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During the home visit, parents also completed the Attachment Q-set and the Conners questionnaire. Preschool teachers or daycare providers completed measures of the child's behavior problems and social behavior, and observers completed the Conners questionnaire. Results indicated that there were both direct and indirect effects of the marital relationship on preschooler's socio-emotional functioning, and that marital adjustment and marital behavior were differentially associated with preschoolers' functioning. Parents' reports of greater marital adjustment were associated with reports of fewer child internalizing and externalizing problems and greater security. These associations were not mediated by parenting behavior. However, parenting behavior mediated the associations among observed marital behavior and child security and externalizing problems. 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Observations of father-child, mother-child, and marital interaction were included. During the home visit, parents also completed the Attachment Q-set and the Conners questionnaire. Preschool teachers or daycare providers completed measures of the child's behavior problems and social behavior, and observers completed the Conners questionnaire. Results indicated that there were both direct and indirect effects of the marital relationship on preschooler's socio-emotional functioning, and that marital adjustment and marital behavior were differentially associated with preschoolers' functioning. Parents' reports of greater marital adjustment were associated with reports of fewer child internalizing and externalizing problems and greater security. These associations were not mediated by parenting behavior. However, parenting behavior mediated the associations among observed marital behavior and child security and externalizing problems. 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