Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
9 p.
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Source Publication
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Source ISSN
1537-4416
Abstract
Children's appraisals of conflict are a mechanism by which parental discord can lead to child maladjustment. The cognitive-contextual framework proposes that parent-child relationships may affect how children perceive conflict, but this idea has rarely been examined empirically. This study investigated relations between conflict appraisals, parenting, and child adjustment in a sample of 150 8- to 12-year-old children, using a multi-informant, multimethod design. Mothers' coercive/controlling and emotionally unsupportive parenting magnified the relation between conflict and children's self-blame; emotionally supportive parenting diminished this association. Children's secure attachment with fathers was linked with less threat and self-blame; more security reduced self-blame for conflict. Data suggest that supportive, responsive parenting can buffer the effects of interparental conflict on children by reducing self-blaming attributions for parental discord.
Recommended Citation
DeBoard-Lucas, Renee Lynn; Fosco, Gregory M; Raynor, Sarah R.; and Grych, John H., "Interparental conflict in context: exploring relations between parenting processes and children's conflict appraisals." (2010). Psychology Faculty Research and Publications. 33.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/psych_fac/33
Comments
Accepted version. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Volume 39, Issue 2, pp 163-175 (2010). Permalink: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20390808 © Taylor & Francis (Routledge). Used with permission.