Positive parenting as a protective resource for parentally bereaved children
- Författare
- Haine, R.A., Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., Millsap, R.E. & Ayers, T.S.
- Titel
- Positive parenting as a protective resource for parentally bereaved children
- Utgivningsår
- 2006
- Tidskrift
- Death Studies
- Volym
- 30
- Häfte
- 1
- Sidor
- 1-28
- Sammanfattning
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.