How work-related guilt informs parenting and adolescent psychological distress in military families
- Farnsworth, M. L., & O’Neal, C. W. (2022). How work-related guilt informs parenting and adolescent psychological distress in military families. Family Relations, 71(4), 1575-1592. https://doi. org/10.1111/fare.12685
- With hypotheses rooted in multiple theories (i.e., determinants of parenting, family systems, and spillover-crossover theories), this study examined the associations among parental guilt (e.g., parents feel that they do not spend enough time with their children), inconsistent discipline (e.g., inconsistently applying communicated consequences), and adolescent psychological distress (i.e., anxiety and depressive symptoms). Associations with military-related factors (e.g., time away from home in the past year) and adolescents’ demographic characteristics (i.e., age and sex) were also considered. Data were collected from 223 families with an active-duty father and civilian mother. Overall, mothers who reported high levels of parental guilt generally engaged in more inconsistent discipline, and, in turn, both parents perceived the adolescent as experiencing a higher level of psychological distress.
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