Marital satisfaction and child adjustment: Direct and mediated pathways
Marital satisfaction and child adjustment: Direct and mediated pathways
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DOI:
10.1023/a:1007848901640
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发表时间:
2000-12-01
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
Meyers, SA
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作者:
Fishman, EA;Meyers, SA
We explored whether there is a direct association between marital satisfaction and children's psychological adjustment. We also investigated a competing model to assess whether marital satisfaction is indirectly related to child outcomes through its associations with parents' depression and involvement in childrearing. Analyses of data from 1,101 participants in the National Survey of Families and Households indicated that mothers' and fathers' reports of marital satisfaction were significantly associated with child symptomatology. Moreover, mothers who experienced marital dissatisfaction were less involved with their children, which in turn was associated with greater child psychological distress. This mediated pathway was not significant for fathers.