Psychology Journal Assignment #1

Psychology of Parent Assignment #1

Please follow the questions and information, and answer ALL the questions (Q1-12).

Question #1

Read: Gender, Feminist, and Intersectional Perspectives on Families: A Decade in Review

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jomf.12638 (Links to an external site.)

Write at least 250 words reflecting on the article. Identify 5 trends identified in the article and describe in your own words. Did you learn anything new? What surprised you? Did it make you want to explore any topics further?

Question #2 Read the article: Pathways to Parenthood https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jomf.12618 (Links to an external site.)

Answer the following questions in 200-250 words:

How does socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity play a role in whether or not an individual decides to have children? What are two alternate methods of becoming a parent discussed in the article? Why is predicting future fertility trends difficult? Did anything else surprise you in this article?

Question #3

Read: A Call to Action: Screening Fathers for Perinatal Depression https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/145/1/e20191193?sso=1&sso_redirect_count=1&nfsta tus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000- 000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token (Links to an external site.)

Write between 200-250 words answering the following questions:

Did you know fathers can suffer from perinatal depression? Why is it important to screen fathers? What impact could perinatal depression have on parenting? Describe anything else you found interesting about the article.

Question #4

Read: Evidence-based Parent Involvement Interventions With School-aged Children (Links to an external site.)

Write 200-250 words regarding what you learned from the article including answering the following questions. How can school psychologists encourage parents to utilize interventions with their children? How can the interventions available for children in school be improved? What barriers do you think parents face when trying to access interventions for their children?

Question #5 Read: Parent–Adolescent Conflict Across Adolescence https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10964- 019-01054-7.pdf (Links to an external site.)

Write 200-250 words regarding the conflicts parents and adolescents encounter during the teenage years. As a professional how would you encourage parents to handle these conflicts? Would their parenting styles impact how they discipline their children and how they approach conflict? What else was interesting within the article?

Question#6 Read: Cultural Approaches to Parenting https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3433059/ (Links to an external site.)

Write 200-250 words describing in your own words how culture impacts parenting. How does culture impact children even before they are born? Are parenting practices more similar to each other or different across cultures?

Question#7 Read: ACEs Are Not Equal: Examining the Relative Impact of Household Dysfunction Versus Childhood Maltreatment on Mental Health in Adolescence https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31785426 (Links to an external site.)

Write 200-250 words describing your reaction to this article. Do you agree with the authors and research presented? How can we build upon the foundation of ACEs and improve this framework in our work with families?

Question #8

Read: The Negative Effects of Separating Families at the U.S.-Mexico Border and click two of the references the articles uses to read further. https://www.ncfr.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/NCFR-Negative-Effects- Separating%20Families-US-Mexico-Border.pdf (Links to an external site.)

Write 200-250 words answering the following: Which two additional resources did you read? What implications does this have for psychologists working with families who are immigrants within the United States? How would you use this information in your future career? What resources would you recommend to families who have been separated at the U.S. Mexico border? Does this relate at all to transnational parenting or military parents? Why or why not?

Question #9

Read: It’s Not About Them Without Them: Kinship Grandparents’ Perspectives on Family Empowerment in Public Child Welfare https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740919307832 (Links to an external site.)

Write 150-200 words describing what you learned by reading this article. How do you think results would be different if the sample of grandparents was more diverse or represented grandparents that identify with a different race or ethnicity? Does the public child welfare system treat all foster children equally? What further research is needed?

Question #10

Listen to one of the following podcasts (or choose your own related to sex and parenting):

Good Moms Bad Choices - Mama, I'm Not a Girl Feat. Jodie Patterson (Links to an external site.)

Good Moms Bad Choices - Hidden Pregnancies & Healing from Within Feat Melanie Fiona

Describe in 200-250 words your reaction to the podcasts. Identify which podcast you listened to. Include your feelings surrounding parenting a trans child OR balancing work and family as a parent. Think about the conflicts the podcast guests experienced and how they resolved them. What would you say to a parent that has a similar concern? What resources would you recommend to them?

Question #11

Read:

The Types and Functions of Social Supports Used by Parents Caring for a Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10803-019-04359-5 (Links to an external site.) Write 200-250 Words describing your reaction to the article. Imagine you are caring for a child with autism either as a parent or at work. Would you find these types and functions of social supports realistic? Why or why not? Are there any additional social supports you can think of for parents or caregivers of children with autism?

Question #12

Review: NJ Parent Link http://www.njparentlink.nj.gov (Links to an external site.)

Write 200-250 words describing the resources that can be found on this website. How do you think these resources can be helpful to parents and those working with parents? Choose one of the topics listed on the left and look further into the resources listed. Click NJ-211 and search for services in your zip code. Do you find this resource easy to use or difficult? Why?