Parental marital quality and well-being, parent-child relational quality, and Chinese adolescent adjustment

The linkages between parents' report of marital quality and parental well-being and children's report of parent-child relational quality and adolescent psychological well being in 378 Chinese families over 2 years were examined. Results revealed that (a) marital quality predicted parental well-being; (b) fathers' marital quality and well-being predicted parent-child relational quality but mothers' did not; (c) paternal influence appeared to be stronger than maternal influence on adolescent adjustments; and (d) both direct and indirect paths were found for the linkages between parental marital quality and well-being and adolescent psychological well-being.