Family origins of distinct forms of children's involvement in interparental conflict.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has highlighted the value in parsing unidimensional assessments of children's involvement in interparental conflict into distinct forms for advancing an understanding of children's development; however, little is known about the underlying antecedents of distinct forms of involvement. The present study provides the first systematic analysis of the interparental conflict and parenting predictors of residualized change in maternal reports of three forms of children's involvement in interparental conflict (i.e., cautious, caregiving, coercive). Participants in this multimethod, multi-informant longitudinal study included 243 preschool children (M_age = 4.60 years), mothers, and their partners from racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse backgroun

SUBMITTER: Thompson MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9720877 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature