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Beyond Destructive and Constructive Interparental Conflict: Children's Psychological Vulnerability to Interparental Disorganization
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Davies, Patrick T.; Pearson, Joanna K.; Coe, Jesse L.; Hentges, Rochelle F.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L. – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Guided by models of family unpredictability, this study was designed to identify the distinctive sequelae of disorganized interparental conflict, a dimension of interparental conflict characterized by abrupt, inexplicable changes in parental emotional lability, conflict tactics, and verbalizations. Participants included 208 kindergarten children…
Descriptors: Conflict, Child Caregivers, Young Children, Kindergarten
Family Instability and the Problem Behaviors of Children From Economically Disadvantaged Families.
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Ackerman, Brian P.; Kogos, Jen; Youngstrom, Eric; Schoff, Kristen; Izard, Carroll – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Assessed relationship between family instability and problem behaviors at ages 5 and 7 years. Found direct, concurrent relations between family instability and preschool children's externalizing behavior in the context of other family process variables, relations between subsequent family instability and first-grade children's internalizing…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Disadvantaged Youth, Family Problems
Relationship of Socioeconomic Status to the Etiology and Developmental Sequelae of Physical Child Abuse.
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Trickett, Penelope K.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
The relationship of socioeconomic status (SES) to the etiology of physical child abuse and the consequences of abuse for child development was studied. There was an interaction of SES with abuse status. This suggests different relationships between SES and child rearing in abusive and nonabusive families. (BC)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Child Development
Gender-Specific Pathways between Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Family Discord, and Adolescent Adjustment.
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Davies, Patrick T.; Windle, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Examined relations among maternal depressive symptoms, family discord, and adolescent psychological adjustment. Found that maternal depressive symptoms were related to subsequent adolescent depressive symptoms, conduct problems, and academic difficulties for girls but not boys. Girls' greater vulnerability to family discord accounted for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Problems
Parenting Behavior and the Occurrence and Co-occurrence of Adolescent Depressive Symptoms and Conduct Problems.
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Ge, Xiaojia; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Evaluated prevalence of the co-occurrence of depressive symptoms and conduct problems in a community sample of 10th-grade adolescents participating in a four-year longitudinal study. Found that early hostile parent behavior increased the probability of later occurrence and co-occurrence of elevated depressive symptoms and conduct problems, whereas…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns