Effects of marital conflict on subsequent parent-son interactions
Behavior TherapyPublished 1 January 1992
Ernest N. Jouriles, Annette M. Farris
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Abstract
This research examined effects of marital conflict on subsequent parent-son interactions. Subjects were 48 maritally intact families with sons between 41 and 82 months. Families were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions: (1) a nonconflictual marital interaction followed by a mother-son interaction; (2) a nonconflictual marital interaction followed by a father-son interaction; (3) a conflictual marital interaction followed by a mother-son interaction; or (4) a conflictual marital interaction followed by a father-son interaction. Marital conflict altered parents' general conversation with their sons, fathers' delivery of confusing and threatening commands, and sons' noncompliance to fathers' commands. Effects of marital conflict on each of these behaviors dissipated over time. Additionally, marital conflict was found to interact with parent gender, differentially influencing the probability of parents responding to noncompliance with vague/confusing commands. Discussion focuses on theory linking marital conflict to parenting.
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