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Peer reviewedConger, Rand D.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Tested a model of family conflict and coercion that linked economic stress in family life to adolescent symptoms of internalizing and externalizing emotions and behaviors. Subjects were 378 seventh graders and their families in rural Iowa. Found that spousal irritability and hostile exchanges over money matters increased the likelihood of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Economic Factors, Emotional Problems
Peer reviewedConger, Rand D.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Adolescent girls and their parents and a sibling completed questionnaires that measured several family variables and were observed interacting. Found that family economic pressures led to parents' depression, marital conflict, and disrupted parenting. Parents' depressed mood and disrupted child-rearing practices affected girls' adjustment. (BC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Rearing
Download full textConger, Rand D. – 1997
Research findings on the early precursors of substance use and related adjustment difficulties have led to interest in developmental models to explain problem behavior. This paper examines five major themes that characterize the relationship among social context, individual disposition, and syndromes of problem behaviors that include substance use…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Behavior Problems, Child Development, Child Rearing
Peer reviewedConger, Rand D.; Wallace, Lora Ebert; Sun, Yumei; Simons, Ronald L.; McLoyd, Vonnie C.; Brody, Gene H. – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Evaluated applicability of family stress model of economic hardship for understanding economic influences on child development among African American families with a 10- or 11-year-old child. Found that economic hardship positively related to economic pressure in families, and to emotional distress of caregivers, which in turn damaged the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Child Development, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedHarold, Gordon T.; Conger, Rand D. – Child Development, 1997
Studied role of adolescents' awareness in relationship between marital conflict and adolescent distress. Found marital conflict was related to parental hostility toward adolescents and adolescents' awareness of conflict; parental hostility and adolescents' awareness of marital conflict were related to adolescent-perceived parental hostility. Found…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies, Marital Instability
