Adult conflict history and children's subsequent responses to conflict: An experimental test
Adult conflict history and children's subsequent responses to conflict: An experimental test
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DOI：
10.1037/0893-3200.13.4.610
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发表时间：
1999-12-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Heindel, S
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作者：
Davies, PT;Myers, RL;Heindel, S
虽然婚姻冲突历史与儿童在冲突暴露期间反应增加之间的相关性已有很好的记录（即，致敏性），因果关系的问题仍未解决。本研究将敏感化假说，这是一个关键的预测，关于父母间冲突的几个理论，以实验测试。3个年龄组（幼儿期、青春期前、青春期后期）的儿童观看了一对成年夫妇的录像带，这对夫妇有（a）4次敌对的、未解决的冲突（破坏性的）或（B）4次温和的、已解决的冲突（建设性的）。接下来，所有的孩子都接受了采访，询问他们在目睹同一对成年夫妇之间的标准冲突后的反应。支持敏化假说，破坏性的冲突历史引起了更多的负面模式，在多个领域的反应，年龄和性别调节许多影响。结果表明，建设性的冲突历史对儿童有良性的影响。
Although correlations between marital conflict histories and increased reactivity by children during conflict exposure are well documented (i.e., sensitization), questions about causality remain unresolved. This study subjected the sensitization hypothesis, which is a critical prediction of several theories about interparental conflict, to an experimental test. Children in 3 age groups (early childhood, preadolescence, late adolescence) viewed videotapes of an adult couple engaged in a history of (a) 4 hostile, unresolved conflicts (destructive) or (b)4 mild, resolved conflicts (constructive). Next, all children MI ere interviewed about their responses after witnessing a standard conflict between the same adult couple. Supporting the sensitization hypothesis, destructive conflict histories elicited more negative patterns of responding across multiple domains; age and gender moderated many effects. Results suggested that constructive conflict histories had benign effects on children.