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Impact of Poverty on Parent-Child Relationships, Parental Stress, and Parenting Practices.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Frontiers Editorial Office Country of Publication: Switzerland NLM ID: 101616579 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2296-2565 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 22962565 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Front Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Lausanne : Frontiers Editorial Office
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    • Abstract:
      Objectives: To explore the impact of poverty on parent-child relationships, parental stress and parenting practices.
      Design: A mixed methods study.
      Sample: Four hundred and eighty five Hong Kong Chinese parents who had children aged 3-6 years, and who were from low-income families. Eleven of these parents were randomly selected for individual semi-structured interviews.
      Measurements: A sociodemographic questionnaire, the parent-child relationship score, the Parental Stress Scale and the Perceived Parental Aggression Scale.
      Results: The parents were found to have an impaired relationship with their children. The findings indicated that employment status, parental stress and harsh parenting were significantly associated with parent-child relationships. The qualitative findings revealed that parents from low-income families encountered a wide range of difficulties, which made these parents more likely to experience parental stress, thereby increasing their tendency to adopt harsh parenting practices that undermined parent-child relationships.
      Conclusion: This study sheds light on the associations between parent-child relationships, parental stress and parenting practices in low-income families. These findings will enhance nurses' understanding of the impact of poverty on parent-child relationships, and highlight the need for nurses to ensure that underprivileged parents and their children receive adequate primary care to prevent the development of psychological problems in this vulnerable group.
      Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The reviewer AS-WC declared a shared affiliation with the author JC to the handling editor at the time of review.
      (Copyright © 2022 Ho, Li, Cheung, Luo, Xia and Chung.)
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: harsh parenting; nurse; parental stress; parenting practices; parent–child relationship; poverty; preschool children; primary care
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20220513 Date Completed: 20220517 Latest Revision: 20220721
    • Publication Date:
      20240105
    • Accession Number:
      PMC9081330
    • Accession Number:
      10.3389/fpubh.2022.849408
    • Accession Number:
      35548071