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Direct linkStover, Carla Smith; Connell, Christian M.; Leve, Leslie D.; Neiderhiser, Jenae M.; Shaw, Daniel S.; Scaramella, Laura V.; Conger, Rand; Reiss, David – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: Previous studies have linked marital conflict, parenting, and externalizing problems in early childhood. However, these studies have not examined whether genes account for these links nor have they examined whether contextual factors such as parental personality or financial distress might account for links between marital conflict and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Financial Problems, Aggression, Mothers
McCoy, Kathleen; Cummings, E. Mark; Davies, Patrick T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: This study addresses the gaps in understanding the relationship between constructive and destructive marital conflict and children's prosocial behavior from a process-oriented perspective. Method: Data were drawn from a three-wave study of 235 families with children ages 5-7 at wave 1. Relations between constructive and destructive…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Prosocial Behavior, Structural Equation Models, Conflict
El-Sheikh, Mona – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Children's emotional responses and physiological reactivity to conflict were examined as mediators and moderators in the associations between exposure to parental marital conflict and child adjustment and cognitive problems. Method: One hundred and eighty elementary school children participated. In response to a simulated argument,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Females, Emotional Response, Family Characteristics
Cummings, E. Mark; Keller, Peggy S.; Davies, Patrick T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Research has focused on maternal dysphoria and child adjustment. However, family process models indicate gaps in the study of paternal dysphoria, broader family functioning, and diverse child outcomes. Method: A community sample of 235 mothers and fathers of kindergarten children completed measures of depressive symptoms, family…
Descriptors: Marital Instability, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Kindergarten
Ruschena, Eda; Prior, Margot; Sanson, Ann; Smart, Diana – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: This study examined the impact of family transitions, that is, parental separation, divorce, remarriage and death, upon the lives of Australian children and adolescents in a longitudinal study of temperament and development. Methods: Using longitudinal and concurrent questionnaire data, outcomes for young people experiencing…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality, Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment
Keller, Peggy S.; Cummings, E. Mark; Davies, Patrick T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Research suggests that children exposed to parental drinking problems are at risk for maladjustment. However, the potential impact of drinking problems in a community sample and the processes involved in the relationship between parental drinking and child outcomes have rarely been examined. Method: A community sample of 235 mothers…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Conflict, Child Rearing, Alcohol Abuse
Foley, Debra L.; Pickles, Andrew; Rutter, Michael; Gardner, Charles O.; Maes, Hermine H.; Silberg, Judy L.; Eaves, Lindon J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: It is not known if the prevalence of parental psychiatric disorders is higher in stepfather than intact families, or if parental alcoholism is differentially associated with risk for conduct disorder (CD) symptoms in stepfather families versus intact families. Method: The sample comprised 839 girls and 741 boys from 792 intact families…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Personality Problems, Family (Sociological Unit), Incidence
