Links between marital quality, the mother-child relationship and child behavior: A multi-level modeling approach
Links between marital quality, the mother-child relationship and child behavior: A multi-level modeling approach
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DOI：
10.1177/0165025416635281
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发表时间：
2017-03-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Pike, Alison
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作者：
Mark, Katharine M.;Pike, Alison
我们调查了婚姻质量和儿童行为之间的关系，评估母子关系质量作为一个潜在的中介。样本包括78名母亲与两个目标儿童（平均年龄= 9.82和12.05岁，分别）。母亲报告了他们孩子的行为以及他们的婚姻质量，而每个孩子都报告了他们与母亲的关系。证实了我们的假设，婚姻质量确实与孩子的行为有关。与我们的预期相反，母子关系对这种联系的中介作用可以忽略不计，但它本身确实对儿童行为有重要的预测作用。重要的是，我们的研究结果显示，同一家庭中的儿童有不同的结果，这支持了一种差异化的儿童特定前景。进一步的证据表明，婚姻质量和共享，以及差异，母子关系与儿童行为的联系在这里提供。因此，旨在减少儿童行为问题和增加更积极行为的干预措施可以有效地包括关注父母浪漫关系的性质，以及养育。
We investigated the association between marital quality and child behavior, assessing mother-child relationship quality as a potential mediator. The sample included 78 mothers with two target children (mean ages = 9.82 and 12.05 years, respectively). Mothers reported on their children's behavior as well as their marital quality, while each child reported on their relationship with their mother. Confirming our hypothesis, marital quality did relate to child behavior. Contrary to our expectations, the mother-child relationship provided negligible mediation of the link, but did provide significant prediction of child behavior in its own right. Importantly, our findings show differential outcomes for children within the same family, supporting a differentiated child-specific outlook. Further evidence that both marital quality and shared, as well as differential, mother-child relationships link with child behavior is provided here. Consequently, interventions with the aim of decreasing children's behavioral problems and increasing more positive conduct can usefully include a focus on the nature of the parents' romantic relationship, alongside parenting.