Palmtag Eva-Lisa
Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
SSM Popul Health. 2022 Apr 18;18:101100. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101100. eCollection 2022 Jun.
The aim of the study was to explore how different forms of conflict in childhood and parental separation additively and interactively predict self-rated health (SRH) in adulthood. Furthermore, a subsample analysis investigated how different family conflicts predict SRH in adulthood within the group of separated families, controlling for post-separation circumstances.
Previous research shows that adult children from separated families have worse health compared to peers from intact families. Additionally, inter-parental conflicts are closely associated with parental separation and known to negatively influence children's health. Few studies have taken a broader perspective on conflicts and included conflicts beyond the inter-parental subsystem, such as within other family subsystems, into their analysis.
Data were based on Swedish Level of Living Survey (LNU). Using linear probability modelling the first analysis shows that SRH in adulthood varies depending on family type and the occurrence of conflict in childhood ( = 6,638). The study then explored variations in SRH within separated families ( = 934).
The results show that adult children from separated families and families with different types of conflicts have worse SRH compared to their peers in intact families and families with no conflicts.
Parental separation has long-term consequences on children's SRH and this relationship is partly predicted by parent-child conflicts.
The results underline the importance of considering children's involvement when studying the separation process and its outcomes. They also suggest that interventions to help parents and children through a separation would benefit from a focus, not only on inter-parental conflicts but also, on parent-child conflicts, as well as parents' role modelling to prevent children from experiencing negative long-term health outcomes.
本研究旨在探讨童年时期不同形式的冲突以及父母离异如何以累加和交互的方式预测成年后的自评健康状况（SRH）。此外，一项子样本分析研究了在考虑离异后情况的前提下，不同类型的家庭冲突如何在离异家庭群体中预测成年后的自评健康状况。
先前的研究表明，与来自完整家庭的同龄人相比，来自离异家庭的成年子女健康状况更差。此外，父母之间的冲突与父母离异密切相关，并且已知会对孩子的健康产生负面影响。很少有研究从更广泛的角度看待冲突，将父母子系统之外的冲突，例如其他家庭子系统内的冲突，纳入其分析之中。
数据基于瑞典生活水平调查（LNU）。通过线性概率模型进行的首次分析表明，成年后的自评健康状况因家庭类型和童年时期冲突的发生情况而异（n = 6638）。该研究随后探讨了离异家庭内部自评健康状况的差异（n = 934）。
结果表明，与来自完整家庭且无冲突的同龄人相比，来自离异家庭以及存在不同类型冲突家庭的成年子女自评健康状况更差。
父母离异对孩子的自评健康状况有长期影响，这种关系部分由亲子冲突预测。
研究结果强调了在研究离异过程及其结果时考虑孩子参与情况的重要性。它们还表明，帮助父母和孩子度过离异期的干预措施不仅应关注父母之间的冲突，还应关注亲子冲突，以及父母的榜样作用，以防止孩子经历负面的长期健康后果，这样做将有益处。
