Abstract
Examines 3 sets of influences on marital satisfaction during the transitional period of the family life cycle between childhood and adolescence: aspects of the adolescent's development, features of the parent-adolescent relationship, and psychological characteristics of the midlife adults. Multiple regression analyses indicate that marital satisfaction during the family's adolescent years is negatively influenced by distance in the father--son or mother--daughter relationship, and by wives' concerns about midlife identity issues. (Abstract amended)