title: Parents' marital functioning and adolescent psychopathology.
abstract: Parents' marital functioning and adolescent psychopathology were investigated in 2 studies. The first study compared parents' marital satisfaction, conflict over childrearing, affective communication, and traditional role orientation in matched samples of psychiatric inpatient and control-group adolescents. The second study examined associations between specific dimensions of marital functioning and adolescent depression severity, suicidal ideation, and social adjustment in a larger sample of adolescent inpatients. In Study 1, parents of inpatients reported less marital satisfaction and more conflicts over childrearing than parents of control-group adolescents. In Study 2, marital conflicts over childrearing were associated with a less active or involved father-adolescent relationship and more severe school behavior and spare time problems. Marital functioning was not associated with depression severity or suicidal ideation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0390, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Radpour
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Naylor
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Segal
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Jouriles
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010343:Patient Admission; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012917:Social Adjustment