Parental Marital Conflict Research Articles

Parental marital conflict and emotional needs in marriage and love of female college students

Parental marital conflict and emotional needs in marriage and love of female college students

The Impact of Parental Relationship Dissolution on Children’s Problem Behaviors

The current study intends to investigate the processes behind the link between parental relationship breakdown and children's issue behaviors (both internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors). Family interactions are centered upon marriage, and parental marital conflict has an impact on how children develop. A number of studies have demonstrated that marital disagreement between parents may significantly affect kids' emotional and social growth, resulting in undesirable behaviors like internalizing or externalizing tendencies. Additionally, complex mechanisms like mediation and moderation that affect how parental marital conflict affects children's development also play a role in this problem. The consequences of parental marital conflict on children's development are mostly facilitated by children's cognitive-emotional processes and family dynamics. Children's perception, attribution, and coping mechanisms, in addition to parental support, parent-child communication, and the general family environment, all work together to have an influence on this. Additionally, this effect varies based on the kid and surroundings, including gender, age, personality, life experiences, social support, etc. Future studies must simultaneously examine how parental marital conflict affects children's cognitive development, including intelligence, academic success, creativity, etc., further explore how mediating and moderating mechanisms affect children, including parenting styles, teacher support, peer acceptance, etc., and integrate multiple mechanisms to provide strong support for the formulation of intervention programs, such as family therapy, parent-child training, and other programs.

부모의 스마트폰 중독, 부부갈등, 부모 참여, 초등학생의 미디어 기기 중독 간 관계

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of smartphone addiction of parents with elementary school children on marital conflict and to explore the structural relationships among smartphone addiction of parents, marital conflict, parental involvement, and media device addiction of their children who go to elementary school.
 Methods A total of 1,224 pairs of data from the 13th Korean Children's Panel Study (2020) were analyzed with Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM). In order to compare the actor and the partner effect of smartphone addiction, an equivalence constraint model was set up and difference verification was conducted. Also, a structural equation analysis method based on the maximum likelihood method (ML) was used to verify the structural relationship among parental smartphone addiction, marital conflict, parental involvement, and elementary school students' addiction to media devices.
 Results The results are as follows: first, both mother’s and father’s smartphone addiction had a positive actor effect on the marital conflict, but a positive partner effect was only confirmed from mother’s smartphone addiction. Second, the actor effect of smartphone addiction on marital conflict was found to be greater in father than mother, however, the partner effect of father's smartphone addiction on marital conflict perceived by mother was greater than the partner effect of mother's smartphone addiction on marital conflict perceived by father. Third, mother's smartphone addiction was influenced through how she perceived marital conflict and parental involvement on students' media device addiction, while father's smartphone addiction was influenced sequentially by mother's perceived marital conflict and parental involvement on students' media device addiction.
 Conclusions This study suggests that both mother and father's smartphone addiction affect to elementary school students' media device addiction, but the mechanisms affecting on media device addiction from parents are different.

Parental marital conflict and internet gaming disorder among Chinese adolescents: The multiple mediating roles of deviant peer affiliation and teacher-student relationship.

A considerable amount of evidence suggests that parental marital conflict is an important factor in adolescents' internet gaming disorder (IGD). However, the mechanism underlying this relationship remains unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between parental marital conflict and IGD among Chinese adolescents, and whether this relationship is mediated by deviant peer affiliation and teacher-student relationship. There were 698 Chinese adolescents that took part in the study (51.58% male; Mage = 13.52). They completed self-report questionnaires regarding perception of parental marital conflict, deviant peer affiliation, teacher-student relationship and IGD. Structural equation model (SEM) was used to examine the relationship between parental marital conflict and adolescents' IGD, as well as the mediating roles of deviant peer affiliation and teacher-student relationship. Correlation analysis showed a positive correlation between parental marital conflict, deviant peer affiliation, and IGD, as well as a negative correlation between them and teacher-student relationship. The results of the SEM showed that parental marital conflict not only predicts adolescent IGD directly, but also through the mediation effects of deviant peer affiliation and teacher-student relationship. Additionally, deviant peer affiliation and teacher-student relationship not only play an independent but also a sequential mediating effect in the relationship between parental marital conflict and IGD. The relationship between parental marital conflict and IGD is mediated by deviant peer affiliation and teacher-student relationship, which has potential prevention and intervention value for adolescent IGD.

