Promoting positive parenting in the context of homelessness.

Perlman, Staci; Cowan, Beryl Ann; Gewirtz, Abigail H.; Haskett, Mary E.; Stokes, Lauren

doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01158.x

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“…Additionally, an important but subtle finding was that warmth and hostility were not significantly related in this study, which suggests that these aspects of parenting in severely disadvantaged families may be relatively orthogonal. Targeted interventions for severely disadvantaged families could continue to benefit from brief programs to promote warmth and decrease harshness (Perlman et al, 2012), and pre- and post intervention effects could be measured briefly and effectively with the FMSS.…”

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“…However, warm, supportive relationships may be moderators or buffers of child competence in contexts of conflict or EPV (DeBoard-Lucas, Fosco, Raynor, & Grych, 2010; Katz & Gottman, 1997; Martinez-Torteya et al, 2009). In contexts of acute and chronic poverty, including emergency shelters and transitional housing, protective effects of positive parenting for child competence are evident (Perlman, Cowan, Gewirtz, Haskett, & Stokes, 2012). For example, elements of positive parent child-relationships have been found to buffer children's academic competence from broad stressors associated with homelessness (Herbers et al, 2011).…”

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“…As described above, families in homelessness often possess a constellation of risk factors in addition to EPV, including parental psychopathology, low educational attainment, single parenting, and low social and financial resources (Browne & Bassuk, 1993; Hausmen & Hammen, 1993; Perlman et al, 2012). Enduring perspectives on homelessness also suggest that sociodemographic risks (e.g., young maternal age, low educational attainment, number of children, lack of adequate housing) may more strongly contribute to family homelessness than severe psychiatric and chemical dependency issues, which may be a greater concern for homeless individuals (Bassuk & Rosenberg, 1988; Rog & Buckner, 2007).…”

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Risk, Vulnerability, and Protective Processes of Parental Expressed Emotion for Children's Peer Relationships in Contexts of Parental Violence

Narayan

Sapienza

Monn

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Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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Objective This study examined risk, vulnerability, and protective processes of parental expressed emotion for children's peer relationships in families living in emergency shelters with high rates of exposure to parental violence (EPV). Parental criticism and negativity were hypothesized to exacerbate the association between EPV and poorer peer relations, while parental warmth was expected to buffer this association. Method Participants included 138 homeless parents (M = 30.77 years, SD = 6.33, range = 20.51-57.32 years; 64% African-American, 12% Caucasian, 24% other) and their 4-6-year-old children (43.5% male; M = 4.83, SD = .58, range = 4.83-6.92 years; 67% African-American, 2% Caucasian, 31% other). Families were assessed during the summer at three urban shelters, with parents completing the Five-Minute Speech Sample (FMSS), later scored for criticism, negativity, and warmth, and interview items about EPV. Teachers were subsequently contacted in the fall about children's classroom behavior, and they provided ratings of peer relations. Demographic factors, parental internalizing symptoms, and observed parental harshness were examined as covariates. Results Regression analyses indicated an interaction of EPV and warmth, consistent with a moderating effect of expressed emotion for EPV and peer relations, although no interactions were found for criticism or negativity. Observed harshness also directly predicted worse peer relations. Conclusions Parental warmth may be protective for positive peer relations among impoverished families with high levels of EPV. The FMSS is discussed as an efficient tool with potential for both basic clinical research and preventative interventions designed to target or assess change in parental expressed emotion.

