Examined work domain pressures as sources of work-family conflict among 119 2-career couples. Data provided strong support for the influence of work ole stressors on 2 forms of work-family conflict: time-based conflict and strain-based conflict. Effect of task characteristics and work salience on work-family conflict was somewhat stronger for…

Young adolescents (N=178) reported their perceptions of interparental conflict, while their mothers and fathers completed a self-report measure of their conflict. Results indicated that both parental report (particularly maternal) and adolescent perception of interparental conflict were significantly related to teacher assessment of adolescent…

Addresses the issue of alcoholism in the family, looking at the child in the alcoholic family, the influence of the alcoholic parent, and the effects of chemical dependency on the family. Provides strategies for interventions with children of alcoholics that elementary school counselors can use to help the children adjust in the school…

Investigated 64 depressed and 74 nondepressed college students' differing perceptions of their current family organizations. Depressed students consistently reported more inappropriate family interactions. Implications for the counseling of depressed college students are discussed. (TE)

Results suggested that preadolescents and adolescents understand but reject or subordinate parents' conventional interpretations of family conflict, and reinterpret them as issues of personal jurisdiction. Parents understand but reject children's claims to personal jurisdiction, and state the issues in conventional terms. (RH)

Reviews literature on stepfamilies to identify work with major implications for policymakers, service providers, clinicians, and researchers. Discusses implications and gaps in knowledge to encourage further research. Stresses need for greater interdisciplinary communication and on-going collaborative efforts. Argues for remarriage preparation…

Examines data from clients reported and treated for child abuse and neglect to determine the role of stress in the commission of subsequent acts of abuse and neglect. Results indicate that stressful events and seriousness of the initial abusive incident had significant effects on commission of subsequent abusive and neglectful acts. (BB)

Examined contribution of seven different aspects of eldercare to prediction of several work and personal outcomes among employees of eight organizations. Results revealed assistance with eldercare management activities and the number eldercare crises to which the employee responded. Each placed respondents at risk of more family interference with…

Tested a process model for the impact of children's exposure to marital conflict on their behavior adjustment with a sample of 28 couples and their 6-year-old children. Found that maternal conflict behavior and children's negative emotional reactions to fathers independently predicted children's behavioral adjustment. (MDM)

Examined perceptions of interparental conflict, parent-child relations, and adjustment among 169 sixth and seventh graders, focusing on the role of parent and child gender in these associations. Found that perceptions of interparental conflict were more strongly associated with negative mother-son relationships compared to same-gender dyads. (MDM)

Reviews the scientific literature on children of alcoholics (COAs) from 1988 to 1992, which is divided into two categories: practitioner-oriented and research-oriented. Results indicate that recent research on COAs no longer suffers from earlier methodological problems, and that a large number of COAs are resilient, calling into question…

This paper examines two types of interaction between families and professionals that appear to accompany escalating, and potentially fatal, child abuse. In the case of "closure," families attempt to withdraw from contact with the outside world and particularly from monitoring professionals. In "covert warnings," families approach professionals and…

Data from an observational study of police behavior are used to test the thesis that arrest is less likely for spousal violence. Findings indicate that although officers are unlikely to arrest in spousal assault cases, they are equally unlikely to arrest in other types of violence. (JBJ)

Explored the effects of familial responsiveness and behavior control on internalizing and externalizing symptoms in adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Found that lower levels of familial responsiveness were associated with externalizing symptoms, and with dismissive attachment representations. (HTH)

This study asked 40 children and adolescents to rate their own and their foster families using the Family Assessment Measure. It found that the children rated the functioning of their foster families well within the normal range but tended to rate their own families as closer to the norms for problem families. (MDM)