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Maternal Relationship Instability Influences on Children's Emotional and Behavioral Functioning in Low-Income Families
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Bachman, Heather J.; Coley, Rebekah Levine; Carrano, Jennifer – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
The present study investigated associations between maternal relationship instability patterns and children's behavioral and emotional functioning in middle childhood in a representative sample of low-income urban families (N = 891). Data from the "Three-City Study" tracked maternal partnerships through the child's life, assessing total marital…
Descriptors: Low Income, Low Income Groups, Parent Child Relationship, Correlation
Parental Marital Discord and Treatment Response in Depressed Adolescents
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Amaya, Meredith M.; Reinecke, Mark A.; Silva, Susan G.; March, John S. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
Evidence suggests that parental marital discord contributes to the development of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in children and adolescents. Few studies, however, have examined the association between parental marital discord and youth's response to treatment. The present study examined the impact of interparental discord on treatment…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Behavior Modification, Adolescents, Therapy
Marital Conflict and Risk for Child Maladjustment over Time: Skin Conductance Level Reactivity as a Vulnerability Factor
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El-Sheikh, Mona; Keller, Peggy S.; Erath, Stephen A. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007
Skin conductance level reactivity (SCLR) was examined as a longitudinal mediator and moderator of relations between parental marital conflict and psychopathology among children and young adolescents. Participants were 157 boys and girls (M age at T1 = 9.31 years; SD = 1.97); there was a 2-year lag between T1 and T2 assessments. At T1,…
Descriptors: Conflict, Marital Instability, Parents, Risk
Children's Perceptions of Marital Discord and Behavior Problems of Boys and Girls.
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Emery, Robert E.; O'Leary, K. Daniel – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1982
In 50 behavior problem children it was found that marital discord, as predicted, was most strongly related to conduct problems in boys, boys and girls perceived parental marital discord with equal and moderate accuracy, and children's feelings of nonacceptance were not significantly related to ratings of marital discord. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Marital Instability, Peer Acceptance
Effects of Marital Discord on the School Behavior of Children and Schizophrenic, Affectively Disordered, and Normal Parents.
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Emery, Robert; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1982
Marital discord accounted for much of the association between having a parent with bipolar disorder or unipolar depression and school problem behavior, but the same variable did not explain the relationship between having a schizophrenic parent and problems in school. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Depression (Psychology), Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence
Examining Subtypes of Behavior Problems among 3-Year-Old Children, Part II: Investigating Differences in Parent Psychopathology, Couple Conflict, and Other Family Stressors
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Goldstein, Lauren H.; Harvey, Elizabeth A.; Friedman-Weieneth, Julie L.; Pierce, Courtney; Tellert, Alexis; Sippel, Jenna C. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007
This study examined family stressors among 3-year-old children who were classified as hyperactive (HYP), hyperactive and oppositional defiant (HYP/OD), and non-problem based on mothers' reports of behavior. Children with HYP/OD were found to experience higher levels of family stressors than non-problem children on almost every family stressor…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Parents, Etiology, Behavior Problems
Family Instability and Child Maladjustment Trajectories during Elementary School
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Milan, Stephanie; Pinderhughes, Ellen E. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2006
This study examines the relation between family instability and child maladjustment over a 6-year period in 369 children from four communities. Measures were collected annually from kindergarten through fifth grade. In associative growth curve models, family instability trajectories predicted children's externalizing and internalizing behavior…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Family Problems, Family Environment, Children