Mediation does not only mean a specific procedure or protocol but the related attitude, mindset as well. This perspective gives opportunity to demonstrate the problem in a different way than previously. In the present study the participatory theory of communication (PTC) appears as a framework which makes the communication of participants of the mediation interpretable and transparent.

Background/Objective: Contentious couple breakup is associated to adverse outcomes for members and offspring. Parental attitudes towards conflict resolution are a robust predictor of the litigiousness breakup. Nonetheless, response bias should be strongly suspected in parental attitude reported this setting. Thus, field study with aim knowing prevalence magnitude ascertaining empirically valid ...

The field of digital parenting is an emergent and dynamic area research. This paper presents a structured literature review research papers published between 2016 2021 which report empirical studies in the online space. Studies were sourced from Scopus Web Science using combinations parent*/father/mother AND engage*/involve*/participat* online/digital*/virtual. A corpus 144 subjected to first r...

BACKGROUND Previous studies suggest that preschoolers from low socioeconomic backgrounds engage in more screen time. Still, the factors in the social and physical home environment driving these differences in preschool children's screen time are poorly understood. This study examines potential home environment mediators in the associations between parental educational level and preschoolers' sc...

This paper presents an econometric mediation analysis. It considers identification of production functions and the sources of output effects (treatment effects) from experimental interventions when some inputs are mismeasured and others are entirely omitted. JEL Code: D24, C21, C43, C38.

China’s elaborate system of local mediation committees has piqued researchers’ curiosity for decades and sparked an argument in these pages. Crucial questions— concerning how much mediation actually takes place, what kinds of disputes are mediated, who seeks mediation, and how successful it is—have gone unanswered for lack of data. This article addresses these issues using original surveys from...

BACKGROUND Research has suggested that 'risky' family processes have unforeseen negative consequences for health later in life. The purpose of this study was to further understanding of risky family environments and development of health vulnerabilities by (a) examining the likelihood that elevated levels of parental depressive symptoms when children are age 11 forecast accelerated epigenetic a...

Emotion regulation and associated autonomic activation develop throughout childhood and adolescence under the influence of the family environment. Specifically, physiological indicators of autonomic nervous system activity such as interoceptive sensitivity and vagally mediated heart rate variability (HRV) can inform on emotion regulation. Although the effect of parental emotion socialization on...

Evidence has been accumulating for the impact of normal variation in caregiving quality on brain morphology in children, but the question remains whether differences in brain volume related to early caregiving translate to behavioral implications. In this longitudinal population-based study (N = 162), moderated mediation was tested for the relation between parental sensitivity and child prosoci...