@article{ref1,
title="Links between marital and parent-child interactions: moderating role of husband-to-wife aggression",
journal="Development and psychopathology",
year="2004",
author="Margolin, Gayla and Gordis, Elana B. and Oliver, Pamella H.",
volume="16",
number="3",
pages="753-771",
abstract="The present study examined how marital conflict may compromise parenting by identifying interdependencies across marital and parent-child subsystems in a sample of 86 two-parent families with a child aged 9-13. The study used direct observation of three family discussions to examine interdependencies across family subsystems. The study also assessed whether a history of husband-to-wife aggression strengthened interdependencies. Overall, families with husband-to-wife aggression showed a negative tone that pervaded throughout the family. Consistent with theories about physically aggressive men tending to withdraw from conflict, fathers who had engaged in husband-to-wife aggression showed an association between marital hostilities and lower levels of empathy toward their children. Consistent with stress theories, women who had been exposed to husband-to-wife aggression showed a link between marital hostilities and negative affect when interacting with their children. These findings illustrate how a history of exposure to marital aggression can create a family environment of multiple risks for children. For children in families with prior marital aggression, ongoing marital hostilities can be linked to the additional risk of erosions in parental support.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0954-5794",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}