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Download full textSimpson, Kelly S.; And Others – 1992
This study examined the specific relations and processes underlying the association between marital disturbance and child maladjustment. Data were gathered on 51 9- through 12-year-olds, along with their parents, on specific dimensions of marital discord, children's coping responses to conflict, and child adjustment. Parent reports, child reports…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Conflict, Coping
Parker, Tommie – 1984
Evaluation of child-centered families with mentally retarded children has generated a body of theory based on new concepts of these families. Evidence suggests that relational processes interfering with functional structure in these families also give rise to significant emotional development problems for the retarded child. In turn, symptoms are…
Descriptors: Children, Family Problems, Marital Instability, Mental Retardation
Martin, Sarah E.; Clements, Mari L. – 1997
This study examined young children's affective distress and behavioral responses to parental marital conflict. Forty-eight 4-year-olds and their parents participated in the study. Mothers and fathers independently completed measures of marital conflict, children's reactions to marital conflict, and child behavior problems, while the children…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Coping, Emotional Adjustment, Fathers
PDF pending restorationClements, Mari L.; And Others – 1997
This study examined the effects of marital violence on children's relationships with parents, peers, and teachers. Forty-eight 4-year-olds and their parents participated in two laboratory sessions: one with all three family members and one with the child alone with several unfamiliar peers. Half of the marital couples were physically violent,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Family Relationship, Family Violence, Marital Instability
Sell, Kenneth D. – 1979
Results are presented of an intensive search of U.S. newspapers and periodicals on the joint custody of children after divorce, where both parents have continued responsibility for parenting and where the children spend part of each week, month, or year with both of the parents. Areas of concern addressed by these materials include the following:…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Child Rearing, Divorce, Family Relationship
Weber, Judith Libhaber; O'Brien, Mary – 1995
Guided by the cognitive-contextual theory of J. H. Grych and F. D. Fincham (1990), which emphasizes the importance of children's perceptions of conflict as well as conflict characteristics and contextual factors, this study investigated children's appraisals of various types of simulated marital conflict. Seventy Latino children, aged 7 to 12…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns
