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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
Marital Conflict and Adolescent Distress: The Role of Adolescent Awareness.
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Harold, Gordon T.; Conger, Rand D. – Child Development, 1997
Studied role of adolescents' awareness in relationship between marital conflict and adolescent distress. Found marital conflict was related to parental hostility toward adolescents and adolescents' awareness of conflict; parental hostility and adolescents' awareness of marital conflict were related to adolescent-perceived parental hostility. Found…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies, Marital Instability
A Family Process Model of Economic Hardship and Adjustment of Early Adolescent Boys.
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Conger, Rand D.; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Used observations and family reports to examine the relationships between family economic stress factors and adjustment of adolescent boys. Economic pressures were associated with parental demoralization, which was related to marital conflict and disruptions in parenting. Disruptions in child-rearing behavior had adverse consequences for…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Child Rearing, Depression (Psychology)