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Predicting marital separation: do parent-child relationships matter?

Holly S Schindler1, Rebekah Levine Coley

  • 1College of Education, University of Washington, USA. holly_schindler@harvard.edu

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Family relationship dynamics, including mother-adolescent closeness and positive marital behaviors, influence marital separation likelihood. Father-child closeness was found to decrease separation risk in families with adolescents.

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Area of Science:

  • Family Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Marital separation impacts family dynamics and adolescent well-being.
  • Understanding predictors of marital dissolution is crucial for family intervention.
  • A family systems perspective highlights interconnected relationships within families.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To model predictors of marital separation using a family systems approach.
  • To examine the prospective influence of adolescent-family relationships and couple quality on marital separation.
  • To differentiate predictors in biological versus stepfather families.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 (NLSY97) were analyzed.
  • Complementary log-log regression models were employed.
  • Predictors included mother-adolescent and father-adolescent closeness/negativity, and couple relationship quality.

Main Results:

  • Increased mother-adolescent closeness predicted a higher likelihood of marital separation.
  • Greater father-child closeness predicted a lower likelihood of marital separation.
  • Mothers' positive marital behaviors toward fathers reduced separation risk, particularly in biological families.

Conclusions:

  • Marital separation is associated with complex family relationship patterns.
  • Adolescent-parent relationship quality and parental marital behaviors are significant predictors.
  • Family relationship dynamics play a critical role in marital stability across different family structures.