Sentences with phrase «quality of the adolescent mother»

The quality of the adolescent mother - grandmother relationship, measured by adolescent report (two factors from NRI) and observations of mother - grandmother interaction (four factors from SIRQ), was entered on step 5 in a stepwise fashion.

Second, the quality of the adolescent mother - grandmother relationship measured shortly after the child's birth predicted positive parenting over and above maternal maturity and self - esteem.

Not exact matches

Erkut et al (2005), studying Puerto Rican adolescent fathers, found their involvement influenced by child characteristics, their own perceptions of their fathering competence, social support — and the quality of relationship with their baby's mother

The quality of adolescents» friendships: Associations with mothers» interpersonal relationships, attachments to parents and friends, and prosocial behaviors.

Here, to illustrate the connection between fatherhood and child well - being, I compare adolescent boys and girls who fall into one of four categories: those living in an intact, married family with a high - quality relationship with their father (top third), or an average - quality relationship with their father (middle third), or a low - quality relationship with him (bottom third), or living in a single - mother family.

In with respect to the quality of mother - infant relations, a prospective longitudinal study of around 1000 young New Zealanders found a small but significant association between breastfeeding duration and adolescents» perceptions of maternal care, with a longer duration of breastfeeding being associated with increased adolescent perceptions of maternal nurturance.9 This association persisted after statistical control for a wide range of the selection factors noted above.

They found that adolescents experience empathy for their mothers based on the quality of their relationships.

In Denver, mothers who received home visits had more sensitive mother - infant interactions and higher HOME scores than mothers who did not.80 Home visiting, however, had no significant effects on different aspects of the home environment in Elmira or Memphis.81 One possible explanation for this difference is that the majority of mothers at the Elmira and Memphis sites were adolescents, whereas the Denver mothers were more diverse in age, suggesting stronger effects for older mothers than for younger mothers with respect to the quality of the home environment.

[7] Although recent studies have indicated that maternal warmth, praise, and quality of relationship are associated with reductions of behavior problems in adolescents and adults with autism, and that maternal criticisms are associated with maladaptive behaviors and symptoms, these ideas are distinct from the refrigerator mother hypothesis.

This finding is consistent with the meta - analysis by Amato and Gilbreth (1999) showing that when it comes to nonresident father involvement, although feelings of closeness and indicators of authoritative parenting have the strongest influence on child well - being, the effects are generally modest... Our results also reveal that the quality of the mother - child relationship has stronger, more consistent effects on adolescent well - being than the nonresident father - child relationship.

All these studies, however, also report that the quality of the mother - child relationship has a stronger, more consistent effect on adolescent well - being than the father - child relationship... The effects of nonresident father involvement on adolescent well - being found in this study are clearly modest.

With regard to developmental shifts in the quality of the parent - adolescent relationship, midrange adolescents reported a significantly poorer relationship with their mother than older adolescents.

We also tested the mediating role of adolescents» positive relationship quality with their mothers and fathers (e.g., high warmth and low control) in this relation.

How predictive are the qualities of infants» attachment to mother and father during the first two years and their experiences of sensitive support during exploration for adolescents» and young adults» partnership representations?

Abstract: This paper examines the quality of attachment to father, mother and close others in early adolescence and associations with adolescents» later self - perceived peer competence.

The quality of adolescents» friendships: Associations with mothers» interpersonal relationships

To examine whether ethnic differences in relationship quality remained after controlling SES, we conducted univariate analyses of covariance on (a) mother and father acceptance (adolescent report) and (b) diabetes conflicts with mothers (adolescent and mother report) and fathers (adolescent report), with SES as the covariate.

There has been little work examining both positive (e.g., acceptance) and negative (e.g., conflict) aspects of parent — adolescent relationship quality in a single study, so this study contributes to our understanding of how these processes affect adolescent diabetes management and depressive symptoms across different domains of the relationship with both mothers and fathers.

The view that discrepancies between mother and adolescent reports of parental consulting reflect poor relationship quality appeared most applicable in models of positive friendship quality, somewhat applicable in models of prosocial behavior and physical victimization, and not applicable in models of loneliness.

Bivariate correlations between observed parenting and adolescent adjustment (Table III) revealed that mothers» higher levels of observed collaborative parenting were related to significantly lower levels of externalizing problems in adolescents (r = −.24, p =.021) and somewhat fewer problems with quality of life (r = −.19, p =.074).

First, this investigation examined whether there were differences between Caucasians and Latinos in parent — adolescent relationship quality (mother and father acceptance and diabetes conflicts with mothers and fathers) and whether any ethnic differences remained independently of socioeconomic factors.

We used generalized mixed models to examine cross-sectional associations of family functioning and quality of mother - and father - adolescent relationship with adolescent / young adult weight status, disordered eating, intake of fast food and sugar - sweetened beverages, screen time, physical activity, and sleep duration.

To adjust for covariates and to account for correlation between siblings (5013 unique families), we used generalized mixed models (Proc GLIMMIX) to model associations between family functioning and quality of mother - and father - adolescent relationship and adolescent weight status and weight - related behaviors.

In this large, nationwide cohort of adolescents / young adults, we observed that adolescents / young adults from families with high family functioning and high - quality of mother - and father - adolescent relationships were less likely to have overweight or obesity and less likely to engage in unhealthful weight - related behaviors, although the pattern of these associations differed by sex.

Participants were able to opt out of the scale regarding either parent if the scale was not applicable; 3044 (81 %) females and 1996 (76 %) males, provided information on both mother and father - adolescent relationship quality.

The predicted prevalence of overweight or obesity was 19 % among females with high - quality mother - adolescent relationship and 24 % for those with low - quality mother relationship (Fig. 1b).

Although our measure of mother - and father - adolescent relationship quality assessed adolescent satisfaction with a range of aspects of the parent - adolescent relationship, including closeness, conflict resolution, emotional support, time spent together, and communication, our results are similar to the majority of studies that have examined specific aspects of the parent relationship.