• “Four Times a Week I'd Drive Her to Music”: Familial Influences on Choral Music Participation
  Presented by: Hilary A. Rose, Shannon Hebblethwaite
• Multiple Indicators of Corporal Punishment and Current Attachment to Mother
  Presented by: Erica Florence Jordan, Mary Elizabeth Curtner-Smith
• Parental Warmth Amplifies the Effect of Parental Hostility on Dating Violence
  Presented by: Leslie Gordon Simons, Ronald L. Simons, Frank Fincham, Karlo Lei, Donna Hancock
• Configurations of Multiple Child Care Arrangements Among Preschoolers
  Presented by: Rachel A. Gordon, Anna Colaner, Margaret Usdansky, Claudia Melgar

Abstracts

“Four Times a Week I'd Drive Her to Music”: Familial Influences on Choral Music Participation

Presented by: Hilary A. Rose, Shannon Hebblethwaite

Although there is growing interest in studying the effects of children's leisure involvement, there is very little research that looks at family influences on leisure activities.  We report the results of a qualitative study of parents of adolescents that explores family influences on choral singing as a leisure activity.  Contrary to existing research and theory, we found that it was the adolescents' interest in choral music that influenced their parents' involvement (i.e., transportation to rehearsal, concert attendance, own choral participation), not the other way around.  At the very least, a bidirectional model seems to capture the direction of influence.

Multiple Indicators of Corporal Punishment and Current Attachment to Mother

Presented by: Erica Florence Jordan, Mary Elizabeth Curtner-Smith

The purpose of this study is to test relations between the latent constructs recalled parental reliance on corporal punishment, recalled childhood feelings following corporal punishment and young adults' current attachment to mother.  Greater parental reliance on corporal punishment was related to more intense negative feelings such as anxiety, anger, fear, and perceptions of unfairness.  Greater parental reliance on corporal punishment and more intense negative feelings following corporal punishment were related to lower mother-child attachment quality.

Parental Warmth Amplifies the Effect of Parental Hostility on Dating Violence

Presented by: Leslie Gordon Simons, Ronald L. Simons, Frank Fincham, Karlo Lei, Donna Hancock

Extant research has documented a positive relationship between hostility and aggression in one's family of origin and intimate partner violence.  Similarly, the negative relationship between warmth and support in one's family of origin and intimate partner violence is well-documented.  The present study (n=2088) investigates the extent to which the deleterious effects of interparental hostile conflict and harsh parenting are moderated by the presence of warmth.  Findings indicate that rather than buffer offspring from the negative effects of hostility, warmth instead serves to amplify those undesirable outcomes, specifically intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization.  Implications for theory and practice are addressed.

Configurations of Multiple Child Care Arrangements Among Preschoolers

Presented by: Rachel A. Gordon, Anna Colaner, Margaret Usdansky, Claudia Melgar

Most research focuses on children's primary child care arrangement, yet multiple arrangements are likely as parents match part-day/part-week preschool with other care and/or juggle their own and their caregivers' schedules.  We use recent national data to examine the patterns of preschoolers' child care arrangements and how they are predicted by parents' priorities for care as well as demographic characteristics of children, their families and their communities.  Our findings will inform future research by documenting selective differences between children with different configurations of care and will inform policy and practice that aims to encourage families' use of particular types of care.