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The Vestiges of Childhood Interparental Conflict: Adolescent Sensitization to Recent Interparental Conflict
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Davies, Patrick T.; Thompson, Morgan J.; Martin, Meredith J.; Cummings, E. Mark – Child Development, 2021
This study examined whether childhood interparental conflict moderated the mediational pathway involving adolescent exposure to interparental conflict, their negative emotional reactivity to family conflict, and their psychological problems in a sample of 235 children (M[subscript age] = 6 years). Significant moderated-mediation findings indicated…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Conflict, Parent Influence, Child Development
Interparental Conflict as a Curvilinear Risk Factor of Youth Emotional and Cortisol Reactivity
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Davies, Patrick T.; Parry, Lucia Q.; Bascoe, Sonnette M.; Cicchetti, Dante; Cummings, E. Mark – Developmental Psychology, 2020
This study examined interparental conflict as a linear and curvilinear predictor of subsequent changes in adolescents' negative emotional reactivity and cortisol functioning during family conflict and, in turn, their psychological difficulties. In addition, adolescents' negative emotional reactivity and cortisol functioning during family conflict…
Descriptors: Parents, Interpersonal Relationship, Conflict, Predictor Variables
The Legacy of Early Insecurity Histories in Shaping Adolescent Adaptation to Interparental Conflict
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Davies, Patrick T.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Bascoe, Sonnette M.; Cummings, E. Mark – Child Development, 2014
This study tested whether the mediational pathway involving interparental conflict, adolescent emotional insecurity, and their psychological problems was altered by their earlier childhood histories of insecurity. Participants included 230 families, with the first of the five measurement occasions occurring when children were in first grade…
Descriptors: Parents, Conflict, Adolescents, Emotional Development
Adolescents' Educational Outcomes in a Social Ecology of Parenting, Family, and Community Risks in Northern Ireland
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Goeke-Morey, Marcie C.; Taylor, Laura K.; Merrilees, Christine E.; Cummings, E. Mark; Cairns, Ed; Shirlow, Peter – School Psychology International, 2013
This study examines the influence of social ecological risks within the domains of parenting, family environment, and community in the prediction of educational outcomes for 770 adolescents (49% boys, 51% girls, "M"?=?13.6 years, "SD"?=?2.0) living in a setting of protracted political conflict, specifically working class areas…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Risk, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement