Marital problems, maternal gatekeeping attitudes, and father–child relationships in adolescence

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9796601
AutoresMatthew M Stevenson (0000-0001-6232-0745, Arizona State University, autor de correspondencia), William V Fabricius (Arizona State University), Jeffrey T Cookston (0000-0002-6628-5497, San Francisco State University), Ross D Parke (University of California, Riverside), Scott Coltrane (University of Oregon), Sanford L Braver (University of California, Riverside), Delia S Saenz (Arizona State University)
Año2014
Volumen50
Número4
Páginas1208-1218
Fecha de publicación2014-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0035327
PMID24364832
PMCIDPMC3981925
OpenAlexW2400166974
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas30
Referencias citadas23

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

Developmental psychology · Gatekeeping · Perception · Structural equation modeling · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology