PARENTAL DIVORCE, MARITAL CONFLICT, AND OFFSPRING WELL-BEING DURING EARLY ADULTHOOD
PARENTAL DIVORCE, MARITAL CONFLICT, AND OFFSPRING WELL-BEING DURING EARLY ADULTHOOD
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DOI：
10.2307/2580551
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发表时间：
1995-03-01
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影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
BOOTH, A
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作者：
AMATO, PR;LOOMIS, LS;BOOTH, A
横断面研究表明，在充满冲突的双亲家庭中长大的成年人或经历过父母离婚的成年人的心理和婚姻健康水平低于其他成年人。然而，之前的研究一直无法确定父母婚姻冲突、离婚和孩子的长期结果之间的关系。通过一项为期12年的纵向研究，我们发现父母离婚的后果取决于离婚前父母的婚姻冲突。在高冲突的家庭中，如果父母离婚，孩子成年后的幸福感要高于父母在一起的孩子。但在低冲突的家庭中，如果父母在一起，孩子的幸福感要高于离婚。在没有以离婚告终的婚姻中，父母的婚姻冲突与后代的福祉呈负相关。
Cross-sectional studies show that adults who grew up in conflict-ridden two-parent families or who experienced parental divorce report lower levels of psychological and marital well-being than do other adults. However, previous research has been unable to determine how parental marital conflict, divorce, and children's long-term outcomes are related. Using a 12-year longitudinal study, we find that the consequences of parental divorce depend on parental marital conflict prior to divorce. In high-conflict families, children have higher levels of well-being as young adults if their parents divorced than if they stayed together. But in low-conflict families, children have higher levels of well-being if their parents stayed together than if they divorced. In marriages that do not end in divorce, parental marital conflict is negatively associated with the well-being of offspring.