This study investigated childhood experience, personality, and marital satisfaction to parenting behaviors. Subjects were 288 Fathers and 331 mothers of 4th and 5th grade children. Data consisted responses to questionnaires. For both mothers and Fathe...
This study investigated childhood experience, personality, and marital satisfaction to parenting behaviors. Subjects were 288 Fathers and 331 mothers of 4th and 5th grade children. Data consisted responses to questionnaires. For both mothers and Fathers, overall parenting behaviors were positively related to their childhood experience, personality, and marital satisfaction. Childhood experience influenced parenting directly and indirectly through marital satisfaction and personality. Father`s childhood experience influenced parenting directly and indirectly through marital satisfaction and personality. Father`s personality was the most predictable variable for fathers` parenting. Mother`s marital satisfaction was the most significant variable predicting mothers` parenting.