgroundThis study focuses on children living in foster families with a history of maltreatment or neglect. These children often show adverse mental health outcomes reflected in increased externalizing and internalizing problems. It is expected that these adverse outcomes are associated with increased parental stress levels experienced by foster mothers as well as foster fathers.MethodsThe study sample included 79 children living in foster families and 140 children living in biological families as comparison group. The age of the children ranged from 2 to 7 years. Mental health problems were assessed with the Child Behavior Checklist, while parenting stress was measured with a parenting stress questionnaire including subscales on the amount of experienced stress and the amount of perceived support. The Child Behavior Checklist assessments were based mainly on maternal reports, while the parental stress assessments were based on maternal as well as paternal reports.ResultsAs expected the results showed increased externalizing and internalizing scores for the foster children accompanied by increased parental stress experiences in the foster family sample (however only in the maternal, but not in the paternal stress reports). The stress differences between the foster and biological family groups disappeared, when the children’s mental health problem scores were included as covariates. Moreover, especially the externalizing scores were strong predictors of parental stress in both, the groups of foster and biological parents. The amount of perceived social support was associated with reduced parental stress, but only in the group of biological fathers.ConclusionThe emergence of parental stress in biological as well as foster parents is closely related to child characteristics (mainly externalizing child problems). Possible implications for the reduction of parental stress are discussed as a consequence of the present results.

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Children’s mental health problems and their relation to parental stress in foster mothers and fathers

Lohaus

Chodura

Möller

et al. 2017

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…Se confirma la hipótesis de funcionalidad de las familias acogedoras, teniendo en cuenta la baja conflictividad, la alta cohesión y expresividad y unos niveles de estrés dentro de la normalidad planteados por Abidin (1995); resultados similares a los obtenidos en otros estudios (Carrera, Jiménez-Morago, Román y León, 2016;Jiménez, Mata et al 2013;Jiménez y Zavala, 2011). Existe una red social amplia con altos niveles de apoyo si se tiene en cuenta las puntuaciones aportadas por López et al (2000), lo cual se relaciona con una mayor resiliencia en estas familias (Fuentes-Peláez, Balsells, Fernández, Vaquero y Amorós, 2016).…”

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Acogimiento en familia extensa: perfil psicosocial de las familias y de los menores acogidos

Miguel¹,

Collado

González-Sala

2021

Rev. infanc. adolesc.

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<p>El Acogimiento en familia extensa es la medida de protección de menores más frecuente en España. Los objetivos del presente estudio son analizar el perfil familiar según diferentes dimensiones, conocer el estado de salud psicosocial de los menores en acogimiento en familia extensa y estudiar la relación entre variables familiares y del menor. La muestra estuvo formada por 101 familias y 122 menores entre 6 y 17 años (M = 10.07; DT = 3.92), residentes en la provincia de Valencia. La evaluación se realizó mediante entrevistas individuales con cada familia. Los resultados muestran una buena funcionalidad de las familias teniendo en cuenta el clima familiar, el nivel de estrés, los estilos educativos y los apoyos con los que cuentan, pero también muestran los riesgos en general asociados al alto rango de edad de los acogedores, que suelen ser abuelas. En los niños y niñas acogidos aparecen problemas de Aprovechamiento escolar, así como problemas Interiorizados y Exteriorizados. Destaca la presencia de problemas psicosociales en un rango clínico en el 32.4% de los menores. Existe una relación negativa entre problemas psicosociales en los menores acogidos y la funcionalidad familiar, presentando pautas para la formación de las familias y para la intervención con los menores, a nivel preventivo y clínico en materia de salud psicológica principalmente.</p>

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“…Furthermore, the link between high levels of parental stress and negative parental behavior is well established in literature (Morgan, Robinson, & Aldridge, 2002;Östberg & Hagekull, 2013). Early onset and long duration of parental stress is of particular importance because it correlates with child behavior, and the responses to various sorts of stress disrupt the interaction between the parent and child (Jiménez, Mata, León, & Muñoz, 2013;Schor et al, 2003). Finding ways to maintain parent-child communication and closeness might protect parents and families from increased stress during this vulnerable time (Prinzie et al, 2012).…”

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Effects of Parent Training Programs on Parental Stress in a General Swedish Population Sample

Löfgren¹,

Petersen²,

Nilsson³

et al. 2017

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This is a confirmatory study that assessed the effects of parent training programs on parental stress in a general population. There is a need to repeat and confirm earlier findings to acquire solid knowledge for policy stakeholders. In a quasi-experimental design, self-reported data were gathered at three occasions from 83 parents of children between the ages from one to ten years. These parents had responded to advertisements of parent training programs, and were matched to a comparison group of 83 parents chosen from a governmental database. Parent training program based upon behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, Adlerian and family system-theories. Parental stress due to incompetence, role restriction, social isolation, spousal relationship problems, and health problems were measured by the Swedish Parenthood Stress Questionnaire that is based on the Parent Stress Index Scale. The data indicated a reduction of stress in the sub-scale of health problems among parents in the intervention group with an effect size of 0.33, however, no other subscale showed the intervention as a significant variable when controlling for confounding variables. This study adds on the accumulated knowledge of supporting interventions for parents. We conclude that parent training programs have a significant effect on the stress components of parental health when implemented in real-life settings.

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Parental Stress and Children Adjustment in Kinship Foster Families

Cited by 8 publications

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Children’s mental health problems and their relation to parental stress in foster mothers and fathers

Children’s mental health problems and their relation to parental stress in foster mothers and fathers

Acogimiento en familia extensa: perfil psicosocial de las familias y de los menores acogidos

Effects of Parent Training Programs on Parental Stress in a General Swedish Population Sample

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