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Interparental Discord and Child Adjustment: Prospective Investigations of Emotional Security as an Explanatory Mechanism

Cummings, E Mark, Schermerhorn, Alice C, Davies, Patrick T, Goeke-Morey, Marcie C, Cummings, Jennifer S·2006·Child Development
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00861.x
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Advancing the process-oriented study of links between interparental discord and child adjustment, 2 multimethod prospective tests of emotional security as an explanatory mechanism are reported. On the basis of community samples, with waves spaced 2 years apart, Study 1 (113 boys and 113 girls, ages 9–18) identified emotional security as a mediator in a 2-wave test, whereas Study 2 (105 boys and 127 girls, ages 5–7) indicated emotional security as an intervening mechanism in a 3-wave test. Relations between discord and emotional security increased as children moved into adolescence in Study 1. Emotional security was identified as an explanatory mechanism for both internalizing and externalizing problems in children.

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  • Cummings et al. found in a longitudinal community sample that insecurity about interparental conflict predicted adjustment problems more strongly in adolescence than in earlier childhood.

    “Notably, although many studies of secure base processes have focused on younger children, Cummings et al. (2006) reported in a longitudinal study of a community sample that emotional insecurity about interparental conflict was a stronger predictor of adjustment problems in adolescence than in earlier childhood, consistent with the notion that older children may be more aware of the threats posed”

    From Prospective Relations between Family Conflict and Adolescent Maladjustment: Security in the Family System as a Mediating Process (2015) · cites this paper as Cummings et al., 2006

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Authors
Cummings, E. M., Schermerhorn, A. C., Davies, P. T., Goeke-Morey, M. C., & Cummings, J. S.
Affiliations
  • University of Notre Dame (US)
  • University of Rochester (US)
  • University of Notre Dame
ORCID
Venue
Child Development
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2006-01-01
Volume
77
Issue
1
Pages
132-152
ISSN
  • 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8624
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00861.x
OpenAlex
W2015183167
Cited by
420
References
92
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FWCI
24.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH 57318, R01MH057318)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD036261, HD 036261)
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
child adjustment, emotional safety, mediation, parental conflict, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, adolescence
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Child, Child Behavior Disorders, Child, Preschool, Conflict, Psychological, Emotions, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Marriage, Personality Assessment, Personality Development, Prospective Studies, United States, Reactive Attachment Disorder

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