DeAnda Jacqueline S, Langlais Michael R, Anderson Edward R, Greene Shannon M
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
E. R. Anderson, and S. M. Greene, University of Texas - Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
J Child Fam Stud. 2021 Sep;30(9):2165-2179. doi: 10.1007/s10826-021-02029-8. Epub 2021 Jul 6.
Although divorce is typically stressful for mothers, the formation of post-divorce dating relationships can help to ease this stress. Unfortunately, research has yet to empirically consider children's post-divorce adjustment for mothers' wellbeing leading up to and during mothers' post-divorce dating. This study addresses the following questions: 1) How do children's problem behaviors predict mothers' depressive symptoms following divorce? 2) How do children's problem behaviors predict the quality of mothers' dating relationships and the rapport between children and mothers' dating partners? 3) How do children's problem behaviors, the quality of mothers' dating relationships, child-dating partner rapport, and length of mothers' dating simultaneously impact mothers' depressive symptoms? Data for this study comes from a longitudinal investigation of recently divorced mothers and their children ( = 232). Hierarchical linear models revealed that mothers experienced more depressive symptoms when their children exhibited more internalizing behaviors. Children's internalizing behaviors were negatively associated with the quality of mothers' dating relationships. When examining these variables simultaneously, increases in children's internalizing behaviors and decreases in relationship quality predicted increases in mothers' depressive symptoms. Promoting family-level adjustment appears best for mothers' wellbeing following divorce. Other implications for post-divorce adjustment are discussed.
虽然离婚通常会给母亲带来压力，但离婚后恋爱关系的形成有助于缓解这种压力。不幸的是，在母亲离婚后恋爱之前及期间，关于孩子的离婚后适应对母亲幸福感的影响，研究尚未进行实证考量。本研究探讨以下问题：1）孩子的问题行为如何预测离婚后母亲的抑郁症状？2）孩子的问题行为如何预测母亲恋爱关系的质量以及孩子与母亲恋爱对象之间的融洽程度？3）孩子的问题行为、母亲恋爱关系的质量、孩子与恋爱对象的融洽程度以及母亲恋爱的时长如何同时影响母亲的抑郁症状？本研究的数据来自对近期离婚的母亲及其子女（n = 232）的纵向调查。分层线性模型显示，当孩子表现出更多内化行为时，母亲会经历更多的抑郁症状。孩子的内化行为与母亲恋爱关系的质量呈负相关。同时考察这些变量时，孩子内化行为的增加和恋爱关系质量的下降预示着母亲抑郁症状的增加。促进家庭层面的适应似乎对离婚后母亲的幸福感最为有利。文中还讨论了对离婚后适应的其他影响。
