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Longitudinal pathways from marital hostility to child anger during toddlerhood: genetic susceptibility and indirect effects via harsh parenting

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posted on 2023-06-08, 21:47 authored by Kimberly A Rhoades, Leslie D Leve, Gordon Harold, Jenae M Neiderhiser, Daniel S Shaw, David Reiss
We examined direct and indirect pathways from marital hostility to toddler anger/frustration via harsh parenting and parental depressive symptoms, with an additional focus on the moderating role of genetic influences as inferred from birth parent anger/frustration. Participants were 361 linked triads of birth mothers, adoptive parents, and adopted children who were 9 (T1) and 18 (T2) months old across the study period. Results indicated an indirect effect from T1 marital hostility to T2 toddler anger/frustration via T2 parental harsh discipline. Results also indicated that the association between marital hostility and toddler anger was moderated by birth mother anger/frustration. For children whose birth mothers reported high levels of anger/frustration, adoptive parents' marital hostility at T1 predicted toddler anger/frustration at T2. This relation did not hold for children whose birth mothers reported low levels of anger/frustration. The results suggest that children whose birth mothers report elevated frustration might inherit an emotional lability that makes them more sensitive to the effects of marital hostility. © 2011 American Psychological Association.

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  • Published

Journal

Journal of Family Psychology

ISSN

08933200

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American Psychological Association Inc

Issue

2

Volume

25

Page range

282-291

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-08-06

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