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Cross-sectional analyses show that parenting satisfaction is significantly higher for married parents with high marital quality, for those who are parenting their own biological children, and for mothers. Panel analyses reveal that satisfaction with parenting is highly stable over 4-year period but is positively related to increases in marital quality. Structural equation models indicate that reciprocal paths between marital happiness and parenting satisfaction are statistically significant and are of approximately equal strength and that these associations operate similarly for mothers and fathers.
“Satisfaction with Parenting: The Role of Marital Happiness, Family Structure, and Parents’ Gender”
Journal of Marriage and the Family 60 (May 1998)
