The Developmental Costs and Benefits of Children's Involvement in Interparental Conflict
The Developmental Costs and Benefits of Children's Involvement in Interparental Conflict
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DOI：
10.1037/dev0000024
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发表时间：
2015-08-01
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4
通讯作者：
Cummings, E. Mark
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作者：
Davies, Patrick T.;Coe, Jesse L.;Cummings, E. Mark
建立在经验性文件的儿童参与在父母间的冲突作为一个弱的预测心理病理学，我们测试的假设，参与冲突更一贯地作为一个调解人之间的关联儿童的情绪反应，父母间的冲突和他们的心理问题。在研究1中，263名早期青少年（M年龄= 12.62岁），母亲和父亲完成了家庭和儿童功能的调查，在2个测量场合间隔2年。在研究2中，243名学龄前儿童（M年龄= 4.60岁）参加了多方法（即，观察、结构化访谈、调查）测量组合，以评估家庭功能、儿童对父母间冲突的反应以及他们的心理适应。在这两项研究中，潜在差异得分分析显示，参与调节情绪反应和儿童心理（即，内部化和外部化）问题。当儿童高度卷入冲突时，儿童对父母冲突的情绪反应对儿童的心理适应不良有显著的预测作用。此外，参与的发展效益和成本作为情绪反应的函数而变化。参与父母间的冲突预测增加心理问题的儿童经历高情绪反应和心理问题的减少，当他们表现出低情绪反应。我们在新的情绪安全理论（例如，Davies & Martin，2013）和儿童父母身份的家庭系统模型（例如，Byng-Hall，2002年）。
Building on empirical documentation of children's involvement in interparental conflicts as a weak predictor of psychopathology, we tested the hypothesis that involvement in conflict more consistently serves as a moderator of associations between children's emotional reactivity to interparental conflict and their psychological problems. In Study 1, 263 early adolescents (M age = 12.62 years), mothers, and fathers completed surveys of family and child functioning at 2 measurement occasions spaced 2 years apart. In Study 2, 243 preschool children (M age = 4.60 years) participated in a multimethod (i.e., observations, structured interview, surveys) measurement battery to assess family functioning, children's reactivity to interparental conflict, and their psychological adjustment. Across both studies, latent difference score analyses revealed that involvement moderated associations between emotional reactivity and children's increases in psychological (i.e., internalizing and externalizing) problems. Children's emotional reactivity to interparental conflict was a significantly stronger predictor of their psychological maladjustment when they were highly involved in the conflicts. In addition, the developmental benefits and costs of involvement varied as a function of emotional reactivity. Involvement in interparental conflict predicted increases in psychological problems for children experiencing high emotional reactivity and decreases in psychological problems when they exhibited low emotional reactivity. We interpret the results in the context of the new formulation of emotional security theory (e.g., Davies & Martin, 2013) and family systems models of children's parentification (e.g., Byng-Hall, 2002).