Exposure to Negative Life Events and Parental Subjective Evaluations of Stress: A Meta-Analysis.
Parental stress is an important correlate of numerous parenting problems and child outcome. However, measures of parental stress do not always refer to similar concepts. In general, there is wide recognition that, as a stress-related concept, parental stress is anchored in the experience of negative...
| Published in: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 31; no. 12; pp. 3435 - 3450 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=160349608&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 160349608 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10621024 JFM jtl: Journal of Child & Family Studies issn: 10621024 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2022 vid: 31 iid: 12 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 160349608 10.1007/s10826-022-02299-w ppf: 3435 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 901KB tig: atl: Exposure to Negative Life Events and Parental Subjective Evaluations of Stress: A Meta-Analysis. aug: au: Gauthier-Légaré, Audrey Tarabulsy, George M. Ouellet, Geneviève Gagné, Lisa-Marie Langlois, Émilie affil: School of Psychology, Laval University, Pavillon Félix-Antoine-Savard, 2325 Allée des Bibliothèques, G1V 0A6, Québec, Qc, Canada University Centre for Research on Youth and Families (Centre de Recherche Universitaire sur les Jeunes et les Familles - CRUJeF), 2915 avenue du Bourg-Royal, Québec, G1C 3S2, Qc, Canada Department of Psychology, University of Québec at Trois-Rivières, 3600 rue Sainte-Marguerite, G9A 5H7, Trois-Rivières, Qc, Canada su: Life change events Psychology of parents Child development Retrospective studies Population geography Parenting Parenthood Psychological stress Psychology information storage & retrieval systems Meta-analysis Systematic reviews MEDLINE Longitudinal method Perinatal period sug: subj: Life change events Psychology of parents Child development Retrospective studies Population geography Parenting Parenthood Psychological stress Psychology information storage & retrieval systems Meta-analysis Systematic reviews MEDLINE Longitudinal method Perinatal period keyword: Negative life events Parental stress Prenatal stress Stress Negative life events Parental stress Prenatal stress Stress ab: Parental stress is an important correlate of numerous parenting problems and child outcome. However, measures of parental stress do not always refer to similar concepts. In general, there is wide recognition that, as a stress-related concept, parental stress is anchored in the experience of negative life events (NLEs). Other researchers have defined stress in terms of questionnaire-based subjective measures (SMs). Several studies suggest that the relation between NLEs and SMs varies. Among the possible moderators of this association is the type of SM, participant characteristics, the period of parenthood examined, and the use of prospective or retrospective research designs. The purpose of the present meta-analysis is to provide a better understanding of the relation between parental exposure to NLEs and SMs. Studies published between 1970 and June 2020 were selected using MEDLINE and PSYCINFO. Inclusion criteria required that studies involve parents of 0 to 18-year-old children and report an association between NLEs and SMs. Results for the 31 studies meeting criteria showed a moderate relation between parental NLEs and SMs (d = 0.54***, p < 0.001; Q = 324.10***; k = 31). Moderation analyses revealed that the type of SM, period of parenthood and geographical region moderated effect sizes. The NLE-SM association was greatest for "state" measures of stress, with effect size for "trait" assessments being non-significant. Greater effect size was also found for studies conducted during the prenatal period and in North America. Discussion focuses on defining stress more precisely when addressing the circumstances in which parenting takes place. Highlights: A moderate relation was found between negative life events exposure and parental subjective measures of stress. Association was greatest for "state" measures of stress, with effect size for "trait" assessments being non-significant. Greater effect size was found for studies conducted during the prenatal period and in North America. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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