Positive parenting as a protective resource for parentally bereaved children.
Positive parenting was examined as a protective resource against the adverse effects of negative life events on parentally bereaved children's mental health problems. The sample consisted of 313 recently bereaved children ages 8 to 16 and their current caregiver. Both the compensatory (direct effect independent of negative life events) and the stress-buffer (interactive effect with negative life events) protective resource models were examined and child gender was explored as a moderator of both models. Results revealed evidence for the compensatory protective resource model for both child and caregiver reports of mental health problems. No evidence of the stress-buffer model or child gender as a moderator was found. Implications for the understanding of children's responses to the death of a parent and the development and implementation of preventive interventions are discussed.
Haine
Rachel A
RA
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Wolchik
Sharlene A
SA
Sandler
Irwin N
IN
Millsap
Roger E
RE
Ayers
Tim S
TS
D000293:Adolescent; D001601:Bereavement; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States