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The effects of unequal covariances and reliabilities on contemporaneous inference: the case of hostility and marital happiness

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An analysis of the simple two-wave, two-variable contemporaneous model is conducted to improve understanding of models with reciprocal effects, which are generally viewed with skepticism. Inequalities between cross-legged covariances, stability covariances and reliabilities are found to affect inference. The effects of these inequalities are examined, showing that stability and reliability are two different mechanisms linking theoretical arguments to empirical findings. These mechanisms need to be distinguished from the other to avoid conclusions inconsistent with the characteristics of the data.

Analysis, Evaluation, Domestic relations, Family relations, Probabilities, Probability theory, Analysis of covariance, Covariance analysis

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Explaining the higher incidence of adjustment problems among children of divorce compared with those in two-parent families

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The extent to which differences in adolescent adjustment problems in divorced and intact families can be explained by loss of income, conflict and parenting practices, is examined. The results suggested that quality of mother's parenting and father's involvement in parenting explains the link between divorce and boys' externalizing problems, while quality of mother's parenting and postdivorce conflict explain the link between divorce and girls' externalizing problems.

Psychological aspects, Children, Divorce

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Perceived parental acceptance as a moderator of religious transmission among adolescent boys and girls

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Evidence shows that religion is significant in adolescent development, and the family is the main agent of religious socialization. The role of parents in the inter-generational transmission of religious beliefs to adolescents is examined, concentrating on the context in which the religious transmission may be most likely to occur.There is some indication that mothers transmitted religiousness to their children in more positive mother-child relationships.

Teenagers, Youth, Parenting, Religious aspects

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