Publication
Title
Examining mediating pathways between financial stress of mothers and fathers and problem behaviour in adolescents
Author
Abstract
In this study, we examined the association between income, financial stress, parenting stress, positive parenting, negative control and problem behaviour in adolescents to improve our understanding of how income and financial stress are associated with adolescents' behaviour. Using the actor-partner interdependence approach, we explored the pathways within (actor) and between (partner) parents and examined whether the strength of these pathways differed between mothers and fathers. Data were drawn from 340 two-parent families with adolescents aged between 11 and 17 years old. Path analytic results indicated that the association between financial stress and adolescents' behaviour is mediated by parenting stress and parenting. Contrary to our expectations, direct effects were found between income and negative control. Our results also suggest that financial stress affects the positive parenting of fathers more significantly than that of mothers. Besides several actor effects, partner effects were also identified between parenting stress and negative control.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of family studies. - Manley
Publication
Manley : 2014
ISSN
1322-9400
DOI
10.5172/JFS.2014.20.1.66
Volume/pages
20 :1 (2014) , p. 66-78
ISI
000347234700007
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
Stress and mental health in families with different income levels: The second wave of a longitudinal multi-actor study
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 09.10.2014
Last edited 09.10.2023
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