TY - JOUR
T1 - Feeling caught as a mediator of co-parental communication and young adult children's mental health and relational satisfaction with parents
AU - Schrodt, Paul
AU - Shimkowski, Jenna R.
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - This study tested young adults' feelings of being caught between their parents as mediators of co-parental communication (i.e., supportive and antagonistic communication) and young adults' mental health and relational satisfaction with parents. Participants included 493 young adult children from intact and divorced families. For participants from intact families, feeling caught mediated indirect effects for both supportive and antagonistic co-parental communication on satisfaction with mothers and mental health symptoms, though direct effects for supportive co-parental communication on all three outcomes remained. For participants from divorced families, however, feeling caught emerged as a mediator only of antagonistic co-parental communication and mental health symptoms. Collectively, the results suggest that feeling caught may function as a mechanism linking co-parental communication to children's adjustment.
AB - This study tested young adults' feelings of being caught between their parents as mediators of co-parental communication (i.e., supportive and antagonistic communication) and young adults' mental health and relational satisfaction with parents. Participants included 493 young adult children from intact and divorced families. For participants from intact families, feeling caught mediated indirect effects for both supportive and antagonistic co-parental communication on satisfaction with mothers and mental health symptoms, though direct effects for supportive co-parental communication on all three outcomes remained. For participants from divorced families, however, feeling caught emerged as a mediator only of antagonistic co-parental communication and mental health symptoms. Collectively, the results suggest that feeling caught may function as a mechanism linking co-parental communication to children's adjustment.
KW - Co-parental communication
KW - co-parenting
KW - divorce
KW - feeling caught
KW - mental health
KW - parent-child
KW - satisfaction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84886434379&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0265407513479213
DO - 10.1177/0265407513479213
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84886434379
SN - 0265-4075
VL - 30
SP - 977
EP - 999
JO - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
JF - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
IS - 8
ER -