The family stress model addresses the relationships between family stressors, parental relationships, and child outcome. In this model, these stressors (typically economic in nature) negatively impact the parental relationship, which then reflects negatively upon child outcomes.
Early Intervention Foundation. (n.d.). Family stress model. Retrieved from https://www.eif.org.uk/download.php?file=files/pdf/cg-rpc-2-2-family-stress-model.pdf