Vuchinich S, Vuchinich R, Wood B
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331.
Child Dev. 1993 Oct;64(5):1389-400. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1993.tb02959.x.
This study examines associations between the quality of the interparental relationship and how well 68 family triads (mother, father, preadolescent son) solved salient problems which arose at home. Four aspects of the interparental relationship (marital satisfaction, parental agreement, conflict during family problem solving, and parental coalitions) were included in a regression analysis which controlled for family structure and child externalizing. A longitudinal design assessed families when mean child age was 9.7 years and 2 years later. Parental agreement consistently facilitated family problem solving. However, strong parental coalitions inhibited family problem solving, which may be attributed to frustrated autonomy needs of preadolescent males in response to the parental coalition. Stepfamilies had less effective problem solving at Time 1. The results confirm the benefits of parental agreement to child outcomes via enhanced family problem solving but show a reverse effect when agreement occurs in the context of coalitions against a preadolescent son.
本研究考察了父母关系质量与68个家庭三人组（母亲、父亲、青春期前儿子）解决家中出现的突出问题的能力之间的关联。父母关系的四个方面（婚姻满意度、父母一致性、家庭问题解决过程中的冲突以及父母联盟）被纳入回归分析，该分析控制了家庭结构和孩子的外化行为。纵向设计在孩子平均年龄为9.7岁时对家庭进行评估，并在两年后再次评估。父母一致性始终有助于家庭问题的解决。然而，强大的父母联盟却抑制了家庭问题的解决，这可能归因于青春期前男性因父母联盟而产生的自主需求受挫。继亲家庭在时间1时解决问题的效率较低。研究结果证实了父母一致性通过增强家庭问题解决能力对孩子的结果有益，但当一致性出现在针对青春期前儿子的联盟背景下时，则会产生相反的效果。
