Parenting Stress in Low Income Battered and Community Women: Effects on Parenting Behavior

The child as held in the mind of the mother: The influence of prenatal maternal representations on parenting behaviors

“…For example, using observational assessments of parenting similar to those used in the current analysis, Ritchie and Holden (1998) predicted a moderating effect of IPV and found that parenting stress differentially affected the parenting behavior of women experiencing IPV compared to those who did not. That is, abused women demonstrated similar levels of physical affection (e.g., warmth) toward their children regardless of whether they were experiencing high or low levels of parenting stress whereas the parenting of non-abused women was negatively influenced by parenting stress.…”

Maternal Depressive Symptomatology and Parenting Behavior: Exploration of Possible Mediators

“…Current findings provide initial evidence that maternal parenting stress, as well as locus of control mediate this association when examining lax parenting. Parenting stress as a mediator is not surprising given that previous research has found a positive association between maternal depression and negative perceptions of parenting (for a review, see Downey and Coyne 1990), as well as a positive association between parenting stress and lax parenting (e.g., less responsiveness and supervision; Onatsu-Arvilommi et al 1998;Ritchie and Holden 1998). Maternal locus of control as a mediator of the maternal depressive symptomatology-lax parenting association is interesting.…”

“…Specifically, it has been demonstrated that parenting efficacy is negatively related to coercive parenting and positively related to parental responsiveness, involvement, and monitoring (e.g., Bondy and Mash 1999;Gondoli and Silverberg 1997;Shumow and Lomax 2002). Similarly, a positive association between parenting stress and authoritarian or harsh parenting has been found (e.g., Deater-Deckard and Scarr 1996;Emery and Tuer 1993); parenting stress also has been shown to be associated with less maternal responsiveness and affection, as well as less parental supervision (Onatsu-Arvilommi et al 1998;Ritchie and Holden 1998).…”

Mothers’ Physical Illness in One- and Two-Parent Families

“…Parental illness has the potential to disrupt these parenting practices as it is a considerable source of stress for parents (Abidin, 1995). As research has supported other forms of parental stress negatively affecting parental monitoring and inductive reasoning (Ritchie & Holden, 1998), and consequently childhood outcomes (Conger et al, 1993;Dishion & McMahon, 1998;Krevans & Gibbs, 1996), it is likely that the stress of parental illness may have similar negative consequences on parenting practices. This is especially salient when considering that research suggest that adolescents are especially vulnerable to the negative consequences associated with parental illness (Armistead et al, 1995).…”