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Influences of Marital Conflict on Child Adjustment: Review of Theory and Research

Zimet, Daniel M., Jacob, Theodore·2001·Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
DOI 10.1023/a:1013595304718
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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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  1. Herzberger, S., & Tennen, H. (1986). Coping with abuse: perspectives on their abusive treatment. In N. Ashmore & D. Brodzinsky (Eds.), Thinking about the family: Views of parents and children (pp. 277-300). Hillsdale, NJ: Earlbaum.
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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
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2001-12
Volume
4
Issue
4
Pages
319-335
ISSN
  • 1096-4037 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2827
DOI
10.1023/a:1013595304718
OpenAlex
W1566430035
Cited by
176
References
90
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 7
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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