Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
J Marital Fam Ther. 2021 Jul;47(3):566-580. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12451. Epub 2020 Aug 15.
Military life is characterized by regular transitions; thus, parents are positioned to serve as stable protective factors for adolescents. We investigated a theory-informed model that assessed direct and indirect relationships between parental relationship quality, parental behaviors, and adolescent depressive symptomatology using cross-sectional data of military families in the United States (US). Participant families (N = 229), recruited via convenience sampling to take a computer-based survey, included an active duty father, his spouse, and an adolescent. Mother's couple relationship quality was indirectly linked to adolescent depressive symptoms through maternal warmth. Conversely, father's couple relationship quality was indirectly linked to adolescent depressive symptoms via paternal hostility. In other words, parental couple relationship quality was indirectly related to adolescent depressive symptoms, but this relationship differed by parent (i.e., warmth for mothers and hostility for fathers). Findings were similar for adolescent boys and girls.
军人生活的特点是定期的转变；因此，父母是青少年稳定的保护因素。我们研究了一个理论模型，该模型使用美国军人家庭的横断面数据评估了父母关系质量、父母行为与青少年抑郁症状之间的直接和间接关系。参与者家庭（N=229）通过便利抽样招募，参加基于计算机的调查，包括现役父亲、他的配偶和一个青少年。母亲的夫妻关系质量通过母亲的温暖与青少年的抑郁症状间接相关。相反，父亲的夫妻关系质量通过父亲的敌意与青少年的抑郁症状间接相关。换句话说，父母的夫妻关系质量与青少年的抑郁症状间接相关，但这种关系因父母而异（即母亲的温暖和父亲的敌意）。这些发现对青少年男孩和女孩来说是相似的。
