Parentification and family responsibility in the family of origin of adult children of alcoholics

Kelley, Michelle L.; French, Alexis; Bountress, Kaitlin; Keefe, Heather A.; Schroeder, Valarie M.; Steer, Kate; Fals‐Stewart, William; Gumienny, Leslie A.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.06.010

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“…Parentification was first documented in the context of disrupted families, such as those where parents were incapacitated through mental illness (Aldridge and Becker 2004) or drug problems (Kelley et al 2007). But also children of divorced parents (Jurkovic et al 2001) and children experiencing higher levels of parental conflict (Peris et al 2008) reported more parentification than children without such family hassles.…”

Section: Parentification In Immigrant Familiesmentioning

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Growing Up Too Soon? Parentification Among Immigrant and Native Adolescents in Germany

Titzmann

2011

J Youth Adolescence

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Parentification (adolescents' adoption of adult family roles by providing instrumental or emotional support for their parents) is assumed to be higher in immigrant than native families. An often discussed reason for parentification is the adolescent-parent acculturation gap in immigrant families whereby immigrant adolescents acculturate faster and outperform their parents socio-culturally. The aim of this multi-informant, multi-group study was to investigate levels, predictors, and psychosocial outcomes of instrumental and emotional parentification. The sample comprised 197 native (adolescents: mean age 14.7 years, 52% female) and 185 ethnic German immigrant (adolescents: mean age 15.7 years, 60% female) mother-adolescent dyads. Results revealed higher levels of emotional and instrumental parentification among immigrant adolescents. Parents' partnership dissatisfaction predicted instrumental and emotional parentification only in the native German sample. Among immigrants, language brokering related to instrumental and emotional parentification, and a larger mother-adolescent acculturation gap was associated with higher levels of emotional parentification. The positive psychosocial outcome, self-efficacy, was predicted by instrumental parentification in both adolescent groups. Exhaustion, the negative outcome, however, was related to higher levels of instrumental and lower levels of emotional parentification only in the immigrant group. The results of this study highlight that family systems can change due to migration to another country, with adolescents becoming more responsible for family matters than is normative for their age. However, only some of these premature responsibilities carry a risk of maladaptation, with others seeming to provide opportunities for positive developmental growth.

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Section: Parentification In Immigrant Familiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Growing Up Too Soon? Parentification Among Immigrant and Native Adolescents in Germany

Titzmann

2011

J Youth Adolescence

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“…Other research has suggested that when the mother has a drinking problem, the family unit may suffer. In a study of female adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs), family roles, and family responsibility, Kelley and colleagues (2007) found that female ACOAs reported assuming more adult roles and experienced increased emotional caretaking of their parents when the alcohol-abusing parent was the mother. Given that mothers typically provide much of the care for children in U.S. families (McGraw & Walker, 2004), perhaps maternal alcoholism negatively impacts children more than paternal alcoholism as it upsets the support structure within the family.…”

Section: Maternal and Paternal Alcoholismmentioning

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Parental problem drinking and adolescent externalizing behaviors: The mediating role of family functioning

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Gordon

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Journal of Adolescence

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This study explored relationships among parental problem drinking, family functioning, and adolescent externalizing behaviors. The unique effects of maternal and paternal drinking were examined separately for girls and boys. The sample included 14-19 year old U.S. adolescents (Mage=16.15; SD=.75; 52.5% female) and their parents. Participants completed surveys in the spring of 2007 and 2008. Structural equation modelling was used to conduct path analysis models. Results showed the distinctive and adverse effects of parental problem drinking on adolescent alcohol use, drug use, rule breaking, and aggressive behavior over time. Findings also highlighted the indirect and mediating roles of family functioning. For both girls and boys, family cohesion mediated the relationship between parental problem drinking and adolescent externalizing behaviors. For girls, adolescent-father communication predicted increased externalizing behaviors over time. These findings draw attention to the importance of exploring adolescent and parent gender when examining parental problem drinking, family functioning, and externalizing behaviors.

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“…Meestal is slechts een van beide ouders verslaafd, maar is het gehele gezin georganiseerd rond de verslaving van deze ouder (coafhankelijkheid). Kinderen blijven heel loyaal aan hun verslaafde ouders en niet zelden treedt parentificatie op: (jonge) kinderen nemen ouderlijke taken over, zoals koken, poetsen of de verzorging van jongere broertjes of zusjes (Kelley et al 2007). Andere risicofactoren voor de ontwikkeling van deze kinderen zijn onveilige spelsituaties, huiselijk geweld, verwaarlozing en mishandeling, drugsgebruik in het bijzijn van kinderen en betrokkenheid bij criminele netwerken (Velleman en Templeton 2007;Wells 2009).…”

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Alcohol-en drugsmisbruik vormen een bedreiging voor de ontwikkeling en opvoeding van kinderen van verslaafde ouders. Uithuisplaatsing komt dan ook vaak voor, maar is niet noodzakelijk de beste oplossing. Residentiële ouderkindbehandeling biedt aan drugs verslaafde ouders de mogelijkheid om samen met hun kind behandeld te worden. Over deze behandelvorm rapporteren we hier op basis van een kleinschalig onderzoek bij 27 ouders in de Tipi. Dit is een residentieel programma voor aan drugs verslaafde ouders en hun kind(eren) verbonden aan drugvrije therapeutische gemeenschap De Kiem te Gent. Aan de hand van een combinatie van kwantitatieve en kwalitatieve onderzoeksmethoden onderzoeken we hoe het ouders en kinderen vergaat in een dergelijk programma, hoe hun kwaliteit van leven is na afloop en of dit de relatie tussen ouders en kinderen ten goede komt. De resultaten wijzen erop dat de ouder-kindrelatie bij ouders die dit programma minstens twee maanden volgen verbetert en dat ook hun algemene kwaliteit van leven hoger wordt ingeschat. Een ondersteunend sociaal netwerk en opvoedingsondersteuning blijken cruciaal voor het herstel en het opvoeden na afloop van de behandeling.

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Parentification and family responsibility in the family of origin of adult children of alcoholics

Cited by 83 publications

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Growing Up Too Soon? Parentification Among Immigrant and Native Adolescents in Germany

Growing Up Too Soon? Parentification Among Immigrant and Native Adolescents in Germany

Parental problem drinking and adolescent externalizing behaviors: The mediating role of family functioning

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