Marital Satisfaction, Family Functioning, and Children’s Mental Health—The Effect of Parental Co-Viewing
Using 318 household data concerning children during middle childhood (8–13), we examined the association among each parent’s marital satisfaction, the child’s perceived family functioning, and the child’s anxiety and depression. Second, we investigated whether the other parent could buffer or facili...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2022-02-01
|
| Series: | Children |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/216 |
| _version_ | 1797481736934785024 |
|---|---|
| author | Xianxian Du Mengjiao Liang Weiqi Mu Fugui Li Siying Li Xue Li Jie Xu Kexin Wang Mingjie Zhou |
| author_facet | Xianxian Du Mengjiao Liang Weiqi Mu Fugui Li Siying Li Xue Li Jie Xu Kexin Wang Mingjie Zhou |
| author_sort | Xianxian Du |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Using 318 household data concerning children during middle childhood (8–13), we examined the association among each parent’s marital satisfaction, the child’s perceived family functioning, and the child’s anxiety and depression. Second, we investigated whether the other parent could buffer or facilitate this chain effect by co-viewing programs via various devices with their child so as to improve the child’s perceived family functioning. Results verified the mediation effect that maternal marital satisfaction was positively associated with the child’s perceived family functioning, which, in turn, decreased the child’s depression. In addition, the results indicated that increased paternal co-viewing enhanced the positive association between maternal marital satisfaction and the child’s perceived family functioning and then decreased the child’s depression. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed within the framework of family systems theory, parental media interventions, and the different roles of the father and mother in family functionality. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-09T22:18:47Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-fb0436881c074786b3535dccc5e905ed |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2227-9067 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-09T22:18:47Z |
| publishDate | 2022-02-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Children |
| spelling | doaj.art-fb0436881c074786b3535dccc5e905ed2023-11-23T19:19:23ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-02-019221610.3390/children9020216Marital Satisfaction, Family Functioning, and Children’s Mental Health—The Effect of Parental Co-ViewingXianxian Du0Mengjiao Liang1Weiqi Mu2Fugui Li3Siying Li4Xue Li5Jie Xu6Kexin Wang7Mingjie Zhou8CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaCollege of Education, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000, ChinaCollege of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310007, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaUsing 318 household data concerning children during middle childhood (8–13), we examined the association among each parent’s marital satisfaction, the child’s perceived family functioning, and the child’s anxiety and depression. Second, we investigated whether the other parent could buffer or facilitate this chain effect by co-viewing programs via various devices with their child so as to improve the child’s perceived family functioning. Results verified the mediation effect that maternal marital satisfaction was positively associated with the child’s perceived family functioning, which, in turn, decreased the child’s depression. In addition, the results indicated that increased paternal co-viewing enhanced the positive association between maternal marital satisfaction and the child’s perceived family functioning and then decreased the child’s depression. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed within the framework of family systems theory, parental media interventions, and the different roles of the father and mother in family functionality.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/216marital satisfactionparent-child co-viewingfamily functioningchild’s mental health |
| spellingShingle | Xianxian Du Mengjiao Liang Weiqi Mu Fugui Li Siying Li Xue Li Jie Xu Kexin Wang Mingjie Zhou Marital Satisfaction, Family Functioning, and Children’s Mental Health—The Effect of Parental Co-Viewing Children marital satisfaction parent-child co-viewing family functioning child’s mental health |
| title | Marital Satisfaction, Family Functioning, and Children’s Mental Health—The Effect of Parental Co-Viewing |
| title_full | Marital Satisfaction, Family Functioning, and Children’s Mental Health—The Effect of Parental Co-Viewing |
| title_fullStr | Marital Satisfaction, Family Functioning, and Children’s Mental Health—The Effect of Parental Co-Viewing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Marital Satisfaction, Family Functioning, and Children’s Mental Health—The Effect of Parental Co-Viewing |
| title_short | Marital Satisfaction, Family Functioning, and Children’s Mental Health—The Effect of Parental Co-Viewing |
| title_sort | marital satisfaction family functioning and children s mental health the effect of parental co viewing |
| topic | marital satisfaction parent-child co-viewing family functioning child’s mental health |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/216 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT xianxiandu maritalsatisfactionfamilyfunctioningandchildrensmentalhealththeeffectofparentalcoviewing AT mengjiaoliang maritalsatisfactionfamilyfunctioningandchildrensmentalhealththeeffectofparentalcoviewing AT weiqimu maritalsatisfactionfamilyfunctioningandchildrensmentalhealththeeffectofparentalcoviewing AT fuguili maritalsatisfactionfamilyfunctioningandchildrensmentalhealththeeffectofparentalcoviewing AT siyingli maritalsatisfactionfamilyfunctioningandchildrensmentalhealththeeffectofparentalcoviewing AT xueli maritalsatisfactionfamilyfunctioningandchildrensmentalhealththeeffectofparentalcoviewing AT jiexu maritalsatisfactionfamilyfunctioningandchildrensmentalhealththeeffectofparentalcoviewing AT kexinwang maritalsatisfactionfamilyfunctioningandchildrensmentalhealththeeffectofparentalcoviewing AT mingjiezhou maritalsatisfactionfamilyfunctioningandchildrensmentalhealththeeffectofparentalcoviewing |