The predictive role of marital satisfaction on the parental agreement.
Zahra Vafaeenejad, Forouzan Elyasi, Mahmood Moosazadeh and 1 others
PMID 33072369WHAT IT FOUND
In 617 Iranian couples, higher marital satisfaction was linked with parents agreeing on parenting style.
This is a cross-sectional association, not proof that improving marriage changes parenting.
Key findings
01In the sample, 441 of 617 couples (71.47%) agreed on parenting style, and 82.50% of those agreeing couples used authoritative parenting.
02Higher marital satisfaction was associated with increased adjusted odds of parenting-style agreement for fathers (AOR: 3.19; CI: 2.06, 4.92) and mothers (AOR: 2.74; CI: 1.76, 4.25).
03Mothers' and fathers' marital satisfaction scores were highest when both parents used authoritative style and lowest when both used authoritarian style.
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What it does not show
The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that marital satisfaction causes parenting agreement or that agreement causes satisfaction. Data were self-reported paper-and-pencil questionnaires, which may be affected by social desirability. Participants were recruited from two primary healthcare centres in Minudasht City and were relatively homogeneous in socio-economic status and residence, so results may not generalise. No child outcomes were measured, so the paper does not show what this means for children's health or development. Only literate, monogamous, two-parent families with a child aged 6 to 12 years were included.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflict of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that improving marital satisfaction will make parents agree on parenting style. The study was cross-sectional and measured association, not cause; it also did not measure child outcomes.