Children's appraisals of interparental conflict: Situational and contextual influences
Children's appraisals of interparental conflict: Situational and contextual influences
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DOI:
10.1037/0893-3200.12.3.437
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发表时间:
1998-09-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Grych, JH
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作者:
Grych, JH
Children's appraisals of interparental conflict have been linked with their adjustment and their strategies for coping with conflict, but the factors that influence the appraisal process are less clear. This study examined cognitive and emotional responses of 60 7-12-year-old children to audiotaped conflictual interactions. Properties of the conflict, family factors, and child characteristics were related to children's appraisals; the most consistent predictors were the level of hostility expressed in the interaction, children's prior experience with physically aggressive interparental conflict, and children's age. These findings indicate that children's perceptions and interpretations of interparental conflict are influenced by the larger context in which a conflict occurs as well as the way the conflict is expressed.