The association between raising grandchildren and grandparent caregiver marital relationships

Abstract Behavioral problems have been associated with multiple variables; however, studies simultaneously investigating parenting practices, marital relationships in bi-parental families, maternal depression, and child behavior remain a gap in the literature. The objective was to verify associations between positive and negative parenting practices, marital relationships, social skills, and behavioral problems among children from bi-parental families with and those without maternal depression; to identify the predictive effect of positive and negative parenting practices, marital relationships, children’s social skills, and maternal depression, for internalizing, externalizing behavior problems and internalizing and externalizing comorbidities. A case-control study with a cross-sectional design was adopted to ensure the groups were homogeneous in regard to the children’s, mothers’, and families’ sociodemographic characteristics. A total of 35 mothers currently with depression and 35 without depression indicators participated in the study, while the children were 25 preschoolers and 23 school-aged children. The mothers responded to instruments addressing depression, child behavior, parenting practices, and marital relationships. The results reveal maternal depression associated with marital relationships, positive parenting, and context variables. Maternal depression and marital relationship were found to influence externalizing problems; maternal depression, child-rearing practices, marital relationships, and the children’s behavioral repertoires influence internalizing and externalizing comorbidities; and none of the independent variables influenced the occurrence of internalizing problems.

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Implicit Theories of Marital Relationships: A Grounded Theory of Socialization Influences

Marriage & Family Review ◽

10.1080/01494929.2017.1347547 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 54 (4) ◽

pp. 313-334 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jurgita Babarskiene ◽

Julija Gaiduk

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Implicit Theories ◽

Marital Relationships

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Evaluating the Effect of Solution-Focused Group Counseling on Improving Quality of Marital Relationships in Childless Couples

International Journal of Psychological Studies ◽

10.5539/ijps.v9n1p81 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 81

Author(s):

Khadijeh Panahi Dorche ◽

Seyed Ali Kimiaei ◽

Melika Ghahramanzadeh

Keyword(s):

Marital Relationships ◽

Dyadic Adjustment ◽

Waiting List ◽

Control Group ◽

Sample Population ◽

Affective Expression ◽

Post Test ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Solution Focused

This study investigated the effect of solution-focused counseling on improving the quality of marital relationships on childless couples. This study is a quasi-experimental using pre-test, post-test with a waiting list control group. Sample population of this study was visiting in a Welfare and Education center in city of Eafahan. Fourteen couples were selected randomly through stratified random sampling method and were equally assigned to experimental and waiting list control groups. They completed the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS). The results showed that solution-focused counseling not only significantly increases the quality of marital relationship but also improve dyadic consensus, affective expression, dyadic cohesion and marital satisfaction.

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