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30-05-2019 | Original Paper

The Mutual Influence Between Marital Quality and Child Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms in Chinese Families: Do Child and Parent’s Gender Matter?

Auteurs: Wan Ding, Xiuyun Lin, Jinni Su, Yongqiang Jiang, Qinglu Wu, Ting He

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 8/2019

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Abstract

Objectives

Frequent exposure to poor marital relationship is closely associated with behavioral and emotional problems in children, including oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms. However, the longitudinal links between parental marital quality and child ODD symptoms, and whether these links vary by child or parent gender remain unclear. In the present study, we aimed to examine the bidirectional associations between parental marital quality and child ODD symptoms and whether the associations differed across parent and child gender.

Methods

The sample included 253 children with ODD and their parents and teachers from Mainland China. Parental marital quality and child ODD symptoms were measured at two waves (T1, T2), roughly 1 year apart.

Results

Results from cross-lagged analyses showed bidirectional associations between parental marital quality and child ODD symptoms in the whole sample. Specifically, more child ODD symptoms predicted poorer parental marital quality, and lower levels of parental marital quality predicted subsequent increase in child ODD symptoms. Multigroup path analysis indicated that these associations differed across child gender. That is, girls but not boys’ ODD symptoms predicted poorer parental marital quality; marital quality predicted subsequent ODD symptoms for boys but not for girls. There was no difference in the association between marital quality and child ODD symptoms for mothers and fathers.

Conclusions

Results highlight the importance of considering child gender in understanding the bidirectional relations between parental marital quality and child ODD symptoms.
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Metagegevens
Titel
The Mutual Influence Between Marital Quality and Child Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms in Chinese Families: Do Child and Parent’s Gender Matter?
Auteurs
Wan Ding
Xiuyun Lin
Jinni Su
Yongqiang Jiang
Qinglu Wu
Ting He
Publicatiedatum
30-05-2019
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 8/2019
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01408-6

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