Relationship between parenting stress profiles, work-family conflict, and adolescent problem behavior: Variable-centered and person-centered approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent problem behaviors, including both internalizing (e.g., emotional symptoms) and externalizing difficulties (e.g., conduct problems, hyperactivity), are a significant risk factor in adolescent development. This study assessed the impact of maternal parenting stress on adolescent problem behaviors and explored mechanisms underlying this relationship.

Objective

This study aimed to (1) identify potential profiles of maternal parenting stress, (2) examine differences in adolescent problem behaviors across these profiles, and (3) determine whether maternal work-family conflict mediates the relationship between maternal stress profiles and adolescent problem behaviors.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, data were collected from 846 mother-child subje

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12935267 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature