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Family Alliance and Intergenerational Transmission of Coparenting in Gay and Heterosexual Single-Father Families through Surrogacy: Associations with Child Attachment Security
No full textParents tend to internalize the coparenting model they experienced during childhood and enact it in their coparenting relationships as adults. These interactive patterns may, in turn, shape their children’s internal working models of attachment relationships. The present study recruited 31 gay and 28 heterosexual single-father families through surrogacy to examine family alliance quality and the mediating role of observed supportive and conflictual coparenting in the association between the coparenting quality single fathers experienced in their families of origin and the attachment security of their children. All single fathers lived in Italy, were cisgender and White, and had a child aged 6–12 years (M = 97.73 months; SD = 20.48; 47.5% girls) who they coparented with nonparental caregivers (i.e., 33 grandparents, 18 babysitters, 8 uncles/aunts). Families did not differ in family alliance dimensions based on fathers’ sexual orientation. Additionally, single fathers who experienced greater coparenting quality in their families of origin demonstrated lower levels of conflictual coparenting, which, in turn, were associated with greater child attachment security. In contrast, observed supportive coparenting did not mediate this relation. The results emphasize the need to reconceptualize the dyadic coparental unit in single-father surrogacy families to include extended family members and nonrelatives
From tale to reality: Geographical differences in children's flood‐risk perception
No full textFew studies have approached children's behaviour during flood disasters, and none of them were in Italy. In this study we performed an analysis of flood‐risk perception in children aged between six and 14 years in three Italian regions characterised by diverse typologies of flood phenomena. To perform such an analysis, we collected data using a fictional story which, through identification with the protagonist, allowed for reliable and spontaneous answers from the young respondents. The studied communities were the pilot areas of the European research project LIFE PRIMES, “Preventing flooding RIsks by Making resilient communitiES.” The findings highlighted various expressed behaviours, with some differences between areas. The most unsafe expressed behaviour was “running outside.” Such a reaction becomes proportionally less important from younger to older respondents. The safest expressed behaviour was “reaching a high place,” which appears later in children and becomes more important from younger to older respondents. Not all communities demonstrated a good correlation between those two behaviours and age groups. The analysis suggests the need to implement educational and training activities specifically focused on children's needs during flood emergencies and that take into account the different geographical conditions in which children live
Applicabilità delle Tecniche di Ingegneria Naturalistica in Ambito Fluviale: Torrente Levata
No full textQuaderni della Provincia di Potenza, Ambiente e Territori
Correction to: Peer Microaggressions and Social Skills among School-Age Children of Sexual Minority Parents through Assisted Reproduction: Moderation via the Child–Teacher Relationship
No full textCorrection to: Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2022) 51:1210–1229 In the original publication of the article, the author noticed errors in Table 3. The errors were inadvertently made when cutting and pasting the analytic output into the table. The corrected Table 3 has been presented with this correction. (Table presented.) Means and standard deviations of peer microaggressions and child–teacher relationship quality at W1, and social skills at W1 and W2, by family type and child gender (N = 70 families) Lesbian mother families Gay father families Total (N = 37) Male children (n = 19) Female children (n = 18) Total (N = 33) Male children (n = 15) Female children (n = 18) N (%) n (%) n (%) N (%) n (%) n (%) Peer microaggressions frequency at W1 No microaggressions 11 (29.7) 4 (21.1) 7 (38.9) 11 (33.3) 6 (40.0) 5 (27.8) Yes microaggressions 26 (70.3) 15 (78.9) 11 (61.1) 22 (66.7) 9 (60.0) 13 (72.2) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) Peer microaggressions score at W1a 1.30 (1.04) 1.48 (1.05) 1.10 (1.03) 1.24 (1.08) 1.20 (1.15) 1.27 (1.05) Child–teacher relationship quality at W1 50.24 (11.71) 50.58 (13.49) 49.89 (9.87) 47.09 (12.08) 45.93 (11.84) 48.06 (12.54) Social skills at W1 (parent ratings) 57.36 (11.79) 59.45 (11.86) 55.17 (11.47) 59.58 (10.94) 59.93 (11.52) 59.28 (10.59) Social skills at W1 (teacher ratings) 42.86 (6.72) 45.07 (7.42) 40.64 (5.30) 44.07 (6.40) 45.50 (6.24) 43.24 (6.53) Social skills at W2 (parent ratings) 59.15 (12.11) 60.66 (12.54) 57.56 (11.58) 62.33 (11.45) 63.10 (12.67) 61.69 (10.45) Social skills at W2 (teacher ratings) 44.86 (11.15) 46.43 (10.32) 43.29 (12.10) 45.59 (12.71) 44.60 (12.38) 46.18 (13.24) aFor each child, a single peer microaggression score was calculated by dividing the sum of the intensity of each microaggression by the number of microaggressions reported. Thus, the peer microaggression score reflected both the intensity and the frequency of children’s microaggressions. Percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding. For teacher-rated social competencies at W2, N = 55
A MODEL DEVOTED TO STUDY THE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF FLUVIAL HABITATS: A CASE STUDY, FIRST RESULTS
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“Is mommy getting a day off?” Gay fathers’ approaches to socialization around family diversity and children’s surrogacy origins
No full textThe present study explored the approaches employed by gay fathers to socialize their children regarding their family diversity and surrogacy origins. In-home, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 80 gay fathers (representing 40 families) with at least one child aged 3–9 years (M = 5.94, SD = 2.35; 52.50% assigned female at birth) who had been conceived via surrogacy. Three distinct socialization approaches were identified using reflexive thematic analysis: proactive, cautious, and neutral. The proactive approach was most prevalent, with fathers initiating discussion and fostering pride in their family structure, while equipping children to navigate potential heteronormative bias, teasing, and bullying. The cautious approach reflected a reactive strategy, with fathers addressing the topic only in response to their children’s inquiries, driven by concern that early discussion could provoke undue anxiety or alarm. Finally, the neutral approach emphasized the normality of the family structure by minimizing explicit discussion about being a two-father family. These findings highlight the diverse strategies gay fathers through surrogacy use to navigate heteronormative societal contexts, which hold significant relevance for policy and clinical practices aimed at supporting diverse family structures
Childhood maltreatment in maternal helpless caregiving: The mediating role of defensive functioning
No full textThe present cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study examined the associations between various childhood maltreatment experiences and maternal helpless caregiving (i.e., a state experienced by caregivers who feel overwhelmed and unable to manage both their child's behavior and their own emotional responses to it), also focusing on the mediating role of defensive functioning in this relationship. Participants included 348 cisgender, heterosexual partnered mothers (M = 38.44, SD = 6.04), mostly White, all living in Italy with children aged 3-11 (M = 6.50, SD = 2.53; 47.13% assigned female at birth). All participants identified as the primary caregivers for their children. Mediation analysis indicated that emotional abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, and physical neglect had a significant direct effect on maternal helplessness. However, physical abuse did not show a direct association with helpless caregiving. Furthermore, the indirect association between childhood emotional abuse and maternal helpless caregiving through overall defensive functioning was significant. Specifically, mothers who reported greater emotional abuse in their childhood showed less mature defensive functioning, which in turn was associated with higher levels of maternal helplessness. The findings underscore the profound effects of childhood maltreatment, particularly emotional abuse, on maternal helpless caregiving. These insights contribute to understanding the complex interplay between past traumas and current caregiving capacities, offering directions for interventions to prevent and treat maternal helplessness by focusing on developing more adaptive defensive functioning
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