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Nadeem, Erum; Waterman, Jill; Foster, Jared; Paczkowski, Emilie; Belin, Thomas R.; Miranda, Jeanne – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2017
This exploratory longitudinal study examined behavioral outcomes and parenting stress among families with children adopted from foster care, taking into account environmental and biological risk factors. Child internalizing and externalizing problems and parenting stress were assessed in 82 adopted children and their families at 2 months…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Mental Health, Psychological Patterns, Child Rearing
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Bonifacci, Paola; Storti, Michele; Tobia, Valentina; Suardi, Alessandro – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
Despite their ascertained neurobiological origin, specific learning disorders (SLD) often have been found to be associated with some emotional disturbances in children, and there is growing interest in the environmental and contextual variables that may modulate children's developmental trajectories. The present study was aimed at evaluating the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Parents
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Salinas, Maria; Pérez-Granados, Deanne R.; Feldman, Heidi M.; Huffman, Lynne C. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2017
Data from a sample (n = 145) of low-income Mexican-American mothers and their toddlers (9-26 months) were used to explore the prevalence of high-frequency book-sharing (?3 days/week) and its association with maternal immigrant status (Mexico-born vs US-born), as well as other demographic and psychosocial factors. Mexico-born mothers were more…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Low Income Groups, Mothers, Toddlers
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Bernier, Annie; Bélanger, Marie-Ève; Bordeleau, Stéphanie; Carrier, Julie – Developmental Psychology, 2013
The aim of this study was to investigate the prospective relations between parental psychosocial functioning and toddlers' sleep consolidation. Investigators met with 85 families 3 times, when children were 15 months (Time 1 [T1]), 18 months (T2), and 2 years of age (T3). Mothers and fathers completed questionnaires pertaining to their parenting…
Descriptors: Correlation, Parent Influence, Psychological Patterns, Toddlers
Choi, Seong Ji – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Problem: The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between parenting stress and six specified predictor variables of spirituality among mothers of elementary children attending selected Korean Baptist churches located in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. The specified predictor variables of spirituality were awareness, instability,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Stress Variables, Child Rearing
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Shea, Sarah E.; Coyne, Lisa W. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2011
Maternal dysphoria predicts behavioral difficulties in preschool-aged children, and may contribute to negative child outcomes by exacerbating parenting stress. Parenting stress increases the likelihood of maladaptive parenting practices, especially when mothers face multiple contextual stressors. We explored maternal experiential avoidance (EA) as…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mothers, Disadvantaged Youth, Parenting Styles