Interparental Conflict and Youth Maladjustment

描述：(改编自调查者摘要)本项目的目的 就是找出调节和/或缓和 父母间冲突和青少年适应不良(11-15岁的青少年)。几个 考察了父母间冲突的指标，特别关注 公开的(即语言、形状和攻击性)和隐蔽的(即三角关系 儿童)冲突风格。青少年适应不良表现为外部化 问题行为(例如，攻击性、犯罪)，内化问题 行为(例如，抑郁、退缩)和学业失败。 本文考察了几种育儿方式的解释功能。这些 包括缺乏父母支持、过于严厉的管教和亲子情 敌意，监管不足，纪律不一致，以及父母的 心理侵扰。青年对父母冲突的评价 互动也可以解释对青少年适应不良的影响。感知到的 冲突属性、感觉到的威胁和自责是三种评估 被检查的变量。青年应对冲突的对策，例如 直接干预或回避，也被审查其调解或 协调角色。最后，父母的中介或调节作用 对抑郁情绪进行了探讨。其中每一项的解释功能 在考虑青年的调节作用的情况下，对因素进行了分析 性别年龄。 研究设计为每年一次，四个小组纵向评估400人 双亲家庭。年轻人和父母报告了他们对 父母间的冲突和养育子女。一个小时，半结构化，在家 观察记录了家庭之间的二元和三元互动 会员。这些观测数据使用爱荷华州家族的一个版本进行编码 已扩展到包括以下编码的互动评级量表 间接的、侵入性的家庭过程，如隐蔽的父母间冲突和 父母在年轻时对心理控制的使用。

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.