• 218-1 RT - Sibling Relationships Variance: Explaining Measures With Multilevel Models
  Presented by: Karyn M Wheeler

• 218-2 RT - Closeness to Parents: Adolescence to Young Adulthood
  Presented by: Caitlin S. Faas, Mark J. Benson

• 218-3 RT - Parenting and Child Social Competence in a Caribbean Context
  Presented by: Tomas Cabeza De Baca, Shannon A. Corkery, Bruce J. Ellis, Mark V. Flinn, Melissa A. Barnett, Aurelio J. Figueredo

• 218-4 FP - Father Characteristics and Youth Self-Care in Low-Income Families
  Presented by: Kaylin M. Greene, Michelle Blocklin

• 218-5 FT - Effects of Self-care and Perceived Workload on Home Based Family Therapists
  Presented by: Jurdene Arlette Ingram, C.R. Macchi, Marcos Mendez, Matthew Johnson

• 218-6 FT - Exploring Intergenerational Clinical Mentoring
  Presented by: Markie L. C. Blumer, Mary S. Green, Ashley M. Barrera, Desiree Compton

• 218-7 FT - The Effects of the Intergenerational Transmission of Family Emotional Processes on Conflict Styles: The Moderating Role of Attachment
  Presented by: Aaron Norton, Nathan Hardy, Chelsea Link, David Thompson, Joyce Baptist

• 218-8 RT - Evaluation of Online Interactive Interviewing
  Presented by: Heather McCollum, Harold Grotevant

• 218-9 IN - Chinese Cultural Understandings of Marriage
  Presented by: Paul Rosenblatt, Xiaohui Li

Abstracts

Sibling Relationships Variance: Explaining Measures with Multilevel Models

Presented by: Karyn M Wheeler

The majority of research on sibling relationships has used just one or two siblings in a family. There are many theoretical and methodological limitations to this single dyadic perspective. This study uses all siblings in a family to discuss positivity and willingness to sacrifice. All sibling relationships in the family are assessed, creating a multilevel model. Over 1500 relationships between 541 individuals and across 184 families are explored.  The distribution of variance across the three levels: relationship, individual, and family indicate the relationship level explains the most variance in positivity, whereas sacrifice is best explained by the individual level.

Closeness to Parents: Adolescence to Young Adulthood

Presented by: Caitlin S. Faas, Mark J. Benson

Using life course theory and the developmental stake hypothesis, this study explores the trajectories of closeness to parents from adolescence to young adulthood (12 - 31 years old) with the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health dataset. The different dyads involved in the parent-child relationship (e.g., mother-son, mother-daughter) were examined as well as other important covariates. Overall, the unconditional cubic growth model revealed that individuals feel closest to their parents as adolescents, experience a decline at about 18 years old, and slowly increase again in young adulthood. These developmental trajectories provide insight for theory and future research.

Parenting and Child Social Competence in a Caribbean Context

Presented by: Tomas Cabeza De Baca, Shannon A. Corkery, Bruce J. Ellis, Mark V. Flinn, Melissa A. Barnett, Aurelio J. Figueredo

 Paternal harshness, according to theories of evolution, may impact children's social development of social competence; however, theory suggests that the presence of positive mothering and allomothers may protect children. Informants reported on the families of thirty-one children living on the Caribbean island of Dominica and a teacher informant rated the children on social competence. Results provide evidence that maternal and allomaternal care may buffer children from the effects of harsh paternal parenting regarding social competence.  Implications for future research are discussed.

Father Characteristics and Youth Self-Care in Low-Income Families

Presented by: Kaylin M. Greene, Michelle Blocklin

We examined associations between father characteristics and youth unsupervised time (self-care) in low-income families using data from Welfare, Children, & Families: A Three-City Study.  Results suggested that father residential location was not a significant predictor of youth self-care. However, fathers who were more responsible and who could be counted on to provide child care were less likely to have adolescents who were regularly unsupervised. In addition, father-child closeness was negatively linked to self-care. We discuss policy and intervention implications of the current study in light of recent policies promoting responsible fatherhood in the US.

Effects of self-care and perceived workload on home based family therapists

Presented by: Jurdene Arlette Ingram, C.R. Macchi, Marcos Mendez, Matthew Johnson

This study examines the relationship between levels of clinical HBFT experience, self-care, and the Professional Quality of Life subscales of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue. Level of HBFT experience had a minimal relationship with self care and the subscales. Higher perceived workload significantly reduces self-care behaviors and is consistently related to negative outcomes on the ProQOL.  Self-care partially mediates the impact of increased perceived workload, indicated by higher compassion satisfaction and lower burnout scores. Implementing a self-care practices earlier in one's career, before works starts to negatively impact well-being, may help buffer feelings of being overworked.

Exploring Intergenerational Clinical Mentoring

Presented by: Markie L. C. Blumer, Mary S. Green, Ashley M. Barrera, Desiree Compton

 Mentoring has been identified as an avenue for enhancing clinical training. Family therapy programs explore the importance of intergenerational transmission and processes. Literature on the topic of intergenerational mentoring in clinical programs, however, is sparse. The participants in this qualitative self-study traced their mentoring lineages and created an intergenerational mentoring tree. In this presentation, participants will gain an understanding of how tracing one's intergenerational clinical mentoring tree can be beneficial to all parties in terms of the richness of clinical, supervisory, and training experiences and in terms of person-therapist congruency.

The Effects of the Intergenerational Transmission of Family Emotional Processes on Conflict Styles: The Moderating Role of Attachment

Presented by: Aaron Norton, Nathan Hardy, Chelsea Link, David Thompson, Joyce Baptist

This study of 190 emerging adults investigated the moderating role of attachment on the intergenerational transmission of the effects of family emotional processes (enmeshment and disengagement) on adult offspring's conflict management. Results indicated that higher levels of perceived disengagement led to more use of hostile and volatile and lower use of validating conflict styles. Results further indicated that attachment moderated the effects of disengagement on hostile and volatile but not validating styles. High levels of anxiety exacerbated the effects of disengagement while low levels of avoidance buffered the effects of disengagement. Clinical and research implications are discussed.

Evaluation of Online Interactive Interviewing

Presented by: Heather McCollum, Harold Grotevant

This pilot study examined replacing phone interviewing methods with online interactive interviews. Interview content was of a personal nature seeking to understand emerging adults' perspectives of intimate relationships. Examination of the interviews focused on 1) interviewer behavior, 2) respondent behavior, and 3) dyadic behavior Findings suggest no significant difference in level of accuracy, depth, precision, consistency, and clarity in the online interactive interviewing process. Participants and interviewers favored the online delivery method over phone interviewing. The results of this study led the decision to use online interviews in the collection of third wave data in a 30 year longitudinal project.

Chinese Cultural Understandings of Marriage

Presented by: Paul Rosenblatt, Xiaohui Li

The present paper is offered as an addition to the surprisingly sparse sociological literature using the internet. It builds on previous work, particularly that of Quinn (1987, 2005), showing the value of figures of speech in illuminating cultural understandings of marriage. Chinese similes and metaphors for marriage posted on the worldwide web were explored. Seven themes were found. The themes give a picture of cultural meanings for marriage in China that reflect both more traditional ideas and such recent changes as the move to greater freedom of choice of spouse and new marriage laws that make it easier to divorce.