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Marital quality, parenting, and adolescent internalizing problems: a three-wave longitudinal study.

Thao Ha¹, Geertjan Overbeek, Ad A Vermulst

¹Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. T.Ha@bsi.ru.nl

Journal of Family Psychology : JFP : Journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)

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Low marital quality directly predicts adolescent internalizing problems. This study found no evidence that parenting mediates this link or that adolescent issues affect marital quality over time.

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Area of Science:

Developmental Psychology
Family Studies
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Marital quality, parenting, and adolescent internalizing problems are key areas in developmental and clinical psychology.
Understanding the interplay and directionality of these factors is crucial for intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine direct and indirect associations between marital quality, parenting, and adolescent internalizing problems.
To investigate bidirectional relationships among these constructs over three years.
To determine if parenting mediates the link between marital quality and adolescent internalizing issues.

Main Methods:

A 3-wave, 3-year longitudinal study involving 428 Dutch families.
Data collected from parents and adolescents (mean ages 13.4 and 15.2 at Time 1).
Structural equation modeling used to analyze associations.

Main Results:

Low marital quality at Time 1 was directly associated with increased adolescent internalizing problems at Time 2, specifically in older siblings.
No significant indirect associations were found through parenting.
No evidence supported a longitudinal effect from adolescent internalizing problems back to marital quality.

Conclusions:

Marital quality appears to directly influence adolescent internalizing problems.
Parenting does not seem to mediate this specific pathway in this sample.
The directionality of influence is primarily from marital quality to adolescent well-being, not vice versa over time.