Protecting children from the consequences of divorce: A longitudinal study of the effects of parenting on children's coping processes
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This study examines whether intervention-induced changes in mother–child relationship quality and discipline led to short-term (6 months) and long-term (6 years) changes in children’s coping processes in a sample of 240 youth aged 9–12 years when assessed initially. Data were from a randomized, experimental trial of a parenting-focused preventive intervention designed to improve children’s postdivorce adjustment. Three-wave prospective mediational analyses revealed that intervention-induced improvements in relationship quality led to increases in coping efficacy at 6 months and to increases in coping efficacy and active coping at 6 years. Tests of the mediated effects were significant for all 3 indirect paths. Results are discussed in terms of pathways to adaptive coping and implications for the implementation of preventive interventions targeting coping.
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In a second study, improved parent-child relationship quality at posttest mediated increases in children's coping efficacy at six months and increases in coping efficacy and active coping at six years.
“In a second study (23), improvements in the quality of the parent-child relationship at posttest mediated increases in children’s coping efficacy at the six-month followup and increases in coping efficacy and active coping at the six-year followup.”
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- Authors
- Vélez, C. E., Wolchik, S. A., Tein, J.-Y., & Sandler, I.
- Affiliations
- Arizona State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wolchik, Sharlene A
- Venue
- Child Development
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2011-01-01
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 244-257
- ISSN
- 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8624
- PMC
- PMC3057658
- OpenAlex
- W1936146687
- Cited by
- 94
- References
- 68
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- FWCI
- 25.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Child Development (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01mh057013-03, 5t32mh018387-28)
- National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH-018387, P30MH068685, 5T32MH01837-15, 5P30MH068685-3, 1 R01MH057013-01A, R01 MH057013, P30MH039246, 2 P30MH439246-18, K23MH001837)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- parental divorce, children's coping, coping self-efficacy, active coping, mother-child relationship quality, parental discipline, parenting support, preventive interventions, mediation, children aged 9-12
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Child, Child Reactive Disorders, Child Rearing, Combined Modality Therapy, Divorce, Education, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mother-Child Relations, Prospective Studies, Psychotherapy, Group, Southwestern United States, Parenting
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