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Journal Article Children of incarcerated parents (COIP) are at risk for a range of negative outcomes; however, participating in a mentoring relationship can be a promising intervention for these youth. This article reports on a study that examined the impact of mentoring and mentoring program enhancements on COIP. Secondary data analyses were conducted on an archival database consisting of 70,729 matches from 216 local agencies of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) to establish the differential effects of mentoring on COIP. A subset of 45 BBBS agencies, representing 25,252 matches, participated in a…
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Journal Article Parte de nuestro énfasis es el de construir una comunidad consciente del autismo y brindar ayuda a esas familias afectadas por el mismo. Hemos encontrado que, para familias que reciben un diagnóstico de autismo referente a un ser querido, el tener un padre con experiencia para guiarlos a navegar “el sistema” (que a veces suele ser complicado y puede causar mucha frustración para los padres) es muy beneficioso. Nuestra labor es la de ofrecerle a nuestras familias la información necesaria para que puedan tomar ACCIÓN rápidamente y así poder comenzar a ayudar a su niño a superarse. Aquí …
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Journal Article TACA provides education, support, and hope to families living with autism. The goal is to speed up the cycle time from the autism diagnosis to effective treatments. Local chapters across the United States are organized and run by parent volunteers. Activities include family events, educational seminars, and support meetings known as "Coffee Talks." This resource provides information about TACA’s Parent Mentoring program and explains how their experienced parent mentors guide new parents on the autism journey.
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Journal Article ¿Cómo pueden los programas de mentoría garantizar que las relaciones sean lo suficientemente fuertes y duraderas para lograr las metas que se propongan? Tras décadas de investigación, se ha detectado que hay algunas características que convergen en las relaciones de mentoría más efectivas.
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Journal Article Coparenting relationship quality and father involvement are closely linked but few studies have investigated this relationship using samples of socioeconomically disadvantaged families. The current study used family systems theory to examine the longitudinal and bidirectional relations between coparenting relationship quality and father engagement in caregiving and play, using a large and racially diverse sample of low-income residential and nonresidential fathers in the Building Strong Families project (N = 1,908). Structural equation modeling tested cross-lagged relations between couple-…
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Journal Article Mealtime emotional climate (MEC) is related to parent feeding and mental health, and possibly to child food consumption. However, MEC has been inconsistently assessed with a variety of coding schemes and self-report instruments, and has not been examined longitudinally. This study aims to characterize MEC systematically using an observational, count-based coding scheme; identify whether parent feeding or mental health predict MEC; and examine whether MEC predicts child food consumption and weight. (Author abstract)
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Journal Article Background: Paternal depressive symptoms are associated with children's emotional and behavioural problems, which may be mediated by negative parenting. But there is no research on the influence of paternal depressive symptoms on children's emotion regulation and limited literature investigating fathers’ parenting as a mediator in the pathway between paternal depressive symptoms and children's externalizing and internalizing problems. We aimed to investigate the mediating role of father–child conflict (at 3 years) in the association between postnatal paternal depressive symptoms (at 9 months…
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Journal Article This longitudinal and naturalistic study investigated fathers' and infants' emotional expressions during free infant-father "protoconversation" and the preceding/following pauses. Eleven infant-father dyads were observed during spontaneous interactions at home, from the second to the sixth month after birth. Micro-analysis of infant and paternal emotional expressions provided evidence that: (a) in the course of infant-father "protoconversation" but not during the pauses, infants and fathers match their facial expressions of pleasure and interest, (b) in the course of father-infant "…
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Journal Article The present research examined child gender, temperament, and the quality of parent-child interactions as predictors of narrative style and references to emotion during mother-child and father-child reminiscing. Although models predicting parents' narrative styles were non-significant, results revealed significant interactions between parental hostility/intrusiveness during an interaction task and difficult child temperament. For mothers, greater hostility/intrusiveness was associated with fewer emotional references, but only when perceived difficult temperament was high. For fathers, greater…
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Journal Article Contemporary ideologies of fatherhood reflect the importance of instrumental support of breadwinning men; however, there has been an increased emphasis on the expressive and nurturing aspects of fathers. This content analysis explores popular portrayals of fatherhood as conceptualized in articles (N = 50) from five American parenting magazines. Depictions of fathers fell into categories supportive of hegemonic masculinity that emphasized men’s breadwinning identities over their roles as parents. Men were often cast in ambiguous situations where they struggled to establish their parental…
