This study examined the possibility that mothers’ and children’s perceptions of affection with the children’s father spill over to perceptions of affectionate communication in related family subsystems, and affect individual levels of family and life satisfaction. Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM), we tested these relationships with 75 mother-child dyads reporting on perceptions of affection with fathers. The results show that both mothers and children perceived the family subsystem outside of their direct experience as more affectionate when they reported higher levels of affectionate communication with the father. In addition, affectionate communication with the father was linked to both family and life satisfaction for mothers and children. Implications for understanding spillover of affection in families are discussed.

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与父亲深情交流的母子报告：与家庭满意度和生活满意度的关联

这项研究检验了母亲和孩子对孩子父亲的感情观念是否会蔓延到相关家庭子系统中的感情交流观念，并影响个人家庭水平和生活满意度。使用演员-伙伴相互依存模型（APIM），我们用75个母子双子星测试了这些关系，这些子母鸡报告了对父亲的感情感知。结果表明，当母亲和孩子报告与父亲的亲密沟通水平更高时，他们在直接经历之外的家庭子系统更加亲切。此外，与父亲的亲切沟通与母亲和儿童的家庭和生活满意度息息相关。讨论了理解家庭中情感溢出的含义。