Patterns of Spillover Between Marital Adjustment and Parent-Child Conflict During Pediatric Cancer Treatment.
Patterns of Spillover Between Marital Adjustment and Parent-Child Conflict During Pediatric Cancer Treatment.
复制标题
小儿癌症治疗期间婚姻调整与亲子冲突之间的溢出模式。
DOI:
10.1093/jpepsy/jsy011
复制
发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Katz,LynnFainsilber
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Fladeboe,Kaitlyn;Gurtovenko,Kyrill;Keim,Madelaine;Kawamura,Joy;King,KevinM;Friedman,DebraL;Compas,BruceE;Breiger,David;Lengua,LilianaJ;Katz,LynnFainsilber
ObjectiveWhen a child is diagnosed with cancer, problems may arise in family relationships and negatively affect child adjustment. The current study examined patterns of spillover between marital and parent–child relationships to identify targets for intervention aimed at ameliorating family conflict.MethodFamilies (N= 117) were recruited from two US children’s hospitals within 2-week postdiagnosis to participate in a short-term prospective longitudinal study. Children with cancer were 2–10 years old (M= 5.42 years,SD= 2.59). Primary caregivers provided reports of marital and parent–child conflict at 1-, 6-, and 12-month postdiagnosis.ResultsResults indicated that a unidirectional model of spillover from the marital to the parent–child relationship best explained the data. In terms of specific temporal patterns, lower marital adjustment soon after diagnosis was associated with an increase in parent–child conflict 6 months later, though this pattern was not repeated in the latter 6 months of treatment.ConclusionTargeting problems in marital relationships soon after diagnosis may prevent conflict from developing in the parent–child relationship.