Open AccessParental stress and indifference and the parent’s withdrawal from the relationship with their child: a structural approach
Author(s) -
Agnieszka Szymańska,
Elżbieta Aranowska
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychiatria polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2391-5854
pISSN - 0033-2674
DOI - 10.12740/pp/115967
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , structural equation modeling , test (biology) , stress (linguistics) , representation (politics) , sample (material) , paleontology , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , biology , chemistry , chromatography , politics , political science , law
The aim of the study was to test the theoretical model assuming that parental indifference arises as a result of the parent experiencing stress in the relationship with their child. Therefore, we tested the model describing the relations among the variables of: (a) parent's experience of stress in the relationship with their child, (b) formation of a negative mental representation of the child in the parent's mind, (c) indifference toward the child, and (d) withdrawal of the parent from the relationship with their child. Subsequently, it was tested whether parental indifference was related to the development of emotional and social competences, as well as school readiness of children.