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Parenting stress and marital relationship as determinants of mothers' and fathers' parenting
Author(s) -
Ponnet Koen,
Mortelmans Dimitri,
Wouters Edwin,
Van Leeuwen Karla,
Bastaits Kim,
Pasteels Inge
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2012.01404.x
Subject(s) - psychology , partner effects , parenting styles , developmental psychology , marital relationship , structural equation modeling , style (visual arts) , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , history
Using the actor–partner interdependence model, we explore how various sources of stress and support experienced by fathers and mothers influence their own parenting styles and the parenting styles of the partner. Data from 227 couples were analyzed, with mothers and fathers rating their parenting stress and marital relationship and children rating the parenting styles of both mothers and fathers. Structural equation models revealed actor effects of parenting stress on demanding and responsive parenting styles, as well as partner effects between positive aspects of marital relationship and responsive parenting style. The results further indicate that the strength of these pathways is similar for both mothers and fathers and do not support the hypothesis that the parenting of fathers is more vulnerable than the parenting of mothers.