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Title: Family Effects on Children's Social and Emotional Outcomes: The Impact of Marital Quality and Mother-Child Interaction Patterns
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Rogers, Stacy J. Menaghan, Elizabeth G. |
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Family Effects on Children's Social and Emotional Outcomes: The Impact of Marital Quality and Mother-Child Interaction Patterns Presented: Cincinnati, OH, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, August 1991 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Society for the Study of Social Problems Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Problems; Child Development; Children; Children, Behavioral Development; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Marital Instability; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Self-Esteem; Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC); Sociability/Socialization/Social Interaction Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper assesses the impact of marital quality and mother-child interaction patterns on children's self-esteem and maternal reports of child behavior problems. Persistent marital conflict, however low level, may affect the interaction patterns of mothers and their children, which in turn influences children's behavioral and emotional development. Also, the extent to which children's self-esteem may mediate the effects of marital conflict and mother- child interaction on children's behavior problems is investigated. The potential differences for stepfather families compared to intact families are also assessed. A sample of 688 8 to 11 year old children and their mothers and fathers or stepfathers from the NLSY in 1988 were used to investigate these questions. It was found that supportive marital relationships have positive, direct affects on the quality of the mother/child interaction. Emotionally positive and supportive interactions between mothers and their children ar e significantly related to increased child self-esteem and reports of fewer behavior problems in children. Children's self-esteem and behavior problems are also directly affected by the level of conflict in the parents' marital relationship. High marital conflict is significantly related to lower child self-esteem and reports of more child behavior problems. Children's self-esteem is significantly, negatively related to their reported level of behavior problems. |
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Rogers, Stacy J. and Elizabeth G. Menaghan. "Family Effects on Children's Social and Emotional Outcomes: The Impact of Marital Quality and Mother-Child Interaction Patterns." Presented: Cincinnati, OH, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, August 1991. |