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Concept Maps in the Family Science Classroom
This presentation will illustrate the usefulness and variability of concept maps in family science classrooms. This poster will define concept maps, demonstrate examples of effective use of concept maps in teaching family science, and delineate scholarly-based information on how to maximize their effectiveness. It also will illustrate the importance of student involvement in constructing and using this visual aid
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Parents' socialization of children's emotions and children's socioemotional adjustment : the role of adult attachment
textThe main goal of this study was to examine how parents’ mental
representations of their past attachment relationships influence the way they
respond to their own children’s emotions, using hypotheses based in attachment
theory. Parents’ responses to their children’s emotions and children’s emotion
regulation and social and emotional adjustment over time were also examined.
Finally, differences between mothers and fathers were examined. The original
sample contained 125 couples. Mothers’ and Fathers’ mental representations of
attachment were measured prior to giving birth to their first child. Parents’
responses to their children’s emotions were assessed during parent-child
interactions when children were 2-years old, and with parental questionnaires when
children were 7-years old. Children’s emotion regulation was coded at 2-years and
parents and teachers reported children’s social adjustment using the Child Behavior
Checklist at 7-years. Mothers’ adult attachment did not predict their responses to
their children’s emotions when their children were 2- or 7-years old. Fathers’
adult attachment did predict their responses to their children’s emotions.
Dismissing fathers were more minimizing and punitive toward their children’s
emotions than secure fathers when children were 2-years old. Dismissing fathers,
compared to secure fathers, reported more distress and punitive reactions to their
children’s emotions when their children were 7-years old. In addition, the more
sensitive parents were to their children’s emotions, the better their children’s
emotion regulation. Less sensitive responses were related to children’s
underregulation of emotions. In general, children’s emotion regulation at 2-years
did not predict children’s social adjustment at 7-years, although, some child gender
differences were found. Few differences were found between mothers and fathers
in the way they responded to their children’s emotions.Human Ecolog
The Family Folklore Album: Using the Power of Stories to Engage Students in Family Science
The Family Folklore Album project is a pedagogical tool in which students interview family members in order to collect stories which are then organized and critically analyzed using concepts and insights gained from a family science course. The Album is designed to help students to gain an awareness of their own family and their place within it, as well as the multiplicity of ways of being family. Formal assessment data of the project reveals that, in general, students appreciate the opportunity to spend time with and learn more about their family members, while at the same time gaining a deeper understanding of family science concepts and their own identity