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Ferguson, Lucy Rau; Allen, Deborah R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Parents completed the Locke-Wallace Scale, the Interpersonal Checklist, and the Children's Behavior Checklist to assess marital satisfaction, congruence of perceptions, and agreement in perceptions of their child and child adjustment. Variables were positively intercorrelated. Similarity in partners' self-concepts and psychological empathy were…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Johnson, Stephen M.; Lobitz, Gretchen K. – 1974
Evaluated was the relationship of the personal and marital adjustment of 31 sets of parents to their own behavior as parents and the behavior problems of their children (mean age 7.7 years). Families who had been referred for behavioral counseling regarding child problems were given a diagnostic battery which included home observations as well as…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing
Weber, Judith Libhaber; O'Brien, Mary – 1995
Guided by the cognitive-contextual theory of J. H. Grych and F. D. Fincham (1990), which emphasizes the importance of children's perceptions of conflict as well as conflict characteristics and contextual factors, this study investigated children's appraisals of various types of simulated marital conflict. Seventy Latino children, aged 7 to 12…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns