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Papp, Lauren M.; Cummings, E. Mark; Goeke-Morey, Marcie C. – Family Relations, 2009
Guided by a family stress perspective, we examined the hypothesis that discussing money would be associated with the handling of marital conflict in the home. Analyses were based on dyadic hierarchical linear modeling of 100 husbands' and 100 wives' diary reports of 748 conflict instances. Contrary to findings from previous laboratory-based…
Descriptors: Conflict, Family Relationship, Income, Money Management
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Lindsey, Eric W.; Chambers, Jessica Campbell; Frabutt, James M.; Mackinnon-Lewis, Carol – Family Relations, 2009
This study examined the role of mother-adolescent emotional reciprocity in connections between marital conflict and adolescent aggression with peers. Data were collected from a racially diverse community sample of 268 adolescents and their mothers. Adolescents reported on parents' marital conflict, and mother-adolescent positive and negative…
Descriptors: Aggression, Mothers, Structural Equation Models, Conflict
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Waller, Maureen R. – Family Relations, 2008
Drawing on longitudinal, qualitative interviews with parents in the Fragile Families Study, this paper examines the narrative frames through which partners in stable and unstable unions viewed tensions over economic issues, domestic responsibilities, personal problems, communication, trust, and their family and social networks. These interviews…
Descriptors: Parents, Disadvantaged, At Risk Persons, Marital Instability