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08-04-2016 | Original Paper

Economic Pressure, Individual and Family Processes, and Children’s Reticence in Romanian Families

Auteurs: Susanne Olsen Roper, Jennifer George, Larry J. Nelson, Jeremy B. Yorgason, Franklin O. Poulsen

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 8/2016

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Abstract

Using Conger’s family stress model as a theoretical framework, a series of mediated associations among economic hardship, perceived economic pressure, parental depression, marital conflict, psychologically controlling parenting, and children’s reticent behaviors in Romanian families were studied. The sample consisted of 121 Romanian mothers and fathers of 4–5-year-old children. Children’s kindergarten teachers living in urban and rural locations evaluated child reticence. Findings generally support the family stress model. Structural equation modeling showed that after controlling for living in a rural location, economic pressure was indirectly linked with marital conflict through depression. Depression was indirectly related to psychological control through marital conflict, and marital conflict was indirectly linked to child reticence through psychological control. Directions for future research and recommendations for interventions and public policy are described.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Economic Pressure, Individual and Family Processes, and Children’s Reticence in Romanian Families
Auteurs
Susanne Olsen Roper
Jennifer George
Larry J. Nelson
Jeremy B. Yorgason
Franklin O. Poulsen
Publicatiedatum
08-04-2016
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 8/2016
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0412-y

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