Sentences with phrase «mediating role of fathers»

We used a high - risk design involving children of mothers with and without histories of depression to test the unique mediating role of father — child conflict in the relations between fathers» depressive symptoms and child externalizing and internalizing symptoms.

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Thus, the current study suggested the potentially important role of fathers» positive and negative affect and fathers» avoidant and anxious attachment for children's socioemotional and behavioral adjustment and children's mediating variables.

We also tested the mediating role of adolescents» positive relationship quality with their mothers and fathers (e.g., high warmth and low control) in this relation.

While a genetic basis for the findings is possible, altered parenting likely has a significant mediating role.15 For example, a recent meta - analysis found that maternal depression and psychological distress were associated with increased negative and coercive parenting behaviors and disengagement from the child.36 A father may then attenuate the influence of a mother's depression with increased caring behavior directed to the children.37, 38 Alternatively, a healthy father may offer support directly to the affected mother.14 Future work may explicate these mechanisms by examining specific measures of mothers» and fathers» role functioning.

Research questions addressed whether change in the division of housework and childcare across the transition to parenthood predicted mothers» and fathers» relationship conflict, with attention to the mediating role of perceived fairness of these chores.

Early Childhood Father Absence and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescent Girls from a UK Cohort: The Mediating Role of Early Menarche.