DeAnda Jacqueline S, Langlais Michael R, Anderson Edward R, Greene Shannon M
University of Texas at Austin.
University of North Texas.
Fam Relat. 2020 Dec;69(5):1113-1127. doi: 10.1111/fare.12434. Epub 2020 Apr 9.
We examine whether (direct effect) and how (indirect effect) residential mothers' postdivorce separation distress is associated with children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors.
The consequences of postdivorce separation distress for adults, and specifically parents, have been established. Because research has also identified interdependent associations between parents' and children's postdivorce adjustment, it is possible that parents' separation distress has negative implications for children's postdivorce adjustment as well.
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Mothers' separation distress was significantly associated with increases in children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Mothers' co-parenting conflict mediated the link between mothers' separation distress and children's internalizing but not externalizing behaviors. Ineffective parenting did not mediate the links between separation distress and children's internalizing or externalizing behaviors.
Residential mothers' postdivorce separation distress has direct and indirect implications for their children's postdivorce adjustment.
Professionals can promote postdivorce family adjustment by acknowledging the consequences of residential mothers' separation distress and assisting those who experience it. Practitioners can also use this study's findings to inform co-parenting education programs.
我们研究了离异后与子女共同居住的母亲的分离困扰是否（直接效应）以及如何（间接效应）与孩子的内化和外化行为相关。
离异后分离困扰对成年人，特别是父母的影响已经明确。由于研究还发现了父母与孩子离异后适应之间的相互依存关系，因此父母的分离困扰也可能对孩子离异后的适应产生负面影响。
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母亲的分离困扰与孩子内化和外化行为的增加显著相关。母亲的共同养育冲突介导了母亲的分离困扰与孩子内化行为之间的联系，但未介导与外化行为的联系。无效养育并未介导分离困扰与孩子内化或外化行为之间的联系。
与子女共同居住的母亲离异后的分离困扰对其子女离异后的适应有直接和间接影响。
专业人员可以通过认识到与子女共同居住的母亲分离困扰的后果并帮助那些经历这种困扰的人来促进离异后家庭的适应。从业者还可以利用本研究的结果为共同养育教育项目提供参考。
