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AFFECTION AND CONFLICT IN MARITAL AND PARENT‐CHILD RELATIONSHIPS
Author(s) -
Fauchier Angèle,
Margolin Gayla
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2004.tb01234.x
Subject(s) - affection , psychology , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , marital relationship , social psychology , psychotherapist
In this study, we examined affection and conflict in marital and parent‐child relationships, as reported by mothers, fathers, and 9‐ and 10‐year‐old children in a community sample of 87 families. Affection and conflict were inversely related within relationships, with mixed findings acrossrelationships. Most reports showed an association between marital and parent‐child conflict as well as between marital and parent‐child affection. According to fathers, however; the association between marital affection and father‐child affection is moderated by marital conflict. Clinical implications of the associations between positive and negative dimensions of family interaction and ofthe links between marital and parent‐child relations are discussed.