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- Title
Maternal Parenting Stress Following Paternal or Close Family Incarceration: Bayesian Model-Based Profiling Using the HILDA Longitudinal Survey.
- Authors
Dennison, Susan; Besemer, Kirsten; Low-Choy, Samantha
- Abstract
Objectives: To: (1) examine the existence and extent of heterogeneity in effects of paternal incarceration (PI) or close family incarceration (CFI) on maternal parenting stress; (2) identify key variables related to the effect of PI and CFI on maternal parenting stress. Methods: Using data from HILDA, an Australian longitudinal survey, we investigate changes in maternal parenting stress for mothers who experienced either PI or CFI. There were 15 demographic and stress-related explanatory variables. Using Bayesian profile regression, we examine the average changes in maternal parenting stress after incarceration compared to the mother's average level of parenting stress in prior waves, simultaneously with model-based clustering to characterise the profiles of mothers having a different degree of change. Results: Three profiles of mothers were identified: (1) A small decrease in parental stress levels (n = 112); (2) No measurable average change in parental stress levels (n = 46); (3) A small increase in parental stress levels (n = 117). Only for the second cluster did the 95% posterior credible intervals for the means include zero as a plausible value. The estimated means for clusters 1 (decrease) and 3 (increase) did not overlap and are clearly separated. Conclusions: Neither PI nor CFI helped profile mothers. Thus, research should examine wider family incarceration effects on children and caregivers. Prior adversity, wellbeing and family demographics contributed to the cluster profiles. Parenting stress is heterogeneous and improved methods are needed to disentangle the effects of incarceration from other contextual, recent and cumulative adverse events in people's lives.
- Subjects
MOTHERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; IMPRISONMENT; STRESS waves; FAMILIES; PARENTING
- Publication
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2020, Vol 36, Issue 4, p753
- ISSN
0748-4518
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10940-019-09430-z