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Sprey, Jetse – J Marriage Fam, 1969
Discusses conventional treatment of family harmony and conflict in a consensus-equilibrium framework, suggests as more fruitful approach view of family as a system in conflict. Briefly outlines premises underlying such a frame of reference and explores its implications for study of family. Revision of paper presented at Ohio Valley Sociological…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Conflict, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Problems
Direct linkGerard, Jean M.; Krishnakumar, Ambika; Buehler, Cheryl – Journal of Family Issues, 2006
Contemporaneous and longitudinal associations among marital conflict, parent-child relationship quality, and youth maladjustment were examined using data from the National Survey of Families and Households. Analyses were based on 551 married families with a child age 5 to 11 years at Wave 1. The concurrent association between marital conflict and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Conflict, Parent Child Relationship, Marriage
Peer reviewedDoherty, William J. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1981
Presents the second part of a cognitive model of family conflict. Proposes that high efficacy enhances persistence in family problem solving while low efficacy inhibits such efforts, and that chronic low efficacy may lead to learned helplessness responses in family members. (Author)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, Conflict, Coping
Cui, Ming; Conger, Rand D.; Lorenz, Frederick O. – Developmental Psychology, 2005
The present prospective, longitudinal study of 451 adolescents and their parents extends earlier research by investigating whether change in marital problems predicts change in adolescent adjustment, after controlling for other marital problems and socioeconomic status. Latent growth curves over a period of 5 years were used, and the results…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Parents, Adjustment (to Environment), Marital Instability
Rancer, Andrew S.; Niemasz, JoAnn – 1988
In order to identify causes of spousal abuse, current research efforts have attempted to reconstruct the communicative components of physically aggressive encounters within the family. An interactionist model of intrafamily violence, proposed by D. A. Infante, suggests that the interaction of personal, situational, and societal conditions may lead…
Descriptors: Aggression, Battered Women, Communication Problems, Communication Research
Brody, Gene H.; Stoneman, Zolinda – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1987
Proposes a theoretical framework of sibling conflict that includes temperamental characteristics of the siblings, the parent-sibling relationship, and the interaction between these factors. Continuing research validates this framework. (BJV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Psychology, Childhood Attitudes
Foley, Debra L.; Pickles, Andrew; Rutter, Michael; Gardner, Charles O.; Maes, Hermine H.; Silberg, Judy L.; Eaves, Lindon J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: It is not known if the prevalence of parental psychiatric disorders is higher in stepfather than intact families, or if parental alcoholism is differentially associated with risk for conduct disorder (CD) symptoms in stepfather families versus intact families. Method: The sample comprised 839 girls and 741 boys from 792 intact families…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Personality Problems, Family (Sociological Unit), Incidence
