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The Interactive Effects of Marital Conflict and Divorce on Parent – Adult Children's Relationships
Author(s) -
Yu Tianyi,
Pettit Gregory S.,
Lansford Jennifer E.,
Dodge Kenneth A.,
Bates John E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00699.x
Subject(s) - closeness , psychology , developmental psychology , family conflict , fragile families and child wellbeing study , social psychology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
This study examines main effect and interactive models of the relations between marital conflict, divorce, and parent – adult child relationships and gender differences in these relations. Data were drawn from a longitudinal study of a community sample ( N = 585). Parental marital conflict and divorce were measured from age 5 through age 17 years. Mother‐child and father‐child relationship quality at age 22 years was assessed in terms of closeness‐support and conflict‐control. Results indicated that both marital conflict and divorce are associated with poorer quality parent – adult child relationships. Divorce moderated the link between marital conflict and subsequent negativity in mother‐child relationships, with the estimated effects being stronger in continuously married families than in divorced families, especially for women.