Patricia L Kaminski
Biographic Data
| ID | 4102926 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia L Kaminski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia L |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaminski |
| SIGNATURE | KAMINSKI P L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Texas |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3290-4314 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The autonomic spectrum questionnaire
The roles of shame and poor self-concept in explaining low social connection among adult survivors of childhood emotional maltreatment
Children subjected to EM by caregivers are likely to experience themselves as deeply flawed (i.e., shame) and have difficulty developing a secure sense of themselves, especially as relational beings. Our results suggest that when shame interferes with the development of a positive social self-concept, survivors of EM are at-risk for low SC. Treatment implications include a focus on healing shame and building social self-concept. (PsycInfo Databas…
Observed parenting aspects of child compliance in custodial grandfamilies
Psychological Well-Being and Family Functioning in Middle Childhood
Despite being the longest relationships across the lifespan, the sibling dyad is the most under-studied relationship in the family system. Researchers have documented the harmful and beneficial effects of sibling relationships and family dynamics on individual well-being. Extending this research to middle childhood, the current study examined family functioning, sibling relational dynamics, and self-reported adjustment and internalizing symptoms …
Feeling Fat and Depressed? Dimensions of Self‐Concept That Affect Men
Self‐concept (SC), a multidimensional construct, consistently predicts expected outcomes. Of importance, however, having high SC on even one dimension can be protective. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses of the data of 239 college men suggest that feeling positive about one's relationships protects men who feel fat from experiencing symptoms of depression at the intensity of their similarly body‐dissatisfied peers who do not report positi…
Perceptions of Custodial Grandparents Among Young Adults
This study's purpose was to investigate young adults' perceptions of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Over 1,200 young adult volunteers (M age = 21) read a randomly assigned scenario describing a grandparent raising a grandchild. Scenarios varied in terms of grandchild gender, grandparent ethnicity, the presence/absence of grandchild problems, and the reason for the assumption of the grandparent caregiving role. Results suggested…
Parenting Attitudes and Adjustment Among Custodial Grandparents
Custodial grandparents (CGPs; n = 42), parents (n = 39), and noncustodial grandparents (GPs; n = 44) completed measures of parenting attitudes (e.g., belief in the use of corporal punishment) and parental adjustment (e.g., parenting stress). Moreover, half of the actively parenting participants were caring for a (grand)child with emotional or behavioral problems. While CGPs and parents differed in their self-reported levels of empathy toward chil…
Gender Differences in Body Esteem Among Older Adults
Ninety-five adults aged 60-91 completed measures of Body-as-Object Esteem (BOE) (i.e., appearance) and Body-as-Process Esteem (BPE) (i.e., function) to explore gender differences in body esteem among older adults. As hypothesized, a significant age by gender interaction revealed that men become more disparaging of the appearance and function of their bodies in their last decades of life, while women do not. Level of physical disability was negati…
Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren
An increasingly prevalent family constellation is a home headed by a grandparent who is raising grandchildren. We explore the state of our knowledge about such grandparents with particular attention to its implications for service providers and researchers. In our review we address several key areas: (a) the costs and benefits of raising a grandchild; (b) the heterogeneity of custodial grandparent caregivers; (c) the critical need for social supp…
Self-concept in Mexican American girls and boys
This study examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Self-Description Questionnaire-I (SDQ-I) in a sample of Mexican American children. Findings provide support for both the classic multidimensional and hierarchical SDQ factor structure and a nonhierarchical model that incorporates a dimension not included in the classic model (i.e., General-Self, a global measure of self-concept). Results of a multiple-group confirmatory f…
Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren
Grandparents who raise their grandchildren have become more prevalent as an alternate family form that is, by its very nature, intergenerational in character. This paper explores the state of our knowledge about such grandparents in light of the following themes: (1) the diversity among grandparent caregivers, (2) the importance of social support for such persons and the impact of raising a grandchild on relationships with others, (3) theoretical…
Perceptions of the Losses Experienced by Custodial Grandmothers
The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that influence societal perceptions of grandparents who have become custodians of their grandchildren. Over 1200 adult volunteers evaluated a randomly assigned scenario describing a grandparent raising a grandchild, where scenarios varied in terms of grandchild gender, grandparent ethnicity, the presence/absence of grandchild problems, and the reason for the assumption of the grandparent caregi…
Relationships Between Grief and Family System Characteristics
The present study explored the question of whether the grief process affects the characteristics of relationships within the family system or, alternatively, whether family characteristics affect the experience of grief symptoms. Sixty-one people who had recently experienced the death of a parent (82%) or spouse (18%) completed a questionnaire to assess their current grief symptomatology and characteristics of the relationships within their famil…
Relationships Between Grief and Family System Characteristics
The present study explored the question of whether the grief process affects the characteristics of relationships within the family system or, alternatively, whether family characteristics affect the experience of grief symptoms. Sixty-one people who had recently experienced the death of a parent (82%) or spouse (18%) completed a questionnaire to assess their current grief symptomatology and characteristics of the relationships within their famil…
Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren
Grandparents who raise their grandchildren have become more prevalent as an alternate family form that is, by its very nature, intergenerational in character. This paper explores the state of our knowledge about such grandparents in light of the following themes: (1) the diversity among grandparent caregivers, (2) the importance of social support for such persons and the impact of raising a grandchild on relationships with others, (3) theoretical…
Perceptions of Custodial Grandparents Among Young Adults
