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. 2010 Jun;35(6):541-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.12.029. Epub 2010 Jan 18.

Alcoholism, associated risk factors, and harsh parenting among fathers: Examining the role of marital aggression

Brent Finger  1 , Lorig K Kachadourian, Danielle S Molnar, Rina D Eiden, Ellen P Edwards, Kenneth E Leonard
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Alcoholism, associated risk factors, and harsh parenting among fathers: Examining the role of marital aggression

Brent Finger et al. Addict Behav. 2010 Jun.

Abstract

This study utilized a longitudinal design to examine relations between paternal alcoholism, paternal psychopathology, marital aggression and fathers' harsh parenting behavior in a sample of children with alcoholic (n = 89) and non-alcoholic (n = 94) fathers. Structural Equation Modeling revealed that paternal alcoholism, depression, and antisocial behavior at 12 months of child age each predicted higher levels of marital aggression at 36 months. Moreover, after controlling for prior parenting, marital aggression was predictive of harsher parenting at kindergarten. Alcoholism and psychopathology were not directly predictive of harsh parenting with marital aggression included in the model, thus indicating that marital aggression is mediating the relation between paternal risk factors and parenting outcome. Results of this study suggest that one pathway linking fathers' alcohol diagnosis to harsh parenting is via marital aggression.

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Longitudinal associations between fathers’ alcoholism and associated risk factors, marital aggression, and fathers’ parenting: Structural Equation Modeling. Note. The numbers represent standardized path coefficients. Non-significant paths are not depicted in the model for ease of presentation. The error terms and disturbances for the measured indicators are not depicted in the figure. *p<.05. **p<.01.
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