Objectives: This study sought to (a) identify the factors most salient toparents when sending their child to summer camp, (b) examine family members'roles in the camp decision‐making process, and (c) compare both by income andother family contextual factors in a sample of parents with a child whoenrolled and participated in a summer camp experience. Methods: [Read More...]
Objective: To explore changes in family‐based nature activities (FBNA)across five developmental stages and investigate whether frequency and typeof FBNA across the early life course is associated with greater familyrelationship quality in emerging adulthood. Method: Retrospective survey datawas collected from 451 undergraduate students who primarily identified asAsian American (44.9%) and Latinx (42.7%). Results: Multilevel models showedthat [Read More...]
Background: Service member retention is a crucial aspect in maintainingand advancing the U.S. military and its mission. To increase retention, it isimportant to understand why active duty personnel voluntarily leave whilethey are still highly qualified. For married service members, spouses likelyinfluence the decision to stay or leave military service. Objective: Thecurrent study used data from [Read More...]
Objective: The aim of the study was to examine perspectives on helpingraise grandchildren among Turkish grandmothers who care for working parents'children. Background: Grandparents helping raise their grandchildren hasbecome increasingly common as a means to support women's employment. InTurkey, the Büyükanne Projesi (Grandma Project) was carried out in 2017 withthe support of the government. This project [Read More...]
Objective: This study employs the life course perspective to explore thelived experience of grandparents who have no contact with their grandchildrendue to parental alienation (PA). Background: PA represents situations inwhich a child becomes estranged from one parent because of the manipulationof the other parent. The estrangement from the alienated parent leads to andmanifests inter alia [Read More...]
Background: Custodial grandparents often protect against childhood traumaand promote resilience in their grandchildren. In this role, grandparentsface many challenges and may lack confidence in their parenting abilities.Increasing grandparent self‐efficacy may help promote grandfamily resilience.Yet few interventions exist to help grandparents adapt to challenges faced asprimary parenting figures for grandchildren. Objective: The purpose of thisstudy was [Read More...]
Objective: This study examines long‐term trajectories ofintergenerational coresidence (IC) among a cohort of individuals aged 65 and75 in Chile, focusing on their diversity, prevalence, internal dynamism, andsociodemographic characteristics. Background: IC is comparatively high inLatin America and is related to both family norms and social vulnerabilities.However, empirical evidence on this topic comes mostly from cross‐sectionalstudies using [Read More...]
Objective: This article examines Chilean working parents' perceptionsabout the right to childcare, care needs, and the future of this right.Background: There is widespread debate about working parents' care strategiesand their capacity to reconcile work and family. Latin American studies haveconcentrated on welfare regimens, social protection policies, and flexibilityin the labor market. However, few studies have [Read More...]
Objective: Drawing from work on the prosocial outcomes associated withI‐sharing, we asked whether I‐sharing with a stranger enhances couples'ability to compromise. Background: Living together harmoniously requirescompromise. Research on the psychological factors that promote compromisefrequently focuses on individual differences and interpersonal environment.The current research takes a different approach by asking what role I‐sharing(i.e., the feeling that [Read More...]
Objective: This paper assesses the role of family cohesion in therelationship between polygamy and mental health and whether this varies as afunction of the father's involvement. Background: Studies show that polygamyhas a detrimental effect on children's mental health, yet familial variablesthat may account for this relationship have rarely been explored. Familycohesion is crucial for the [Read More...]