The following two abstracts will be presented (Examining the Impact of Parental Resilience and Childhood Trauma on Parenting Styles) at the SPU National Conference in Anand
Abstract 1: Examining the Impact of Parental Resilience and Childhood Trauma on Parenting Styles
Presenter: Dr Gunjan Y Trivedi
Co-Presenter:Riri G Trivedi, Neha Pandya, Parishi Thakore, Vipasha Naik
Background:
Resilience plays a key role in internalization and externalization. Similarly, there is significant evidence about the role of childhood trauma in internalization and externalization issues. However, there is limited literature on the link between parenting style (a behavioral trait) and the influence of parenting resilience and their own childhood trauma. This study aims to bridge that gap.
Objective:
The objective of the study is to the influence of parenting resilience and childhood trauma on parenting style.
Methods:
Parents (N=94) enrolled for the study based on word-of-mouth and social media announcements at a Wellness Center in India. Online self-assessments included (a) Resilience (BRS 6-item scale), (b) Parent’s childhood trauma (Adverse Childhood Experiences) assessment score based on 16 binary answers, (c) Parenting style using – the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ). For statistical analysis, t-test (two-sample assuming unequal variances) was conducted to understand the link between resilience (low and normal), childhood trauma (high and low) and their parenting style (specifically, the desired style, authoritative parenting).
Results:
The results indicated that parents with higher resilience (normal or high levels of resilience) are significantly more authoritative compared to parents with low resilience (p<.05). Similarly, parents with high levels of childhood trauma also presented with significantly lower authoritative parenting style compared to parents with low levels of childhood trauma (p<.05).
Conclusion:
The findings provide significant evidence about the role of parent’s resilience and their own history of childhood trauma on their parenting style. Lower levels of resilience and higher levels of childhood trauma influences their parenting style towards less authoritative parenting. The change is also observed in their other parenting style. Hence, the findings provide significant understanding about the parents’ own resilience and childhood trauma on their parenting style and could be leveraged to improve the parenting style and therefore parent-child relationship.
The limitations of the study (small sample size, English-speaking urban population) should be addressed in future study to enable extension of the interpretation to a broader population
Keywords: Parenting resilience, childhood trauma, parenting style, adverse childhood experiences
Our Research: Childhood trauma research in India at Wellness Space
Abstract 2: Path Analysis: Exploring the Influence of Resilience on Anxiety, Loneliness, and Insomnia
Presenter: Dr Gunjan Y Trivedi
Co-Presenter:Riri G Trivedi, Neha Pandya, Parishi Thakore, Vipasha Naik
Background:
Loneliness and anxiety play a significant role in sleep quality. However, the research has also
highlighted the influencing role of resilience on anxiety, loneliness and insomnia.
Resilience is the capacity to adjust, recover from hardship, stress, or challenging life experiences,
and move on and prosper. Hence, the study aims to address the gap in the literature about the
influencing role of resilience on anxiety, loneliness and insomnia issues.
Objective:
The objective of the study is to understand the influencing role of resilience on anxiety, loneliness
and insomnia.
Methods:
Individuals (N=579) enrolled for the study based on word-of-mouth and social media
announcements at a Wellness Center in India. Online self-assessments included (a) Resilience
(BRS 6-item scale), (b) Loneliness (3-item UCLA assessment), (c) Generalized Anxiety Disorder
(GAD-7) assessing anxiety, and (d) Insomnia (Insomnia Severity Index). Data was analysed using
SPSS for correlation, linear, and logistic regression. This will be followed by path analysis (subset
of structural equation modelling (SEM) using IBM SPSS AMOS.
Results:
The results indicated a strong correlation between all the parameters (Resilience, Loneliness,
Anxiety & Insomnia). Linear regression (insomnia as a dependent variable) stated the roles of
anxiety and loneliness. However, logistic regression (Insomnia levels above 10, i.e., the presence of
insomnia as a binary dependent variable) stated the statistically significant roles of anxiety and
resilience (but not loneliness).
Hence, follow-up path analysis (AMOS) was used to understand the interplay, and the output
indicated a direct link between anxiety and insomnia and loneliness and insomnia. Moreover,
resilience influences both anxiety and loneliness directly. There was no direct (statistically
significant path from resilience to insomnia, but there was a statistically substantial path indirectly
via both anxiety and loneliness). The model demonstrated good fit indices, including Comparative
Fit Indices (NFI, RFI, IFI, TLI, CFI) and Parsimony-Adjusted Measures (PRATIO, PNFI, PCFI).
Conclusion:
This study employed path analysis using correlation, regression and IBM AMOS path analysis to
examine the relationship between resilience, anxiety, loneliness, and insomnia. The analysis
revealed significant pathways indicating that higher resilience was associated with lower levels of
anxiety and loneliness. However, resilience did not exhibit a direct positive association with
insomnia. Instead, the findings suggest a complex interplay where higher resilience may mitigate
anxiety and loneliness, but its direct effect on insomnia was not significant. These results highlight
the nuanced role of resilience in mental health outcomes and underscore the need for further
research to elucidate these relationships.
Keywords: Resilience, Anxiety, Loneliness, Insomnia
Our Research : Case Study – Anxiety and Insomnia
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