Department of Child Psychology and Education, Sungkyunkwan University.
Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia.
J Fam Psychol. 2023 Aug;37(5):720-730. doi: 10.1037/fam0001100. Epub 2023 May 15.
Grounded in the family systems theory within the life course systems perspective, this study sought to investigate (a) long-term transmission processes of hostility from interparental relationships to parent-young adult relationships and (b) the mediational roles of parents' and adolescents' psychopathology in these long-term processes. Research has examined the long-term transmission of hostility from interparental relationships to young adults' relationships with their parents. However, less is known about how this transmission process differs for father-young adult and mother-young adult relationships and if psychopathology is a mechanism that contributes to the transmission of hostility. Utilizing a structural equation model and prospective, longitudinal data from couples in enduring marriages and their offspring ( = 345 families), we examined long-term associations between interparental hostility when offspring were adolescents and young adults (1990 and 2001), adolescents' hostile relationships with their fathers and mothers (1991), and young adults' hostile relationships with their fathers and mothers (2003) as well as the mediating roles of fathers', mothers', and adolescents' psychopathology (1992 and 1994). Interparental hostility was more strongly linked to hostility between mothers (rather than fathers) and their young adult offspring. Fathers', mothers', and adolescents' psychopathology uniquely mediated the transmission processes. This study elucidated transmission processes of interparental hostility to young adults' relationship hostility with their parents and offers insights into the unique mediational roles of each family member's psychopathology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究根植于生活历程系统视角下的家庭系统理论，旨在探究：(a) 父母间的敌对关系向父母与成年子女关系的长期传递过程；以及 (b) 父母和青少年精神病理学在这些长期过程中的中介作用。已有研究检验了父母间敌对关系向成年子女与父母关系传递的长期性。然而，对于这一传递过程在父亲与成年子女和母亲与成年子女关系中如何不同，以及精神病理学是否是导致敌意传递的机制，我们知之甚少。本研究利用结构方程模型和来自持久婚姻中的夫妻及其后代（=345 个家庭）的前瞻性纵向数据，考察了青少年时期父母间的敌对关系与成年子女（1990 年和 2001 年）、青少年与父母（1991 年）和成年子女与父母（2003 年）敌对关系之间的长期关联，以及父亲、母亲和青少年精神病理学（1992 年和 1994 年）的中介作用。父母间的敌对关系与母亲（而非父亲）和成年子女之间的敌对关系更为紧密。父亲、母亲和青少年的精神病理学分别对传递过程进行了中介。本研究阐明了父母间敌对关系向成年子女与父母关系敌对的传递过程，并深入了解了每个家庭成员精神病理学的独特中介作用。（美国心理协会，2023 年，所有权利保留）。