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Risk, Vulnerability, and Protective Processes of Parental Expressed Emotion for Children's Peer Relationships in Contexts of Parental Violence

Narayan

Sapienza

Monn

et al. 2014

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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“…Although the services families receive in the context of emergency housing might be protective against placement in out-of-home care, determining the existence of such a relationship is not possible with administrative data, and little is known about which parenting interventions are effective in the context of emergency housing (Perlman, Cowan, Gewirtz, Haskett, & Stokes, 2012). Future research should use qualitative research methods to explore the latent relationships between these social risk factors and caseworkers' decision-making processes regarding child placement.…”

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Predicting Risk of Placement: A Population-based Study of Out-of-Home Placement, Child Maltreatment, and Emergency Housing

Perlman

Fantuzzo

2013

Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research

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Guided by a developmental epidemiology framework, this study examines the extent to which first experiences of child maltreatment and use of emergency housing are predictive of out-of-home placement in early childhood. The study sample is a population of 12,045 second-grade students in a large, urban school district. Information on birth, maternal, and social risk factors was obtained and linked through an integrated data system. Life table analyses were used to develop a descriptive picture of the timing of first out-of-home placement experience. Findings demonstrate that children are most likely to experience a first out-of-home placement during their first year of life. Cox regression analyses are used to examine the extent to which variables for risk factors (specifically child maltreatment and use of emergency housing) predict the first out-of-home placement experience while controlling for demographics, birth risks, and maternal risks. Results demonstrate that children with histories of child maltreatment or emergency housing use are more likely than peers without such histories to be placed in out-of-home care. Further, children with histories of both child maltreatment and emergency housing use are less likely to be placed in outof-home care than children who have experienced either child maltreatment or emergency housing use (but not both). Findings point to the importance of interagency collaboration and a focus on young children for addressing the needs of vulnerable young children and their families.

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“…In particular, the structures could extend children's follow-up beyond age 6, and improve screening of parent mental health and parental difficulties [79,80]. Some studies show the effectiveness of interventions designed to develop children's psychosocial skills and parental abilities [81][82][83][84][85][86]. They are primarily focused on parents' and children's stress and anger management, relationships with peers, and development of good mother-children interactions.…”

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Emotional and behavioral difficulties in children growing up homeless in Paris. Results of the ENFAMS survey

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Purpose: Children growing up in homeless families are disproportionately more likely to experience health and psychological problems. Our objective was to describe social, environmental, individual and family characteristics associated with emotional and behavioral difficulties among homeless children living in the Paris region.Methods: Face-to-face interviews with a representative sample of homeless families were conducted by bilingual psychologists and interviewers between January and May 2013 (n=343 children ages 4- years). Mothers reported children's emotional and behavioral difficulties (Strength and DifficultiesQuestionnaire -SDQ), family socio-demographic characteristics, residential mobility, and parents' and children's physical and mental health. Children were interviewed regarding their perception of their living arrangements, friendships and school experiences. We studied children's SDQ total score in a linear regression framework.Results: Homeless children had higher SDQ total scores than children in the general population of France, (mean total score =11.3 vs 8.9, p<0,001). In multivariate analyses, children's difficulties were associated with parents' region of birth (beta=1.74 for Sub-Saharan Africa, beta=0.60 for Eastern Europe, beta=3.22 for other countries, p=0.020), residential mobility (beta=0.22, p=0.012), children's health (beta=3.49, p<0.001) and overweight (beta=2.14, p=0.007), the child's sleeping habits (beta=2.82, p=0.002), the mother's suicide risk (beta=4.13, p<0.001), the child's dislike of the family's accommodation (beta=3.59, p<0.001) and the child's experience of bullying (beta=3.21, p=0.002). Conclusions:Children growing up homeless experience high levels of psychological difficulties which can put them at risk for poor mental health and educational outcomes long-term. Access to appropriate screening and medical care for this vulnerable yet underserved group are greatly needed.

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Promoting positive parenting in the context of homelessness.

Cited by 70 publications

References 83 publications

Risk, Vulnerability, and Protective Processes of Parental Expressed Emotion for Children's Peer Relationships in Contexts of Parental Violence

Risk, Vulnerability, and Protective Processes of Parental Expressed Emotion for Children's Peer Relationships in Contexts of Parental Violence

Predicting Risk of Placement: A Population-based Study of Out-of-Home Placement, Child Maltreatment, and Emergency Housing

Emotional and behavioral difficulties in children growing up homeless in Paris. Results of the ENFAMS survey

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