Adult attachment and parenting stress among parents of toddlers

Adult attachment and parenting stress among parents of toddlers

Objective: The aim was to revise the dimensionality of the Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) assessing adult attachment and relate it to parenting stress within a large sample of parents of toddlers. Methods: As part of a longitudinal population-based study, 8122 parents (97% mothers) completed the 18 item version of RSQ and the Swedish Parenthood Stress Questionnaire (SPSQ) when their ch...

Parenting and family adjustment among parents

Background: Parenting, a wonderful and rewarding experience, are often accompanied by high levels of stress, because of the difficulties, frustrations, and challenges that parents face in everyday life. This study examined the profile ofParenting and Family Adjustment among Parents of children and adolescents with Intellectual Disability and functional psychosis. Methods: This study was a cross...

The implication of combat-induced stress reaction, PTSD, and attachment in parenting among war veterans.

This study examined parental functioning, parental satisfaction, and concern for offspring during their child's military service, among war veterans, some of whom suffered from acute combat-induced stress reaction (CSR) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition, we examined the additive and interactive contributions of CSR, PTSD and attachment dimensions to parenting measures. The s...

Attachment and Parenting in Adult Patients with Anxiety Disorders

BACKGROUND The literature suggests that dysfunctional parenting and insecure attachment may increase risk of anxiety-related psychopathology. This study aimed at testing the association between anxiety disorders, attachment insecurity and dysfunctional parenting while controlling for factors usually not controlled for in previous studies, such as gender, age, and being ill. METHODS A sample o...

Parenting Stress in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Symptomatology