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Peer reviewedLowman, Joseph – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1980
Three studies demonstrate that the Inventory of Family Feelings, a measure of family affective structure, has high reliability and construct and concurrent validity. It is appropriate for affective comparisons by age, sex, and ordinal position of children and for measuring change after family or marital therapy, or after predictable stress…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Measures, Family Problems, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedDoyle, Anna Beth; Brendgen, Mara; Markiewicz, Dorothy; Kamkar, Katy – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2003
The role of adolescents' family relationships as moderators of the negative associations between early steady dating and adjustment was investigated. As predicted, negative associations between early steady dating and adjustment were moderated by family factors and gender. Findings suggest that success in prior relationships contributes to…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Dating (Social), Early Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment
Peer reviewedTschann, Jeanne M.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1989
Used a model of family process to predict 178 children's emotional adjustment and behavior problems during parents' divorce. Findings showed that the parents who had less marital conflict had better relationships with their children after separation, which in turn was associated with more adaptive child functioning. (TE)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Child Development, Divorce
Peer reviewedRulcker, Tobias – European Education, 1992
Addresses the question of social change as it affects the lives of children and their opportunities for learning. Describes the diversity of lifestyles that social change has brought. Argues that schools must accommodate inequality among children as regards their family experience as well as more traditional inequalities of aptitude, status, or…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life, Family Relationship, Family Status
Peer reviewedFincham, Frank D. – Child Development, 1998
Examines aspects of the marital relationship and its assessment relevant to scholars of child development. Reviews current knowledge regarding marital quality, behavior, emotional responding, and cognition in marriage. Makes recommendations for assessment and argues that the child's perspective of the marriage is critical for understanding…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Developmental Psychology, Evaluation
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
Download full textLambert, Richard G.; McCarthy, Christopher J.; Mejia, Olga L.; Liu, Hsin-tine T.; Wolter, Christienne D. – 1998
Family sources of stress and conflict are important variables in the well-being of children, adolescents, and young adults. In this study, current models of stress are contrasted with earlier versions, definitions are reviewed, and ambiguities in conceptualization are brought out. Current research on affective information processing is thought to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Students, Coping, Family Problems
Rudolph, Linda B. – 1983
One of the most dramatic changes in the American culture in recent years is the emergence of a family unit experiencing stages of disruption and reorganization as a common pattern. The stereotypical middle-class, suburban family continues to exist, but other variations of families exist also, family units for which past guidelines and assumptions…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Developmental Stages, Divorce
Kilgo, Reese D. – 1976
Based upon Maslow's hierarchy of human needs, interpersonal attraction (any personal relationship characterized by love and affection; husband-wife, parent-child, friendship) can be seen as the mutual meeting of emotional needs, especially at the fourth level (love needs) and the fifth level (esteem needs). These levels are differentiated into 10…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Human Relations, Individual Needs, Interaction Process Analysis
Peer reviewedLong, Barbara H. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
The effects of family structure and parental discord on the self-esteem of 199 female undergraduates were investigated. Family structure and happiness ratings were substantially related, with those separated rated as less happy. Parental discord appeared to lower the self-esteem of daughters, whereas separation of parents did not. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Correlation, Daughters, Divorce, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedWestman, Jack C. – Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, 1972
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Child Development, Children
Watson, Toy F. – J Int Ass Pupil Personnel Workers, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Childhood Attitudes, Family Problems
Direct linkColey, Rebekah Levine; Hernandez, Daphne C. – Developmental Psychology, 2006
In a sample of low-income families (N = 239), structural equation models assessed predictors of fathers' involvement with preschool-aged children in instrumental, behavioral, and emotional realms. Results suggest that parental conflict has a strong negative relation with father involvement. Fathers' human capital characteristics, healthy…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Social Capital, Low Income, Low Income Groups
Lystad, Mary, Ed. – 1974
Violence in the family is defined as a mode of behavior involving the use of physical force among family members. Such force varies in severity from homicide at one extreme to mild spankings at the other. It also varies by intent. In some cases the intent is to control people's behavior; in other cases it is to vent personal hostility; in still…
Descriptors: Aggression, Annotated Bibliographies, Antisocial Behavior, Behavioral Science Research
National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, Minn. – 1973
The Task Force on Divorce and Divorce Reform was established by the Family Action Section of the National Council on Family Relations in the Fall of 1971. Its purpose was to study divorce in relation to the family, and draft a report which would constitute the basis for action by the NCFR and its members. Since several aspects of divorce were to…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Divorce, Family Life, Family Problems