EFFECT OF IMMORALITY AND INDISCIPLINE ON SOCIETAL VALUES AMONG UPPER BASIC EDUCATION LEVEL STUDENTS IN USHONGO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE

This study investigated effect of immorality and indiscipline on societal values among upper basic education level students in Ushongo local government area of Benue state with the purpose to determine effect of immorality and indiscipline on societal values among upper basic education level students. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of 6023 students from all upper basic education level students in the study area. The sample of the study was made up of 378 respondents out of the population of 6023 students using simple random sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire constructed by the researcher titled "Effect of Immorality and Indiscipline on Societal Values Questionnaire" (EIISVQ). The reliability of the instrument was ascertained through trial-test using Cronbach Alpha which yielded reliability coefficient of r=0.89 which was considered good enough for the study. Data were collected by the researcher with the help of research assistance. The data collected was analyzed using Mean Scores and Standard Deviations to answer research questions and Chi-square (x2) test of goodness of fit to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that causes of immorality and indiscipline are parental rejection, marital conflict, and lack of appropriate religious tenets, negative peer influence and lack of dedication of teachers to their moral duties. It was also found out that of immorality and indiscipline affect societal values among upper basic education level students. It was concluded that immorality and indiscipline affect societal values. Therefore, it was recommended among others that guidance and counselling services should be strengthened and forums formed whereby continuous orientation will be given to students to enable them acquire appropriate societal values.

Direct and Indirect Paths between Parental Marital Conflict and Children’s Sibling Conflict in Chinese Families

Links between parental marital conflict and children’s sibling conflict have been well examined; however, the underlying mechanism of this link needs to be further studied. This study investigated the mediating role of parental intervention styles (i.e. child-centered strategies, control strategies, and nonintervention strategies) and children’s control behavior toward their sibling between parental marital conflict and children’s sibling conflict. We recruited 689 Chinese children (53.7% girls) aged 8–13 years to participate in the study. Results indicated that parental marital conflict, control strategies, nonintervention strategies, and children’s control behavior toward sibling were positively associated with sibling conflict among children. Child-centered strategies were negatively correlated with children’s sibling conflict. Furthermore, control and nonintervention strategies of parents and control behavior of children toward sibling simultaneously partially mediated between parental marital and child-sibling conflict. The mediating role of child-centered strategies was not significant. These findings suggest that parental strategies of control and nonintervention and children’s control behavior toward their sibling may increase the risk of sibling conflict among children after repeated exposure to parental marital conflict. In contrast, child-centered strategies may be a protective factor for children regarding sibling conflict. Current findings confirm the combined effects of parent and child behavior on child-sibling conflict. They also help parents deal with sibling conflict among their children and promote more positive relationships among siblings.

Relational communication as a moderator for links between family of origin adversity and marital satisfaction

