Spillover between marital quality and parent-child relationship quality: Parental depressive symptoms as moderators

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 315-325

  Kouros, Chrystyna D ^a   Papp, Lauren M ^b   Goeke Morey, Marcie C ^c   Mark Cummings, E ^d  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory hypothesis; Marital quality; Parent child relationship quality; Parental depressive symptoms; Spillover hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84901752152     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036804     Document Type: Article

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