Citation

Porter B, O'Leary KD. J. Abnorm. Child Psychol. 1980; 8(3): 287-295.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

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PMID

7410730

Abstract

Measures of overt marital hostility, general marital adjustment, and children's behavior problems were obtained from the parents of 64 children referred to a child psychological clinic. Correlations between children's scores on measures of general marital unhappiness and overt marital hostility were compared. Overt marital hostility correlated significantly with many behavior problems of boys. However, neither general marital unhappiness nor overt marital hostility related to problem behaviors in girls. Specific findings and possible reasons for the differential results with respect to boys and girls were discussed.

Language: en