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Adult Attachment and Marital Satisfaction in Couples with Young Children: The Mediating Effect of Parenting Alliance

유아기 자녀를 둔 부부의 성인애착과 결혼만족도의 관계: 양육협력의 매개효과 검증

  • Woo, Su-Jung (Department of Child and Family Studies, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Young (Department of Child and Family Studies, Yonsei University)
  • 우수정 (연세대학교 아동가족학과) ;
  • 이영 (연세대학교 아동가족학과)
  • Received : 2010.04.23
  • Accepted : 2010.06.16
  • Published : 2010.08.30
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Abstract

The present study investigated the parenting alliance's mediating effects on the relationship between adult attachment and marital satisfaction. The participants were 157 married parents of young children(77 men and 80 women). We used the Experiences in Close Relationships Scales (Kim & Lee, 2005), Quality Marriage Index (Jang, 2001), and Parenting Alliance Inventory (Abidin, 1988) and analyzed data using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, and regression analysis, via SPSS PC program(17.0 version). The results revealed that the effects of married males' avoidant dimension on marital satisfaction were partially mediated by their wives' parenting alliance. The effects of married females' anxious dimension on marital satisfaction were totally mediated, and the effects of married females' avoidant dimension on marital satisfaction were partially mediated, by their husbands' parenting alliance. In conclusion, the parenting alliance mediates the effects of adult attachment on marital satisfaction in couples with young children.

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