A longitudinal analysis of parenting practices, couple satisfaction, and child behavior problems.
This longitudinal study examined the relationship between couple relationship satisfaction, parenting practices, parent depression, and child problem behaviors. The study participants (n = 148) were part of a larger experimental study that examined the effectiveness of a brief family-centered intervention, the Family Check-Up model. Regression analysis results indicated that our proposed model accounted for 38% of the variance in child problem behavior at Time 2, with child problem behavior and couple relationship satisfaction at child age 2 years each accounting for a significant portion of the variance in child problem behavior at age 3. Couple relationship satisfaction directly predicted child behavior problems over time. Clinical and research implications are discussed.
Linville
Deanna
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University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-525, USA. linville@uoregon.edu
Chronister
Krista
K
Dishion
Tom
T
Todahl
Jeff
J
Miller
John
J
Shaw
Daniel
D
Gardner
Francis
F
Wilson
Melvin
M
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D015995:Prevalence