Coping responses moderate prospective associations between marital conflict and youth adjustment.
Coping responses moderate prospective associations between marital conflict and youth adjustment.
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10.1037/fam0000169
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2016-08
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El-Sheikh M
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Tu KM;Erath SA;El-Sheikh M
儿童从事应对家庭冲突的反应进行了检查，在童年中期的婚姻冲突和内化和外化的症状在青春期之间的前瞻性关联的主持人。青年及其母亲参加了四波数据收集（T1至T3每隔一年，T3至T4每隔五年）。最终分析样本包括304名参与者（51%为男孩; 66%为欧洲裔美国人，34%为非洲裔美国人）。参与者在T1和T4时分别约为8岁和16岁。一个多信息，纵向设计，用于解决研究目标。母亲报告了婚姻冲突（T1至T3）和外在问题（T1至T4）;青年报告了应对家庭冲突的反应（T3）和内在症状（T1至T4）。主要（例如，解决问题）和次要（例如，认知再评价）参与应对被计算为比例分数（在所有应对反应中）。为了确定独特的影响，路径模型控制内化时预测外化症状，反之亦然。小学和中学参与应对出现了主持人。在婚姻冲突的背景下，较高水平的二级参与应对保护免受，而较低水平的二级参与应对增加风险，外化问题。相反，较低水平的初级和次级参与应对保护免受，而较高水平的初级和次级参与应对增加风险，内化症状的背景下，婚姻冲突。研究结果有助于小文学的调节作用，应对婚姻冲突的背景下，提供了进一步的洞察独特的外化和内化症状的预测。
Children's engaged coping responses to family conflict were examined as moderators of the prospective association between marital conflict in middle childhood and internalizing and externalizing symptoms in adolescence. Youth and their mothers participated in four waves of data collection (one-year intervals from T1 to T3, five-year interval between T3 and T4). The final analytic sample included 304 participants (51% boys; 66% European American, 34% African American). Participants were approximately 8 and 16 years old at T1 and T4, respectively. A multi-informant, longitudinal design was used to address study aims. Mothers reported on marital conflict (T1 to T3) and externalizing problems (T1 to T4); youth reported on coping responses to family conflict (T3) and internalizing symptoms (T1 to T4). Primary (e.g., problem-solving) and secondary (e.g., cognitive reappraisal) engaged coping were computed as proportion scores (out of all coping responses). Towards identifying unique effects, path models controlled for internalizing when predicting externalizing symptoms, and vice versa. Primary and secondary engaged coping emerged as moderators. In the context of marital conflict, higher levels of secondary engaged coping protected against, whereas lower levels of secondary engaged coping increased risk for, externalizing problems. Conversely, lower levels of primary and secondary engaged coping protected against, whereas higher levels of primary and secondary engaged coping increased risk for, internalizing symptoms in the context of marital conflict. Findings contribute to the small literature on the moderating role of coping in the context of marital conflict, providing further insight into the prediction of unique externalizing and internalizing symptoms.