Marital stress and children's externalizing behavior as predictors of mothers' and fathers' parenting.

ABSTRACT: Previous research suggests that mothers' and fathers' parenting may be differentially influenced by marital and child factors within the family. Some research indicates that marital stress is more influential in fathers' than mothers' parenting, whereas other research shows that children's difficult behavior preferentially affects mothers' parenting. The present study examined marital stress and children's externalizing behavior in middle childhood as predictors of mothers' versus fathers' consistency, monitoring, and support and care in early adolescence, and the subsequent associations of these parenting behaviors with externalizing behavior 1.5 years later. Pathways were examined within a longitudinal mediation model testing for moderation by parent gender (N = 276 mothers, N = 229 fath

SUBMITTER: Elam KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6681807 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature