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Objective In the present study, the cognitive theory of stress and coping was adopted as a framework and a mediation model was developed to investigate the long‐term effect of fathers' involvement in child care and mothers' appraisal of a supportive coparenting partnership (SCP) on postpartum depressed mood (PDM) and parenting self‐efficacy (PSE) in Taiwanese new mothers. Background Due to the risk of PDM and low PSE, many new mothers struggle with first‐time motherhood. It is therefore meaningful to investigate the benefits of potential protective factors that can reduce the risk of PDM and enhance PSE, such as fathers' involvement in child care and mothers' appraisal of an SCP, to improve new mothers' postpartum adjustment. Method Using secondary data from the nationwide longitudinal project Kids in Taiwan, we analyzed data provided by 2,020 Taiwanese new mothers at 3 and 6 months after delivery. We conducted structural equation modeling to test our hypothetical mediation model. Results Fathers' involvement in child care was significantly positively related to mothers' appraisal of an SCP, which in turn had a significant effect on reducing the risk of PDM and increasing PSE in Taiwanese new mothers both concurrently and 3 months later. Conclusion This study highlighted the concurrent and long‐term benefits of fathers' involvement in child care for new mothers' postpartum adjustment and the importance of new mothers' appraisal of an SCP as a significant mediator. Implications These findings warrant the attention and efforts of family life educators, marriage counselors, and other experts in related fields to promote better parenting experiences for new parents.

Parental psychological well-being is essential to the wellness of the family. However, longitudinal investigations into fathers’ postpartum depressed mood are limited. This study aimed to identify the typologies of depressed mood trajectories over the first year postpartum among Taiwanese fathers and to examine the factors associated with such typologies. We retrieved data from a nationwide longitudinal study on child development and care in Taiwan. A total of 396 fathers, who completed at least one of the three interviews when their children were 3, 6, and 12 months old between 2016 and 2017, were included in this analysis. Conditional latent class growth analysis was conducted to identify the classifications of the fathers’ depressed mood trajectories in the first year postpartum and to estimate the effects of covariates on individuals’ membership of a trajectory class. Three classes of depressed mood trajectories were identified. The high increasing group consisted of 11% of the participants; the moderate increasing and the low decreasing groups consisted of 28% and 61% of the participants, respectively. Financial stress was associated with the fathers’ likelihood of being in the high increasing group compared with their likelihood of being in the low decreasing group (OR = 2.28, CI = 1.16–4.47). The result may be related to the difference in gender roles and social expectations.

Psychological stress has been linked to developmental problems and poor health in children, but it is unclear whether it is also related to otitis media (OM). As part of a long-term study surveying the characteristics of childcare and development in Taiwan, we analyzed the relationship between OM and sources of psychological stress in children, such as poor maternal mental health and harsh parental discipline. We analyzed the data of 1998 children from the \"Kids in Taiwan: National Longitudinal Study of Child Development & Care (KIT) Project\" at the age of 3 years. Using bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models, we tested several risk factors as potential independent predictors of two outcomes: parent-reported incidence of OM and child health. The proportion of children who had developed OM in the first 3 years of their life was 12.5%. Daycare attendance (odds ratio [OR]: 1.475; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.063-2.046), poor maternal mental health (OR: 1.913; 95% CI: 1.315-2.784), and harsh parental discipline (OR: 1.091; 95% CI: 1.025-1.161) correlated with parent-reported occurrence of OM. These findings suggest that providing psychosocial support to both parents and children might be a novel strategy for preventing OM.

This research applied the action research method. In the spring of 2018 and the spring of 2019, 12 sessions of family relationship growth courses were conducted each year in the Xinmei tribe, the indigenous people of Alishan township in Taiwan. A total of 17 students participated steadily in the two-year course and completed self-assessment after the course each year. As a result of the text analysis of this study, it was found that this course improves students' skills and abilities in expressing love and care, emotional management, and dealing with interpersonal relationships. The results of the self-assessment after class each year have directly proved that the courses help the Xinmei participants to deal with family relationships. This study compared the twoyear participants' self-assessments after course each year, the result indicated that after completing the course in the second year, the student's ability to handle family relationships has been further significantly improved than in the first year. The results of the implementation of this program support the Taiwan Ministry of Education's long-term encouragement and subsidization of family education programs for indigenous people. It is suggested that promoting relevant courses in the aboriginal areas should strengthen subsidies and develop local resources, including using aboriginal church resources, setting up official family education professionals in aboriginal schools, and hiring tribal elders and tribal manpower to join the program team.

The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity is a serious problem in Taiwan. Preventing inappropriate weight gain is a better strategy for maintaining a healthy weight than is losing weight, since it is difficult to lose weight once it is gained. The home environment has been identified as a key influence on the diet, physical activity and life style of children. This paper reviews the role of both the physical and social environment of the home on childhood obesity: (1) Physical environment: food availability, home meal/eating with family members, amenities for physical activity or life style; (2) social environment: parents' role modeling, family relationships and parenting. After reviewing the relevant literature, the author makes recommendations for preventing childhood obesity focused on the home environment. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

This study investigated the dimensions of young Chinese adults' family values, the structural model of young Chinese adults' perceptions of family values, and the relationship between family social relations and young Chinese adults' perceptions of family values in Taiwan. The results of descriptive statistics indicated that young Chinese adults still retain a high family-orientation with a special emphasis upon the virtue of filial piety in Chinese family. The results of factor analysis suggested that eight factors were included in the young Chinese adults' perceptions of family values scale, which were named Value Surrounding Marriage and Family, Equality of the Sexes, Parental Authority, Marriage Loyalty, Preferences Regarding Familial Arrangement, Marriage Expectations, Honoring Family Reputation and Family Obligations, and Sex Role Attitude Toward the Family. The results of path analysis documented that gender, number of siblings, and family social relations had direct effects on young Chinese adults' perceptions of family values. Age, residential area, family structure, parents' educational level and family income had indirect effects on young Chinese adults' perceptions of family values. Parents' occupational status had both direct and indirect effects on young Chinese adults' perceptions of family values. The significant correlation between family social relations and young Chinese adults' perceptions of family values supported social exchange theory. The results generally indicated that young Chinese adults with higher values on the family social relations scale held more traditional family values.

兒童肥胖率提高在台灣是不容忽視的問題，一旦罹患肥胖後再減重是困難的過程，因此及早預防不當的體重增加是較好的策略。家庭是影響兒童飲食行為、活動及生活習慣的重要因子，本文旨在探討家庭對兒童肥胖的影響，分成家庭物質環境及家庭社會環境兩個層面。（1）家庭物質環境：包括家庭飲食供應、在家進食／與家人共餐、身體活動及生活習慣相關器材與設施；（2）家庭社會環境：包括父母的角色典範、家人關係、教養行為等。本文回顧相關文獻後，針對兒童肥胖預防提出家庭方面的建議。