Parents' divorce proneness: The influence of adolescent problem behaviors and parental efficacy

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作者
Moore, Mary Julia C. [1 ]
Buehler, Cheryl [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ N Carolina, Greensboro, NC 27402 USA
关键词
adolescent problem behaviors; divorce proneness; family systems; marital instability; parental efficacy; COGNITIVE-PROCESSES; MEDIATIONAL MODEL; MARITAL CONFLICT; STRESS; CROSSOVER; ADJUSTMENT; QUALITY; FAMILY; SPILLOVER; CHILDREN;
D O I
10.1177/0265407510386991
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
Early adolescents' problem behaviors were examined as predictors of parents' divorce proneness in a community-based sample of 416 families across a 4-year time span. Using family systems theory, it was hypothesized that adolescents' problems are linked to parents' divorce proneness through parents' lower perceived parenting efficacy. Results indicated that adolescents' externalizing problems were associated with wives' increased divorce proneness, but not directly with husbands' increased divorce proneness. Adolescents' problem behaviors were linked with husbands' increased divorce proneness through lower paternal efficacy. In terms of crossover effects, adolescents' problem behaviors were linked with spouses' increased divorce proneness through their spouses' lower parenting efficacy. These results specified the family systems precept of interdependence by explicating transmission patterns across family members and subsystems.
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页码:634 / 652
页数:19
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