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Parenting in the Face of Health Challenges: Research and Interventions Update

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Pediatric Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2023) | Viewed by 11646

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Dr. Dora Isabel Fialho Pereira

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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
Interests: parenting assessment; child protection; systemic intervention; parenting capacity; parenting skills; mental health
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Dear Colleagues,

Health can be considered as a major asset or a special challenge for parenting, as situations, such as mental disorders, chronic diseases, or long-term treatments, require major changes and adaptations in family life or, more specifically, in parenting functioning in order to assure children’s needs. Since parenting is an interpersonal process, the health conditions of both children and parents influence it. In addition, the health conditions of parents may also impact the quality of children’s development, being sometimes associated with a higher risk of child abuse and neglect. Gathering and mobilizing adequate internal and external resources (as parenting capacity, skills, or social support) to deal with the health conditions of parents, children, or both are a major concern for many researchers and professionals in health care, as well as in social services, education, or justice. Actual stressors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflicts and economic crises are, per se, major challenges to health on general and parenting in particular.

This Special Issue welcomes submissions from any discipline focused on universal, indicated, or specialized preventive approaches to parenting in the presence of some kind of health challenge, based on conceptual models and interventions with parents (including kinship care, foster parents, and adoptive parents) and their impact on children’s and parents’ wellbeing. We particularly welcome multidisciplinary approaches, examining  different health conditions in diverse settings (community, schools, health services) and regions of the world. Systematic reviews, pilot studies, case studies, description of innovative practices, or impact evaluations of parenting interventions and programs are welcome.

Dr. Dora Isabel Fialho Pereira
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • health conditions
  • parenting skills
  • parenting capacity
  • prevention
  • intervention
  • children well-being
  • impact studies
  • innovative practices

