題目：快樂的父母，快樂的孩子：華人社會的婚姻幸福感、教養方式和孩子的行為表現

摘要：夫妻之間的婚姻幸福感是打造幸福家庭環境與健康兒童成長的基石。然而，目前在華人社會中關於父母婚姻幸福感、家長教養與子女行為表現之間關係的研究非常有限。研究團隊使用上海和大台北地區共3,258名家長的資料，分析了父母婚姻幸福感對孩子的影響，以及教養方式在婚姻幸福感與兒童行為結果之間的中介效果。此研究結果顯示，上海和大台北地區父母的婚姻幸福感與民主權威的教養風格呈現正向關聯，與嚴厲的教養風格則呈現負向關聯。此外，進一步的高階統計分析模型結果顯示，教養風格是婚姻幸福感與兒童行為結果之間的中介因子。也就是說，婚姻幸福感透過民主權威、嚴厲的教養風格直接和間接地影響子女的行為，這些子女行為包括社交行為、退縮行為、注意力問題和攻擊行為。婚姻幸福感越高的家長，更可能採取民主權威的教養方式，這能夠協助孩子社交能力的發展。而婚姻幸福感低的家長，越可能以嚴厲教養方式管教孩子，而孩子的退縮行為、注意力問題與攻擊行為比例也越高。根據這些研究結果看來，華人社會中促進兒童福祉的介入方案應該從父母與子女的關係擴展到夫妻之間的關係。政府和非政府組織可以促進大眾理解婚姻幸福感在家庭中的作用，特別是婚姻幸福感對孩子正向發展的影響。相關單位還可以協助輔導家長建立和維持高品質的婚姻關係，促進家庭福祉與兒童的健康成長。

Title: Happy parents, happy kids: Marital happiness, parenting styles, and children's behavioral outcomes in Chinese societies

Abstract: 

Objective 
We examine the impacts of parental marital happiness on child outcomes. We also examine the potential mediating role of parenting styles in the relationship between marital happiness and children's behavioral outcomes.

Background
Parents' marital happiness lays a crucial foundation for successful parenthood, which contributes to children's positive development. However, scant research has examined the relationship between parental marital happiness and child outcomes in Chinese populations.

Method
Data from a subsample of 3,258 parents of third-grade children in Shanghai and Greater Taipei were analyzed (n = 1,285 from Shanghai; 1,973 from Greater Taipei). We conducted hierarchical multiple regression analyses to investigate whether marital happiness is a significant predictor of children's behavioral outcomes, adjusted for four covariates: parent gender, child gender, site, and subjective social status. We also conducted parallel mediation analyses to examine parenting styles as mediators.

Results
Our findings reveal that in both Shanghai and Greater Taipei, marital happiness was positively associated with authoritative parenting style and negatively associated with harsh parenting style. Moreover, marital happiness was significantly associated with children's behavioral outcomes, even after covariates were accounted for. Our parallel mediation analysis reveals that marital happiness had significant direct and indirect effects on children's behavioral outcomes through authoritative and harsh parenting styles.

Conclusion
Our findings demonstrate the pivotal importance of parental marital happiness in healthy child development.

Implications
Intervention programs promoting child welfare in Chinese communities should include interparental relations. Public resources should raise awareness of marital happiness and offer guidance and support for high-quality relationships.

研究全文請參考：https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12997