AbstractObjectiveThis study evaluated family of origin adversity and later marital satisfaction, and the possible moderating role of relational communication ability of husbands and wives.BackgroundFamily of origin adversity, including parental marital conflict, has a significant negative relationship with offspring's marital decisions, dynamics, and outcomes. Because people with family of origin adversity cannot change their past experiences, studying moderating factors could be helpful for couples' marital satisfaction.MethodThis study examined dyadic data from the Couple Relationships and Transition Experience (CREATE) study, a nationally representative sample of 1,471 newlywed couples in the United States. The study employed an actor–partner interdependence model to evaluate communication as a moderator for links between family of origin adversity and relationship satisfaction.ResultsThe study confirmed the negative relationship between family of origin adversity and subsequent marital satisfaction for actors and partners for both husbands and wives. Further, the study found that relational communication ability by either partner offset negative links between wives' family of origin adversity and husbands' martial satisfaction, but not wives' martial satisfaction.ConclusionThis study confirmed the salience of family of origin adversity as couples establish new marriages. It also highlighted the value of communication as a possible path toward intervention regarding negative experiences from a family of origin, particularly when considering connections between wives' family of origin adversity and husbands' relationship satisfaction.ImplicationsThis research suggests couple communication may be a valuable tool with application for couples, family life educators, and couple therapists as they help couples successfully navigate difficulties from their families of origin.

Latent transitions across perceived parental marital conflict and family cohesion profiles in high school students.

This study aimed to explore the latent profiles across perceived parental marital conflict and family cohesion, as well as the transition patterns within-person and within-sample profiles over time. We conducted a 1-year follow-up study with a sample of first-year high school students from China. A total of 453 participants were included in the present analysis. We identified the following three latent profiles: high parental conflict and poor family cohesion profile, moderate parental conflict and family cohesion profile, and low parental conflict and good family cohesion profile. Female students and those who not lived with parents together were more likely to perceive more parental marital conflict and less cohesion in the family. The majority of students with high transition probability remained in the same profiles over time. The counts of latent transition pattern also demonstrated that students remaining in the primary profile over time accounted for the large proportion. The present study advances empirical bases for confirming the family system theory's notion that the family is not static, but dynamic. Findings provide the optimal timing of interventions toward healthy transition.

Parental Marital Conflict and Adolescents Drug Abuse Tendency: The Moderated Model of Depression and Mindfulness

Parental Marital Conflict and Adolescents Drug Abuse Tendency: The Moderated Model of Depression and Mindfulness

Parental marital conflict, negative emotions, phubbing, and academic burnout among college students in the postpandemic era: A multiple mediating models

AbstractGiven the serious effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on academic burnout, this study aims to examine the multiple mediating roles of negative emotions and phubbing in the relationship between parental marital conflict and academic burnout. A total of 1353 college students participated in this study. The results showed that parental marital conflict not only had a direct effect on academic burnout but also affected academic burnout through three indirect paths: parental marital conflict‐negative emotions‐academic burnout, parental marital conflict‐phubbing‐academic burnout, and parental marital conflict‐negative emotions‐phubbing‐academic burnout. The parental marital conflict increased the risk of negative emotions and phubbing in college students and had a subsequent impact on academic burnout. Implications for prevention and intervention are discussed.

Parental support, marital conflict, and stress as predictors of depressive symptoms among African American adolescents.

Given the increase of depressive symptoms among adolescents, it is essential to investigate familial and temperamental correlates of depressive symptoms such as parental support, marital conflict, and stress. Thus, using a cross-sectional design, the current study examined whether parental support, marital conflict, and stress predicted depressive symptoms. Then, using structural equation modeling, this study tested whether stress mediated the relationships among parental support, marital conflict, and depressive symptoms among African American adolescents while controlling for sex (N = 883). Results suggest that maternal support negatively related to depressive symptoms in contrast to stress and marital conflict. However, paternal support and sex were not statistically associated with depressive symptoms. Mediation results suggest that stress explained the relationships among parental support, marital conflict, and depressive symptoms. Family therapy and depression reduction implications are discussed.

Posttraumatic stress symptoms between parents and their children following a natural disaster: An integrated model under a dyadic approach.

