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Marital Conflict, Parent-Child Relations, and Youth Maladjustment

A Longitudinal Investigation of Spillover Effects

Jean M. Gerard

Bowling Green State University, Ohio

Ambika Krishnakumar

Syracuse University, New York

Cheryl Buehler

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Contemporaneous and longitudinal associations among marital conflict, parentchild relationship quality, and youth maladjustment were examined using data from the National Survey of Families and Households.Analyses were based on 551 married families with a child age 5 to 11 years at Wave 1. The concurrent association between marital conflict and youth externalizing problems at both waves was mediated completely at Wave 1 and partially at Wave 2 by harsh discipline and parent-youth conflict. The concurrent association between marital conflict and internalizing problems at both waves was mediated partially through parent-youth conflict. Longitudinal mediating effects were detected through stable marital conflict over 5 years and through its connection with parent-youth conflict. Findings delineate areas of specificity and stability in marital conflict processes as children transition from middle childhood through adolescence.

Key Words: marital conflict • externalizing problems • internalizing problems • parent-child relationship • spillover

Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 27, No. 7, 951-975 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X05286020
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