Special Issues

Father/Mother Absence and Moral Emotion

Submission Deadline: 10 December 2024 (closed) View: 454 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editors

Prof. Yanhui Xiang, Moral Culture Research Center, Hunan Normal University, CHINA


Summary

Widowed parenting — a widespread phenomenon in family education around the world — often signifies a lack of paternal involvement, with maternal nurturing sometimes falling short as well. This has given rise to the constructs of 'father-love absence' or 'mother-love absence', a psychological gap where parents are present in the title but neglectful or unable to fulfill their role. These terms reflect an absence more profound than the physical absence typically associated with 'left-behind' children; they denote a lack of positive influence on the early emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and volitional development of a child. The impact of father/mother-love absence on individual moral development has distinct mechanisms: a father's role in authority, rules, and awe is fundamental for shaping moral emotions, elements less easily substituted by mothers. Based on this, this column focuses on the adverse impacts and mechanisms of early father/ mother-love absence on adolescents' moral cognition, moral emotion, moral will, and moral behavior.

 

In order to better understand the relationship between early father/mother-love absence and individual moral development, the International Journal of Mental Health Promotion specially invited this journal’s editorial board member, a researcher at the Moral Culture Center of Hunan Normal University, and distinguished professor of the National Clinical Research Center for Psychiatric and Mental Diseases (Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University), associate professor of the Department of Psychology of Hunan Normal University, hosted the special issue "Father/Mother-Love Absence and Moral Development".

 

We sincerely invite participation from experts, scholars, and practitioners across fields to discuss, expand research, and enhance theoretical frameworks in this area, providing more theoretical backing for improving early paternal and maternal affection to promote moral development.

 

This special issue prioritizes exploration of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), with a special focus on the relationship between early parental love absence and moral growth. Interested topics include but are not limited to:

- Differential implications of early father/mother-love absence on moral development

- The relationship between early father/mother-love absence and individual personality, emotion, and cognition

- The impact of early father/mother-love absence on aberrant behaviors like addiction and aggression

- The differing effects and mechanisms of paternal and maternal roles in fostering child development

- Parenting styles' influence on psychological growth

- Theoretical and empirical studies connecting family education to moral development

 

Original empirical studies, reviews, theoretical analyses, and meta-analyses from diverse academic lenses such as psychology, education, sociology, and management are all welcome for submission.


Keywords

Father-love absence
Mother-love absence
Moral emotion
Moral judgment
Moral cognition
Moral emotion
Moral behavior
Emotion regulation
Mental health
Psychotherapy
Intervention program

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Mediating Effect of Mindfulness, Self-Esteem and Psychological Resilience in the Relation between Childhood Maltreatment and Life Satisfaction

    He Zhong, Yaping Zhou, Chenwei Liu, Yintao Cao
    International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.26, No.6, pp. 481-489, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2024.049408
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Father/Mother Absence and Moral Emotion)
    Abstract Childhood maltreatment, as a typical early adverse environment, is known to have a negative impact on one’s life satisfaction. Mindfulness, on the other hand, may serve as a protective factor. This study explored the mediating role of mindfulness and its related variables–positive thoughts, psychological resilience and self-esteem. In order to testify the mechanism, we administered Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) to a non-clinical sample of Chinese university students (N = 1021). The results indicated that positive thoughts More >

  • Open Access

    REVIEW

    Does Parental Migration Affect Left-Behind Children’s Social Anxiety? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Yao Wang, Xiaojiao Li, Panpan Yang, Zengyan Yu
    International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.26, No.5, pp. 335-343, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2024.048483
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Father/Mother Absence and Moral Emotion)
    Abstract Social anxiety is a common psychological problem among left-behind children (LBC) and has been a popular issue in recent years. Children with higher levels of social anxiety have more emotional and behavioral problems and are prone to negative life events. Although several studies have explored the differences in social anxiety between LBC and non-left-behind children (N-LBC), the findings have not been consistent. In this study, a systematic review and meta-analysis method was used, with 411 papers retrieved on October 01, 2023, from Pubmed, Embase, Web of Science, and Chinese databases (CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang) (PROSPERO… More >

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