This study's purpose was to investigate young adults' perceptions of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Over 1,200 young adult volunteers (M age = 21) read a randomly assigned scenario describing a grandparent raising a grandchild. Scenarios varied in terms of grandchild gender, grandparent ethnicity, the presence/absence of grandchild problems, and the reason for the assumption of the grandparent caregiving role. Results suggested…
Parenting Attitudes and Adjustment Among Custodial Grandparents
Custodial grandparents (CGPs; n = 42), parents (n = 39), and noncustodial grandparents (GPs; n = 44) completed measures of parenting attitudes (e.g., belief in the use of corporal punishment) and parental adjustment (e.g., parenting stress). Moreover, half of the actively parenting participants were caring for a (grand)child with emotional or behavioral problems. While CGPs and parents differed in their self-reported levels of empathy toward chil…
Psychological Well-Being and Family Functioning in Middle Childhood
Despite being the longest relationships across the lifespan, the sibling dyad is the most under-studied relationship in the family system. Researchers have documented the harmful and beneficial effects of sibling relationships and family dynamics on individual well-being. Extending this research to middle childhood, the current study examined family functioning, sibling relational dynamics, and self-reported adjustment and internalizing symptoms …
Relationships Between Grief and Family System Characteristics
The present study explored the question of whether the grief process affects the characteristics of relationships within the family system or, alternatively, whether family characteristics affect the experience of grief symptoms. Sixty-one people who had recently experienced the death of a parent (82%) or spouse (18%) completed a questionnaire to assess their current grief symptomatology and characteristics of the relationships within their famil…
Perceptions of the Losses Experienced by Custodial Grandmothers
The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that influence societal perceptions of grandparents who have become custodians of their grandchildren. Over 1200 adult volunteers evaluated a randomly assigned scenario describing a grandparent raising a grandchild, where scenarios varied in terms of grandchild gender, grandparent ethnicity, the presence/absence of grandchild problems, and the reason for the assumption of the grandparent caregi…
Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren
An increasingly prevalent family constellation is a home headed by a grandparent who is raising grandchildren. We explore the state of our knowledge about such grandparents with particular attention to its implications for service providers and researchers. In our review we address several key areas: (a) the costs and benefits of raising a grandchild; (b) the heterogeneity of custodial grandparent caregivers; (c) the critical need for social supp…
Self-concept in Mexican American girls and boys
This study examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Self-Description Questionnaire-I (SDQ-I) in a sample of Mexican American children. Findings provide support for both the classic multidimensional and hierarchical SDQ factor structure and a nonhierarchical model that incorporates a dimension not included in the classic model (i.e., General-Self, a global measure of self-concept). Results of a multiple-group confirmatory f…
Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren
Grandparents who raise their grandchildren have become more prevalent as an alternate family form that is, by its very nature, intergenerational in character. This paper explores the state of our knowledge about such grandparents in light of the following themes: (1) the diversity among grandparent caregivers, (2) the importance of social support for such persons and the impact of raising a grandchild on relationships with others, (3) theoretical…
Gender Differences in Body Esteem Among Older Adults
Ninety-five adults aged 60-91 completed measures of Body-as-Object Esteem (BOE) (i.e., appearance) and Body-as-Process Esteem (BPE) (i.e., function) to explore gender differences in body esteem among older adults. As hypothesized, a significant age by gender interaction revealed that men become more disparaging of the appearance and function of their bodies in their last decades of life, while women do not. Level of physical disability was negati…
Parenting Attitudes and Adjustment Among Custodial Grandparents
Custodial grandparents (CGPs; n = 42), parents (n = 39), and noncustodial grandparents (GPs; n = 44) completed measures of parenting attitudes (e.g., belief in the use of corporal punishment) and parental adjustment (e.g., parenting stress). Moreover, half of the actively parenting participants were caring for a (grand)child with emotional or behavioral problems. While CGPs and parents differed in their self-reported levels of empathy toward chil…
Perceptions of Custodial Grandparents Among Young Adults
This study's purpose was to investigate young adults' perceptions of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Over 1,200 young adult volunteers (M age = 21) read a randomly assigned scenario describing a grandparent raising a grandchild. Scenarios varied in terms of grandchild gender, grandparent ethnicity, the presence/absence of grandchild problems, and the reason for the assumption of the grandparent caregiving role. Results suggested…
Feeling Fat and Depressed? Dimensions of Self‐Concept That Affect Men
Self‐concept (SC), a multidimensional construct, consistently predicts expected outcomes. Of importance, however, having high SC on even one dimension can be protective. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses of the data of 239 college men suggest that feeling positive about one's relationships protects men who feel fat from experiencing symptoms of depression at the intensity of their similarly body‐dissatisfied peers who do not report positi…
Psychological Well-Being and Family Functioning in Middle Childhood
Despite being the longest relationships across the lifespan, the sibling dyad is the most under-studied relationship in the family system. Researchers have documented the harmful and beneficial effects of sibling relationships and family dynamics on individual well-being. Extending this research to middle childhood, the current study examined family functioning, sibling relational dynamics, and self-reported adjustment and internalizing symptoms …
Observed parenting aspects of child compliance in custodial grandfamilies
The autonomic spectrum questionnaire
The roles of shame and poor self-concept in explaining low social connection among adult survivors of childhood emotional maltreatment
Children subjected to EM by caregivers are likely to experience themselves as deeply flawed (i.e., shame) and have difficulty developing a secure sense of themselves, especially as relational beings. Our results suggest that when shame interferes with the development of a positive social self-concept, survivors of EM are at-risk for low SC. Treatment implications include a focus on healing shame and building social self-concept. (PsycInfo Databas…
Developmental psychology (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Grandparent (6 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (5 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Grandchild (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (3 works)