Marital problems, maternal gatekeeping attitudes, and father–child relationships in adolescence.
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We evaluated maternal gatekeeping attitudes as a mediator of the relation between marital problems and father-child relationships in 3 waves when children were in Grades 7-10. We assessed each parent's contribution to the marital problems experienced by the couple. Findings from mediational and cross-lagged structural equation models revealed that increased marital problem behaviors on the part of mothers at Wave 1 predicted increased maternal gatekeeping attitudes at Wave 2, which in turn predicted decreased amounts of father-adolescent interaction at Wave 3. Decreased amounts of interaction with either parent were associated within each wave with adolescents' perceptions that they mattered less to that parent. Amount of interaction with fathers at Wave 2 positively predicted changes in boys' perceptions of how much they mattered to their fathers at Wave 3, and amount of interaction with mothers at Wave 2 positively predicted changes in girls' perceptions of how much they mattered to their mothers at Wave 3. The findings did not differ for European American versus Mexican American families or for biological fathers versus step-fathers.
- University of California, Riverside United States
- San Francisco State University United States
- University of California United States
- University of Oregon United States
- Arizona State University United States
Male, Adolescent, Family Conflict, father-child relationships, Mothers, Developmental & Child Psychology, Applied and Developmental Psychology, White People, Interviews as Topic, Behavioral and Social Science, Mexican Americans, Psychology, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, maternal gatekeeping, Marriage, Father-Child Relations, Cognitive and computational psychology, Pediatric, Whites, Applied and developmental psychology, Adolescent Development, Mother-Child Relations, United States, Specialist studies in education, Good Health and Well Being, Attitude, Specialist Studies in Education, adolescence, Cognitive Sciences, Female, marital problem behavior, Cognitive and Computational Psychology
Male, Adolescent, Family Conflict, father-child relationships, Mothers, Developmental & Child Psychology, Applied and Developmental Psychology, White People, Interviews as Topic, Behavioral and Social Science, Mexican Americans, Psychology, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, maternal gatekeeping, Marriage, Father-Child Relations, Cognitive and computational psychology, Pediatric, Whites, Applied and developmental psychology, Adolescent Development, Mother-Child Relations, United States, Specialist studies in education, Good Health and Well Being, Attitude, Specialist Studies in Education, adolescence, Cognitive Sciences, Female, marital problem behavior, Cognitive and Computational Psychology
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