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Parental Depressive Symptoms, Children's Representations of Family Relationships, and Child Adjustment
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Cummings, E. Mark; Schermerhorn, Alice C.; Keller, Peggy S.; Davies, Patrick T. – Social Development, 2008
This study extends the investigation of family process models of parental dysphoria and child adjustment, by examining depressive symptoms in both fathers and mothers, and by examining children's representations of family relationships as possible explanatory mechanisms. Participants were 232 children (Time 1 mean age: 5.99; 105 boys, 127 girls)…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Attachment Behavior, Family Relationship, Depression (Psychology)
Marital Conflicts in the Home When Children Are Present versus Absent.
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Papp, Lauren M.; Cummings, E. Mark; Goeke-Morey, Marcie C. – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Drew from 47 parents' reports over a 15-day period to compare characteristics of marital conflict when children (8-16 years) were present versus absent. Found that mothers described 669 incidents of conflict and fathers described 551 incidents. About two-thirds of marital conflicts occurred in children's absence. Child-present conflicts were more…
Descriptors: Children, Family Environment, Parent Child Relationship, Parents
Child Emotional Security and Interparental Conflict.
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Davies, Patrick T.; Harold, Gordon T.; Goeke-Morey, Marcie C.; Cummings, E. Mark – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2002
Four studies tested a theory that high interparental conflict increases child mental health risk by shaking children's sense of security in the family. Findings showed that children's fear, avoidance, and involvement were prominent responses, especially relative to reactions predicted by other theories. Interparental conflict related to greater…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Childhood Attitudes