Interparental Conflict and Youth Maladjustment

父母冲突与青少年适应不良

• 批准号: 6326695
• 负责人: CHERYL A BUEHLER
• 金额: $ 37.77万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-05-04 至 2006-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6326695
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; child behavior disorders; conflict; coping; depression; family structure /dynamics; human subject; interpersonal relations; longitudinal human study; parent offspring interaction; parents; peer group

DESCRIPTION: (adapted from Investigator's abstract) The purpose of this project is to identify factors that mediate and/or moderate the association between interparental conflict and youth maladjustment (youth aged 11-15). Several indicators of interparental conflict are examined, with a particular focus on overt (i.e., verbal and shape and aggression) and covert (i.e., triangling children) conflict styles. Youth maladjustment is indicated by externalizing problem behaviors (e.g., aggression, delinquency), internalizing problem behaviors (e.g., depression, withdrawal), and academic failure. The explanatory functions of several parenting practices are examined. These include the lack of parental support, overly harsh discipline, and parent-youth hostility, inadequate monitoring, inconsistent discipline, and parents' psychological intrusiveness. Youth's appraisals of their parents' conflictual interactions also may explain effects on youth maladjustment. Perceived conflict properties, perceived threat, and self-blame are three appraisal variables that are examined. Youth coping responses to the conflict, such as direct intervention or avoidance, also are examined for their mediating or moderating roles. Finally, the mediating or moderating effects of parents' depressive affect are explored. The explanatory function of each of these factors is analyzed with consideration given to the moderating effects of youth gender age. The research design is a yearly, four panel longitudinal assessment of 400 two-parent families. Youth and parents report on their perceptions of interparental conflict and parenting. One hour, semi-structured, in-home observations are videotaped of dyadic and triadic interactions among family members. These observations are coded using a version of the Iowa Family Interaction Rating Scales that has been expanded to include the coding of indirect, intrusive family processes such as covert interparental conflict and parents' use of psychological control with their youth.

描述：（改编自研究者摘要）本项目的目的 是确定介导和/或缓和 父母间冲突和青少年适应不良（11-15岁青少年）。几 研究了父母间冲突的指标，特别侧重于 明显的（即，言语和形状和攻击性）和隐蔽（即，三角测量 儿童）冲突风格。青少年适应不良表现为 问题行为（例如，攻击性、犯罪）、内化问题 行为（例如，抑郁症，退缩）和学术失败。 几个父母的做法的解释功能进行了检查。这些 包括缺乏父母的支持，过于严厉的纪律， 敌意，监督不足，不一致的纪律，和父母的 心理侵扰青少年对父母冲突的评价 相互作用也可以解释对青年适应不良的影响。感知 冲突属性、感知到的威胁和自责是三种评价 被检查的变量。青年应对冲突的对策，例如 直接干预或回避，也被检查其调解或 调节作用。最后，父母的行为的中介或调节作用 抑郁症的影响进行了探讨。每一个的解释功能 因素分析考虑到青年的调节作用 性别年龄 研究设计是一个年度，四个小组的纵向评估400 双亲家庭青年和家长报告了他们对 父母间冲突和养育。一个小时，半结构化，在家里 观察家庭之间的二元和三元互动录像 成员这些观测值使用爱荷华州族的一个版本进行编码 互动评级量表，已扩大到包括编码 间接的，侵入性的家庭过程，如隐性的父母间冲突， 父母对孩子的心理控制