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Medical Complexity of Children with Special Healthcare Needs and Healthcare Experiences
by Hye-Jung Yun, M. L. Parker, Cynthia B. Wilson and Ming Cui
Children 2024, 11(7), 775; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11070775 - 27 Jun 2024
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The rising prevalence of CSHCN has led to significant challenges for caregivers, particularly mothers, who face difficulties from caregiving demands and managing complex healthcare interactions. The objective of this study was to examine the association between the medical complexity of CSHCN and the [...] Read more.
The rising prevalence of CSHCN has led to significant challenges for caregivers, particularly mothers, who face difficulties from caregiving demands and managing complex healthcare interactions. The objective of this study was to examine the association between the medical complexity of CSHCN and the healthcare experiences of their mothers while exploring the influence of sociodemographic factors on these associations. The study utilized data from the 2016–2020 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH), involving 17,434 mothers of CSHCN. Mothers provided information on the medical complexity of CSHCN, healthcare experiences (care coordination, family-centered care, and shared decision-making), and sociodemographic information (race, community, insurance, child sex, age, and federal poverty level). Results from multiple regressions revealed that greater medical complexity was associated with more negative healthcare experiences. Minoritized mothers, those in rural areas, and families with lower income reported lower levels of family-centered care, indicating significant disparities. Additionally, the negative association between medical complexity and healthcare experiences was pronounced for White families and those with private insurance compared to minoritized families and those with public insurance. This study highlights the necessity for targeted interventions to improve care coordination, family-centered care, and shared decision-making, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive, family-centered approach to address healthcare disparities and promote health equity for CSHCN and their families. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Parenting in the Face of Health Challenges: Research and Interventions Update)
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Discrepancies in Perceived Indulgent Parenting, Relationship Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents and Parents
by Qinglan Feng and Ming Cui
Children 2024, 11(4), 393; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11040393 - 26 Mar 2024
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Indulgent parenting has been associated with adolescents’ psychological well-being problems; however, prior research has primarily relied on adolescents’ report of such parenting behavior and its association with their own well-being, often overlooking parents’ perceptions of indulgence and their own well-being. In this study, [...] Read more.
Indulgent parenting has been associated with adolescents’ psychological well-being problems; however, prior research has primarily relied on adolescents’ report of such parenting behavior and its association with their own well-being, often overlooking parents’ perceptions of indulgence and their own well-being. In this study, we address this gap in the literature by examining the agreement and disagreement between parents’ and adolescents’ perceptions of indulgent parenting and the implications for the psychological well-being of both adolescents and their parents. Further, we explore the role of adolescent–parent relationship satisfaction as a potential factor affecting these associations. Our investigation was based on data from 128 parent–adolescent dyads. Utilizing structural equation modeling with double-entry intraclass correlations (ICC_DE), our analyses revealed several main findings: (1) adolescents perceived higher levels of indulgent parenting than their parents did; (2) disagreement in perceived indulgent parenting between parents and adolescents was linked to psychological well-being problems for both adolescents and their parents; and (3) disagreement in perceptions in indulgent parenting had a stronger association with adolescents’ well-being problems when adolescents reported greater relationship satisfaction with their parents. These findings provide insights into perceptions of indulgent parenting within parent–adolescent relationships and bring psychological implications for both adolescents and their parents. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Parenting in the Face of Health Challenges: Research and Interventions Update)
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Did Inequalities in Mothers’ and Children’s Health and Well-Being in Japan Increase through the Pandemic? Evidence from Nationwide Surveys and Routinely Collected Data
by Hajime Takeuchi, Yoichi Satoh, Shanti Raman and Nick Spencer
Children 2024, 11(3), 330; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11030330 - 9 Mar 2024
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Marginalised families faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study explores inequalities in Japanese mothers’ and children’s health and well-being and family economic stability before and during the pandemic. Data sources were as follows: nationwide surveys in 2019 and 2021 of families [...] Read more.
Marginalised families faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study explores inequalities in Japanese mothers’ and children’s health and well-being and family economic stability before and during the pandemic. Data sources were as follows: nationwide surveys in 2019 and 2021 of families with children using medical institutions across Japan; infant mortality and adolescent suicide rates between 2018 and 2021 from publicly available sources. Outcomes by poor and non-poor families were compared for 2019 and 2021 using simple descriptive statistics. Poor mothers’ part-time working increased from 41% to 61% and regular employment was reduced by two thirds. The well-being of poor mothers worsened from 39% to 55%. Employment opportunities and well-being did not change for non-poor mothers. School subsidies among poor families increased from 23% to 55%. The infant mortality rate (IMR) among unemployed families increased significantly from 12.9/1000 to 18.2/1000 between 2018 and 2021 compared with a decreasing overall IMR from 1.9/1000 to 1.7/1000. Suicide rates in 10–19-year-olds increased over the same period although no socio-economic indicators were available. Inequalities in mothers’ and children’s health and well-being indicators and family economics increased between 2019 to 2021 in Japan. This study cannot attribute causes but suggests a possible role of the pandemic. Full article
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Indulgent Parenting and the Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents and Their Parents
by Qinglan Feng and Ming Cui
Children 2023, 10(3), 451; https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030451 - 25 Feb 2023
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Adolescence is a time for identity development and exploration. Indulgent parenting during adolescence could be developmentally inappropriate and could be associated with adolescent psychological well-being problems. Little research on indulgent parenting, however, has included and investigated both adolescent and parental well-being problems. To [...] Read more.
Adolescence is a time for identity development and exploration. Indulgent parenting during adolescence could be developmentally inappropriate and could be associated with adolescent psychological well-being problems. Little research on indulgent parenting, however, has included and investigated both adolescent and parental well-being problems. To extend the literature, the current study used both adolescent and parental reports in a dyadic context to investigate the association between indulgent parenting and the psychological well-being problems of both adolescents and their parents. This study used a sample of 128 adolescent–parent dyads. The findings from the actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) suggested that (1) the adolescent perceptions of behavioral indulgent parenting were significantly related to their own well-being problems; (2) the parents’ perceptions of relational and behavioral indulgent parenting were significantly related to their own well-being problems; and (3) no effects were found between adolescents and their parents. The findings from this study have implications for prevention and intervention programs to improve parenting practices and reduce parents’ well-being problems. Full article
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