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Familism, Interparental Conflict, and Parenting in Mexican-Origin Families: A Cultural-Contextual Framework
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Taylor, Zoe E.; Larsen-Rife, Dannelle; Conger, Rand D.; Widaman, Keith F. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2012
The present investigation examined the relations between the cultural belief of familism and various aspects of family functioning and child adjustment, including interparental conflict, parenting, and children's attachment to school, in a sample of 549 two-parent Mexican-origin families. The results indicated that parents' familistic values were…
Descriptors: Mothers, Conflict, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship
Parenting Behavior as Mediator and Moderator of the Association between Marital Problems and Adolescent Maladjustment
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Cui, Ming; Conger, Rand D. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2008
The present study examines the mediating and moderating effects of parenting behavior on the relation between marital problems and adolescent maladjustment. Extending earlier studies by using a prospective, longitudinal research design and multi-informant methods, this study of 451 adolescents and their families from the Iowa Youth and Families…
Descriptors: Marital Instability, Research Design, Child Rearing, Adolescents
Reciprocal Influences between Parents' Marital Problems and Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior
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Cui, Ming; Donnellan, M. Brent; Conger, Rand D. – Developmental Psychology, 2007
The present study examines reciprocal associations between marital functioning and adolescent maladjustment using cross-lagged autoregressive models. The research involved 451 early adolescents and their families and used a prospective, longitudinal research design with multi-informant methods. Results indicate that parental conflicts over child…
Descriptors: Marital Instability, Family Environment, Conflict, Child Rearing
Predicting Change in Adolescent Adjustment from Change in Marital Problems
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Cui, Ming; Conger, Rand D.; Lorenz, Frederick O. – Developmental Psychology, 2005
The present prospective, longitudinal study of 451 adolescents and their parents extends earlier research by investigating whether change in marital problems predicts change in adolescent adjustment, after controlling for other marital problems and socioeconomic status. Latent growth curves over a period of 5 years were used, and the results…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Parents, Adjustment (to Environment), Marital Instability