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25-01-2015 | Original Paper

The Moderating Role of Children’s Effortful Control in the Relation Between Marital Adjustment and Parenting

Auteurs: Ester Ato, María Dolores Galián, María Angeles Fernández-Vilar

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 11/2015

Abstract

The aim of this work was to analyze the relation between marital adjustment and parenting practices in a sample of 474 Spanish children aged between 6 and 8 years. Thus, we examined the moderating role of children’s temperament (negative emotionality and effortful control) in this relation. To measure marital adjustment, parenting practices and children’s temperament, parents were given the marital adjustment test, the Spanish version of the Parent–Child Relationship Inventory, and the Temperament in Middle Childhood Questionnaire. The results confirmed that higher marital satisfaction predicted more positive parenting practices, whereas lower marital adjustment scores predicted less parenting support and control. Using a statistical modeling approach, we tested a moderation model that revealed the moderating role of effortful control in the relation between marital adjustment and parenting. Concretely, higher marital satisfaction predicts higher parenting communication and involvement, but only in children with low levels of effortful control. No moderating role was found for the negative emotionality construct. Several implications of the data are discussed.

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Titel: The Moderating Role of Children’s Effortful Control in the Relation Between Marital Adjustment and Parenting
Auteurs: Ester Ato
María Dolores Galián
María Angeles Fernández-Vilar
Publicatiedatum: 25-01-2015
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 11/2015
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-015-0136-4

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