Various theories have been proposed to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the effect of parental posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSSs) on their children. However, these theories focused on unique mechanisms for some factors and overlooked the combined role of different factors. This study aimed to construct a broad theoretical framework to comprehensively understand the mechanisms underlying the effect of parents' PTSSs on adolescents. We examined the combined role of parental PTSSs and marital conflict, and adolescents' self-differentiation, psychological inflexibility, and rumination after super typhoon Lekima. We used self-report questionnaires to investigate 1,218 parent-adolescent dyads in the area most affected by the disaster 3 months after the typhoon. Parents' PTSSs had a direct and positive association with adolescents' PTSSs. We also observed parents' PTSSs had an indirect relationship with adolescents' PTSSs through parental marital conflict and adolescents' self-differentiation, psychological inflexibility, and rumination. An effect of PTSSs may be found in the dyadic interaction between parents and their children. Children's psychological and behavioral changes resulting from impaired family relationship functioning exhibited by their posttraumatic parents also play an important role in the interpersonal effect of PTSSs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

The Mediating Role of Adolescent Emotion Regulation in the Relationship between Parental Marital Conflict Resolution Styles and Adolescent Conflict Resolution Behaviors

The Mediating Role of Adolescent Emotion Regulation in the Relationship between Parental Marital Conflict Resolution Styles and Adolescent Conflict Resolution Behaviors

The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA): Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance in a Chinese Student Samples

The present study aimed to examine the factor structure and measurement invariance of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for children and adolescents (ERQ-CA) in Chinese youth (N = 484, Mage = 10.43, SDage = .88). Three versions (i.e., ERQ-CA-10, ERQ-CA-9, and ERQ-CA-8) of the ERQ-CA were tested and compared using confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance, and correlation analysis. Results showed that the eight-item version of the ERQ-CA (ERQ-CA-8) fit the data best in all conditions. However, measurement invariance across gender and after a one-year retest interval was achieved using all three versions of the measurement. The three ERQ-CA versions exhibited similar patterns of correlates with external measures (i.e., perceived parental marital conflict, r = −.17 to −.20, ps < .001, emotion expression, and callous-unemotional traits, r = −.26 to −.29, p < .001). Furthermore, the ERQ-CA-10 (i.e., the original ERQ-CA) showed better reliability than the other two versions. In conclusion, although further validity studies are needed, our findings suggest that the original ERQ-CA as well as the ERQ-CA-8 both have good psychometric properties and can be used to measure emotion regulation strategies in Chinese youth.

Unequal Division of Child Care between Korean Spouses and Children’s Self-Regulation: The Mediating Roles of Parental Mental Health, Marital Conflict, and Parental Warmth

Unequal Division of Child Care between Korean Spouses and Children’s Self-Regulation: The Mediating Roles of Parental Mental Health, Marital Conflict, and Parental Warmth

Relationship Between Parental Marital Conflict and Social Anxiety Symptoms of Chinese College Students: Mediation Effect of Attachment.

Social anxiety has been a common problem among college students and has an adverse impact on their adaptation outcomes. Among influential factors, parental marital conflict and attachment (parental and peer attachment) have been found to be related to social anxiety symptoms of college students; however, little is known how parental marital conflict and attachment jointly contribute to social anxiety symptoms of college students. The current study explored this issue. Self-reported questionnaires of perception of children of interparental conflict scale, inventory of parent and peer attachment, and the social interaction anxiety scale were administered to 707 undergraduate students (Mean age = 19.27, SD = 0.97). Results indicated that perceived parental marital conflict was positively correlated with social anxiety symptoms and was negatively associated with parental and peer attachment. Parental and peer attachments were negatively correlated with social anxiety symptoms. Mediation analyses indicated that perceived parental marital conflict exerted its indirect effect on social anxiety symptoms through a serial multiple mediation role of parental and peer attachment. The present findings highlight the serial multiple mediation role of parental and peer attachment in the relationship between perceived parental marital conflict and social anxiety symptoms of college students.

Effect of parental marital conflict on child development and its mechanism

<p id="p00005">The negative effect of parental marital conflict on child development had been well documented in both theoretical and empirical studies. Specifically, parental marital conflict had a short- and long-term effect on children’s cognitive development and socioemotional development. Cognitive and emotional process and family process were described to clarify how parental marital conflict affected child development. In addition, child and environmental factors may moderate the association between parental marital conflict and child development. Future studies should examine the effects of parental marital conflict on child development in multiple aspects simultaneously and integrate the multi-mechanism of parental marital conflict on child development.

