College of Education, University of Washington, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2012 Aug;26(4):499-508. doi: 10.1037/a0028863. Epub 2012 Jun 11.
This study used a family systems perspective in modeling predictors of marital separation within married-parent families with adolescents. Specifically, we examined whether mother-adolescent closeness and negativity, father-adolescent closeness and negativity, and couple relationship quality (mothers' and fathers' positive marital behaviors) prospectively predicted the likelihood of marital separation, operationalized as the father moving out of the household. Data were derived from the first 4 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 (n = 1649), assessing both biological and stepfather families. Results from complementary log-log analyses revealed that marital separations were related to complex family relationships. Specifically, greater mother-adolescent closeness predicted a higher likelihood of marital separation, whereas greater father-child closeness predicted a lower likelihood. In addition, mothers' more positive marital behaviors toward fathers predicted a lower likelihood of marital separation. Patterns were largely similar between biological and stepfather families, with the exception that mothers' positive marital behaviors toward fathers were more influential within biological father families.
本研究采用家庭系统视角，对青少年期已婚父母家庭中婚姻分离的预测因素进行建模。具体来说，我们考察了母子亲密关系和消极关系、父子亲密关系和消极关系以及夫妻关系质量（父母的积极婚姻行为）是否能前瞻性地预测婚姻分离的可能性，即父亲搬出家外。数据来自 1997 年全国青年纵向调查的前 4 个波次（n=1649），同时评估了亲生父母家庭和继父家庭。互补对数分析的结果表明，婚姻分离与复杂的家庭关系有关。具体来说，母子关系越亲密，婚姻分离的可能性就越大，而父子关系越亲密，婚姻分离的可能性就越小。此外，母亲对父亲更积极的婚姻行为也预示着婚姻分离的可能性更低。这些模式在亲生父母家庭和继父家庭中基本相似，只是母亲对父亲的积极婚姻行为在亲生父亲家庭中更有影响力。
