Factors influencing children's appraisals of interparental conflict: the role of parent-child relationship quality

Selçuk, Şule and İşcanoğlu, Zulal and Sayıl, Melike and Sümer, Nebi and Berument Kazak, Sibel (2020) Factors influencing children's appraisals of interparental conflict: the role of parent-child relationship quality. Journal of Family Issues . ISSN 0192-513X (Print) 1552-5481 (Online) Published Online First http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513X20910765

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Abstract

The cognitive contextual model proposes that children’s appraisals of interparental conflict (IPC) can influence their adjustment. In addition, previous research revealed that interparental disputes may reflect on parent-child relationship that is linked with children’s self-blame and threat appraisals concerning IPC. However, there is a scarcity of research directly addressing the intervening role of the parent-child relationship on children’s appraisals of IPC. Thus, we investigated the mediating role of different aspects of the parent-child relationship (i.e., psychological control, warmth, and attachment security) in the link between IPC and self-blame and threat appraisals. Participants were 1,309 children, their mothers, and their fathers. SEM analyses indicated that higher IPC was related to higher parental psychological control and lower child attachment security, which in turn was associated with higher self-blame or threat appraisals. The pattern of relationships was similar across child and parent gender.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: interparental conflict; psychological control; parental warmth; attachment security; self-blame; threat appraisal
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Psychology
Depositing User: Nebi Sümer
Date Deposited: 22 Sep 2020 09:18
Last Modified: 22 Sep 2020 09:18
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/40092

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