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Influences of Marital Conflict on Child Adjustment: Review of Theory and Research
Abstract
This review summarizes the literature on the relationship between marital conflict and child maladjustment with an emphasis on variables that qualify, explain the association, or both. Following a historical review, the modest findings on the strength of the association between marital conflict and child maladjustment is explored. The definition of marital conflict is clarified through specification of its various dimensions (frequency, intensity, content, resolution). The role of variables that serve to moderate and/or mediate the relationship between marital conflict and child maladjustment are elaborated. Mediating models include exposure theories (Modeling, Cognitive-Contextual effects: appraisal of threat and blame, and Emotional Insecurity) and changes in the parent-child relationship (Spillover). Variables that moderate or qualify the relationship include children's cognitions and behaviors, contextual factors, and demographic differences. A model is presented summarizing these mechanisms. Research recommendations are proposed and the clinical implications of this literature are addressed.
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“Exposure to frequent, intense, and poorly resolved interparental conflict puts adolescents at risk for problems in many domains, including internalizing and externalizing problems, and stress physiological dysfunction.”
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“In fact, research suggests that interparental conflict may impact children’s mental health more negatively than divorce”
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- Authors
- Zimet, D. M., & Jacob, T.
- Affiliations
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Corresponding author
- Zimet, Daniel M.
- Venue
- Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
- Published
- 2001-12
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 319-335
- ISSN
- 1096-4037 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2827
- OpenAlex
- W1566430035
- Cited by
- 176
- References
- 90
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Keywords
- marital conflict, child maladjustment, child adjustment, spillover effects, modeling, emotional insecurity, parent-child relationship, mediation, moderation, children's cognition, demographic differences
- MeSH terms
- Adjustment Disorders, Child, Child Development, Conflict, Psychological, Divorce, Humans, Marriage, Parent-Child Relations, Psychological Theory
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