A Process Analysis of the Transmission of Distress from Interparental Conflict to Parenting: Adult Relationship Security as an Explanatory Mechanism

Autor/inn/en	Davies, Patrick T.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Woitach, Meredith J.; Cummings, E. Mark
Titel	A Process Analysis of the Transmission of Distress from Interparental Conflict to Parenting: Adult Relationship Security as an Explanatory Mechanism
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 45 (2009) 6, S.1761-1773 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0016426
Schlagwörter	Security (Psychology); Mothers; Structural Equation Models; Conflict; Child Rearing; Parent Child Relationship; Kindergarten; Depression (Psychology); Fathers; Interpersonal Relationship; Marital Instability; Gender Differences; Parents; Correlation; Negative Attitudes; Affective Behavior; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Parent Influence; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Mother; Mutter; Konflikt; Kindererziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Familienkonflikt; Geschlechterkonflikt; Eltern; Korrelation; Negative Fixierung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	Toward advancing conceptualizations of the spillover hypothesis, this study examined the conditions and mechanisms underlying the transmission of distress from the interparental relationship to parenting difficulties over a 2-year period in a sample of 233 mothers (M = 35.0 years) and fathers (M = 36.8 years) of kindergarten children. Findings from autoregressive structural equation models indicated that parents' gender moderated associations between interparental conflict and parental psychological control and insensitivity to children's negative affect. Pathways between interparental conflict and parenting difficulties over the 2-year period were significant for fathers but not mothers. Analysis of insecurity and depressive symptoms as affective mechanisms of spillover revealed that adult relationship insecurity was a significant mediator in the pathways between interparental conflict and parenting difficulties experienced by fathers. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10