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Accentuating the Positive, Eliminating the Negative? Relationship Maintenance as a Predictor of Two-Dimensional Relationship Quality
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Malinen, Kaisa; Tolvanen, Asko; Ronka, Anna – Family Relations, 2012
In this study, relationship maintenance and its connections with positive and negative relationship quality were examined among Finnish parents (N = 177 women and 153 men; i.e., partners from 150 couples and 27 women and 3 men whose partner did not participate in the study). Relationship maintenance was measured using Stafford, Dainton, and Haas's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Marriage, Positive Attitudes, Evaluation
The Effects of Childhood Abuse on Relationship Quality: Gender Differences and Clinical Implications
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Larsen, Carly D.; Sandberg, Jonathan G.; Harper, James M.; Bean, Roy – Family Relations, 2011
This study examined the relationship between self-reported childhood physical and sexual abuse, romantic relationship quality, possible gender differences, and clinical implications. Three hundred thirty-eight women and 296 men who sought services at a university mental health clinic in the northeast region of the United States completed a…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Structural Equation Models, Measures (Individuals), Gender Differences
Spousal Capital as a Resource for Couples Starting a Business
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Matzek, Amanda E.; Gudmunson, Clinton G.; Danes, Sharon M. – Family Relations, 2010
This longitudinal study finds that spousal capital is an important resource for entrepreneurs starting a business because it has implications for business sustainability and couple relationship quality. Structural equation modeling supported a process whereby gender had an impact on spousal involvement in the business, which was positively…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Structural Equation Models, Longitudinal Studies, Spouses
Custodial Grandmother-Grandfather Dyads: Pathways among Marital Distress, Grandparent Dysphoria, Parenting Practice, and Grandchild Adjustment
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Smith, Gregory C.; Hancock, Gregory R. – Family Relations, 2010
An adaptation of the Family Stress Model was examined using structural equation modeling with data from 193 custodial grandmother-grandfather dyads. The model's measurement and structural components were largely invariant by grandparent gender. For grandmothers and grandfathers alike, the effects of their psychological and marital distress on…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Child Rearing, Psychology, Grandchildren
Marital Conflict and Adolescents' Peer Aggression: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Mother-Child Emotional Reciprocity
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Lindsey, Eric W.; Chambers, Jessica Campbell; Frabutt, James M.; Mackinnon-Lewis, Carol – Family Relations, 2009
This study examined the role of mother-adolescent emotional reciprocity in connections between marital conflict and adolescent aggression with peers. Data were collected from a racially diverse community sample of 268 adolescents and their mothers. Adolescents reported on parents' marital conflict, and mother-adolescent positive and negative…
Descriptors: Aggression, Mothers, Structural Equation Models, Conflict
A Mediation Model of Interparental Collaboration, Parenting Practices, and Child Externalizing Behavior in a Clinical Sample
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Kjobli, John; Hagen, Kristine Amlund – Family Relations, 2009
The present study examined maternal and paternal parenting practices as mediators of the link between interparental collaboration and children's externalizing behavior. Parent gender was tested as a moderator of the associations. A clinical sample consisting of 136 children with externalizing problems and their families participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Cooperation