A partial mediation effect of father-child attachment and self-esteem between parental marital conflict and subsequent features of internet gaming disorder in children: a 12-month follow-up study

BackgroundThis study evaluated whether parent-child attachment and self-esteem may mediate the relationship between parental marital conflict and increases in features of internet gaming disorder (IGD) in children at 1 year.MethodsThe baseline and one-year follow-up data for 268 pre-teens aged between 9 and 10 from the Internet User Cohort for Unbiased Recognition of Gaming Disorder in Early Adolescence (iCURE) study were collected. The students were children at low risk for IGD in the initial self-reported assessment, anyone living with both parents, current game user at baseline, and those who completed a 12-month follow-up assessment. The Internet Game Use-Elicited Symptom Screen (IGUESS) was used to identify increases in IGD features at 12 months. To examine a potential mediation effect, structural equation modeling was performed.ResultsThe direct effect was statistically significant, and parental marital conflict at baseline significantly predicted the increases in IGD features in children at the 12-month follow-up after adjusting for gender, sex, socioeconomic status, and baseline IGUESS score (ß = 0.206, P = 0.003). The indirect effect showed that attachment to fathers through self-esteem was a significant mediating effect (ß = 0.078, P = 0.045). Parental marital conflicts were associated with increases in IGD features in children through poor father-child attachment, and in turn, the lower levels of self-esteem in the children.ConclusionsParents, especially fathers, should make an effort to bond with their children to reduce the risk of their children’s developing the IGD features.

Gender Differences in the Relationships between Parental Marital Conflict, Differentiation from the Family of Origin, and Children’s Marital Stability

This study aimed to examine gender differences in the relationships between parental marital conflict, differentiation from the family of origin, and children’s martial stability. Data were collected from 453 married individuals in South Korea. The results revealed that parental marital conflict was directly related to children’s marital stability albeit only among married men. Emotional cutoff and family projection mediated the relationship between parental marital conflict and children’s marital stability among men and women, respectively. These findings can be used to develop gender-specific evidence-based interventions that enhance marital stability (e.g., programs for married and premarital couples).

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Acts as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Parental Marital Conflict and Adolescents’ Internalizing Problems

The present study examined the potential moderating role respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) plays in the relationship between parental marital conflict and adolescents’ internalizing problems. To examine this issue, data were collected from 330 adolescents (13–14 years, 182 boys). The Chinese version of the Achenbach Youth Self-Report-2001 and the Chinese version of the Children’s Perception of Interparental Conflict were used to assess the adolescents’ internalizing problems and their perceptions of parental marital conflict. To obtain RSA data, electrocardiogram monitoring was performed on the adolescents at baseline and during a series of stress tasks (watching a film clip depicting marital conflict, a mental arithmetic task, and a speech task). The results indicated that baseline RSA and RSA reactivity to the film clip moderated the relationship between parental marital conflict and internalizing problems in early adolescents. The moderating effect of baseline RSA supported the BSCT hypothesis. Specifically, adolescents with low baseline RSA have both the highest and lowest levels of internalizing problems, depending on the level of marital conflict. In contrast, adolescents with high levels of baseline RSA have moderate levels in internalizing problems, regardless of the level of marital conflict they experience. Similarly, high marital conflict was related to internalizing problems for adolescents with less RSA suppression or RSA augmentation but not for those with greater RSA suppression. This effect was specific to stress related to marital conflict, as RSA reactivity to the mental arithmetic task and speech task did not moderate the relationship between marital conflict and internalizing problems. These findings suggest that certain profile of parasympathetic nervous activity is a risk factor for internalizing problems particularly for those who experience high-conflict environments.