Lee Uiju, Lee Young-Eun
Department of Early Childhood Education, College of Social Science, Gachon University, Seongnam-si 13120, Republic of Korea.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Dec 17;14(12):1212. doi: 10.3390/bs14121212.
Based on emotional security, stress, and spillover and crossover theories, this study aimed to examine the indirect pathways between destructive and constructive interparental conflict, parenting stress, unsupportive parenting, and child insecurity six months later. Using data from two time points beginning when Korean children ( = 159) were approximately 3-5 years old, two dual-mediation models of the relevant variables were constructed. The results indicate that destructive conflict is associated with higher levels of parenting stress, whereas constructive conflict is associated with lower levels of stress. Furthermore, mothers' and fathers' parenting stress influenced their own unsupportive parenting behaviors, which, in turn, influenced their children's insecurity, suggesting a spillover effect. However, the crossover effect and mediation analyses provided partial support for various pathways of the hypotheses. By examining both destructive and constructive conflict, including both maternal and paternal variables, and examining not only spillover but also crossover effects, this study highlights that while constructive conflict may reduce parental stress and unsupportive parenting behaviors, the negative effects of destructive conflict may affect children more strongly. Particularly, by examining the spillover and crossover effects in the unique cultural context of Korean families, this study provides important insights into interparental conflict's impact on child development.
基于情感安全、压力以及溢出和交叉理论，本研究旨在考察破坏性和建设性的父母间冲突、育儿压力、不支持性育儿以及六个月后儿童不安全感之间的间接路径。利用来自韩国儿童（=159名）大约3至5岁时开始的两个时间点的数据，构建了相关变量的两个双重中介模型。结果表明，破坏性冲突与更高水平的育儿压力相关，而建设性冲突与更低水平的压力相关。此外，母亲和父亲的育儿压力影响了他们自己不支持性的育儿行为，而这反过来又影响了孩子的不安全感，表明存在溢出效应。然而，交叉效应和中介分析为假设的各种路径提供了部分支持。通过考察破坏性和建设性冲突，包括母亲和父亲的变量，不仅考察溢出效应，还考察交叉效应，本研究强调，虽然建设性冲突可能会减轻父母压力和不支持性育儿行为，但破坏性冲突的负面影响可能对孩子的影响更强。特别是，通过在韩国家庭独特的文化背景下考察溢出和交叉效应，本研究为父母间冲突对儿童发展的影响提供了重要见解。
