Wilma J Lutz
Biographic Data
| ID | 5508586 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wilma J Lutz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wilma J |
| FAMILY NAME | Lutz |
| SIGNATURE | LUTZ W J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Children's communication about distressing events: The role of emotional openness and psychological attributes of family members
This study documents the importance of emotional openness to the recovery process in families following traumatic events. In this longitudinal study, relationships are examined between emotional openness and parents' psychological attributes, and mothers' and children's open disclosure of feelings. After September 11, 2001, 48 mothers and their 11-year-old children were interviewed about their reactions to the terrorist attacks. Measures included…
Predicting Children's Reactions to Terrorist Attacks: The Importance of Self-Reports and Preexisting Characteristics
Forty-eight mothers and their 11-year-old children, who were participants in a longitudinal study, were interviewed in their home after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Children's verbatim statements were analyzed for fear, separation anxiety, denial, rationalization, anger, and empathy. In the final model, preexisting child anxiety and maternal worry significantly explained 33% of the variance in children's self-reported fearful feel…
Parental emotions following the birth of the first child: Gender differences in depressive symptoms
This study addresses psychological issues that put first-time parents at risk for depressive disorders. In a community sample of 107 men and their wives, employment variables, marital quality, and personality attributes (fear of abandonment and loneliness) significantly explained 43% of the variance in men's, and almost 25% in women's, depressive symptoms. Men reported more symptoms than women. Men with heightened fear of loneliness were particul…
Factors That Influence Depressive Symptoms in Mothers of Infants: An Interpersonal Perspective
This study explored the association between interpersonal factors and depressive symptoms in first-time mothers over the first two years of parenthood. An interpersonal style characterized by dependency, recollections of rejection in childhood, and current relationship characteristics was assessed in a nonclinical sample of 133 women. The final model explained 52% of the variance in depressive symptoms at 24 months. Controlling for initial sympto…
Dimensions of Family Relationships Associated with Depressive Symptomatology in Mothers of Young Children
Although mothers of young children have a higher incidence of depressive symptomatology than do either women who are not mothers or men, very little is known about the psychological nature of this phenomenon. This study examines the way in which psychological dimensions of family relationships are associated with or contribute to this increased risk in married Caucasian mothers raising first-born children. The relationships between maternal depre…
Mental health primary prevention: The role of parent mutual support groups
A primary prevention program was developed to provide supportive services for parents of newborns. Ninety-eight parents responded to a survey intended to evaluate what the groups provided and to describe characteristics of parents who attended the groups. Parents evaluated the groups as effective in providing social contact, supporting the parenting role, feeling less alone, understanding children's development, and increasing child-caring skills…
Mental health primary prevention: The role of parent mutual support groups
A primary prevention program was developed to provide supportive services for parents of newborns. Ninety-eight parents responded to a survey intended to evaluate what the groups provided and to describe characteristics of parents who attended the groups. Parents evaluated the groups as effective in providing social contact, supporting the parenting role, feeling less alone, understanding children's development, and increasing child-caring skills…
Dimensions of Family Relationships Associated with Depressive Symptomatology in Mothers of Young Children
Although mothers of young children have a higher incidence of depressive symptomatology than do either women who are not mothers or men, very little is known about the psychological nature of this phenomenon. This study examines the way in which psychological dimensions of family relationships are associated with or contribute to this increased risk in married Caucasian mothers raising first-born children. The relationships between maternal depre…
Mental health primary prevention: The role of parent mutual support groups
A primary prevention program was developed to provide supportive services for parents of newborns. Ninety-eight parents responded to a survey intended to evaluate what the groups provided and to describe characteristics of parents who attended the groups. Parents evaluated the groups as effective in providing social contact, supporting the parenting role, feeling less alone, understanding children's development, and increasing child-caring skills…
Dimensions of Family Relationships Associated with Depressive Symptomatology in Mothers of Young Children
Although mothers of young children have a higher incidence of depressive symptomatology than do either women who are not mothers or men, very little is known about the psychological nature of this phenomenon. This study examines the way in which psychological dimensions of family relationships are associated with or contribute to this increased risk in married Caucasian mothers raising first-born children. The relationships between maternal depre…
Factors That Influence Depressive Symptoms in Mothers of Infants: An Interpersonal Perspective
This study explored the association between interpersonal factors and depressive symptoms in first-time mothers over the first two years of parenthood. An interpersonal style characterized by dependency, recollections of rejection in childhood, and current relationship characteristics was assessed in a nonclinical sample of 133 women. The final model explained 52% of the variance in depressive symptoms at 24 months. Controlling for initial sympto…
Parental emotions following the birth of the first child: Gender differences in depressive symptoms
This study addresses psychological issues that put first-time parents at risk for depressive disorders. In a community sample of 107 men and their wives, employment variables, marital quality, and personality attributes (fear of abandonment and loneliness) significantly explained 43% of the variance in men's, and almost 25% in women's, depressive symptoms. Men reported more symptoms than women. Men with heightened fear of loneliness were particul…
Predicting Children's Reactions to Terrorist Attacks: The Importance of Self-Reports and Preexisting Characteristics
Forty-eight mothers and their 11-year-old children, who were participants in a longitudinal study, were interviewed in their home after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Children's verbatim statements were analyzed for fear, separation anxiety, denial, rationalization, anger, and empathy. In the final model, preexisting child anxiety and maternal worry significantly explained 33% of the variance in children's self-reported fearful feel…
Children's communication about distressing events: The role of emotional openness and psychological attributes of family members
This study documents the importance of emotional openness to the recovery process in families following traumatic events. In this longitudinal study, relationships are examined between emotional openness and parents' psychological attributes, and mothers' and children's open disclosure of feelings. After September 11, 2001, 48 mothers and their 11-year-old children were interviewed about their reactions to the terrorist attacks. Measures included…
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Anxiety (4 works) · Depressive symptoms (3 works) · Feeling (3 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (3 works)