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Jingjing Liu1, Wenjun Guan1, Yao Zhang2
1College of Education Science, Xinjiang Normal University, China.
Abstract:
Parenting stress is an important factor associated with the marital quality of parents of children with disabilities, yet the results regarding their relationship have been inconsistent in previous studies. This study employed a meta-analytic approach, utilizing a random-effects model to examine the association between parenting stress and marital quality and the role of potential moderators based on 29 studies (comprising 47 effect sizes). The results indicated a moderate negative correlation (r = -0.333, 95% CI = [-0.414, -0.246]) between parenting stress and marital quality among parents of children with disabilities. This relationship was moderated by parents' age, severity of disabilities, and cultural background. However, the correlation was not influenced by parental role, parents' educational attainment, children's type of disability, children's age, and measurement instruments. The findings suggest a close association between parenting stress and marital quality, thereby supporting the spillover hypothesis, which posits that stress and emotions from one family subsystem (e.g., parent-child) transfer to another (e.g., marital). Future research is recommended to adopt longitudinal studies to further elucidate the directionality of the relationship between parenting stress and marital quality among parents of children with disabilities.
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