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Peer reviewedGoldberg, Wendy A. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1990
Ninety-six dual-career married couples with a preschool child were examined with regard to ties between marital quality and parental perceptions. Findings showed that parents in more satisfying marriages viewed their children more favorably and more often reached consensus about children's problem behavior. (SH)
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Parent Aspiration, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedShortt, Joann Wu; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1994
Two studies examined preschoolers' ability to produce facial expressions of emotions and the degree of physiological patterning in distinguishing among emotions. Face expressions of fear and sadness were more difficult for the children to produce than those for happiness, anger, and disgust. Children's heart rate increased more during expressions…
Descriptors: Facial Expressions, Family Influence, Heart Rate, Marital Satisfaction
Peer reviewedVandell, Deborah Lowe; Hyde, Janet S.; Plant, E. Ashby; Essex, Marilyn J. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1997
Examines time child is in child care, who gives it, the congruence of actual care and preferred care, and other factors that affect the marital satisfaction and emotional well-being of parents of infants. Found that father child care, when preferred, has positive effect on mother emotional well-being. (MT)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Employed Parents, Family Caregivers, Family Work Relationship
Peer reviewedPratt, Michael W.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1992
Investigated relations between certain family context variables and the conversational behavior of 36 parents who were playing with their 3 year olds. Transcripts were coded for types of conversational functions and structure of parent speech. Marital satisfaction was associated with aspects of parent speech. (LB)
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis, Family Life
Peer reviewedMeyers, Steven A. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1999
Explored ways selected characteristics of parents, children, and family context relate to mothers' parenting behavior in a sample of 73 mothers and their 5- to 7-year-old children. Found that mothers who experienced many stressors stemming from their personal adjustment, social relationships, and children's behaviors were more likely to…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Rearing, Life Satisfaction, Marital Satisfaction
Peer reviewedDoyle, Anna Beth; Markiewicz, Dorothy; Brendgen, Mara; Lieberman, Melissa; Voss, Kirsten – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2000
Predicted children's attachment security and style from parents' report of their style and marital adjustment. Found that mothers' anxious attachment style uniquely predicted children's insecure attachment to both parents and that attachment by parent-child pair differed by self-concept domain for either parent. (DLH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Foreign Countries, Marital Satisfaction
Peer reviewedWesterman, Michael A.; La Luz, Edgar J. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1995
Investigated the relationship between marital adjustment and children's functioning at school and home. Marital adjustment was significantly related to two achievement measures (grades and teacher reports of school performance) and a trend was found for a third (achievement test scores). Significant associations also were found for other measures…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Family (Sociological Unit)
