The Interrelationships among Marital Hostility, Parental Depression, Compromised Parenting Behaviors, and Youth Maladjustment: A Mediated Model

Author

Karen Lillemor Franck, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Date of Award

5-2005

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Major

Human Ecology

Major Professor

Cheryl Ann Buehler

Committee Members

Vey Nordquist, Brian Barber, John Orme

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among marital hostility, parental depressive affect, compromised parenting behaviors, and youth maladjustment. Youth perceptions of compromised parenting behaviors (i.e., harsh behavioral control, psychological intrusiveness, inconsistency, lower acceptance, and less knowledge of the youth’s friends and activities) were examined as potential mediators of the associations between marital hostility, parental depressive affect, and youth externalizing and internalizing problem behavior. Questionnaire and observational data were collected from 416 mothers, fathers, and a 6^th grade youth. There was evidence that marital hostility and parental depressive affect were related to youth outcomes both directly and indirectly through compromised parenting behaviors, but results differed for mothers and fathers.

Recommended Citation

Franck, Karen Lillemor, "The Interrelationships among Marital Hostility, Parental Depression, Compromised Parenting Behaviors, and Youth Maladjustment: A Mediated Model. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2005.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/4319