Although the assertion that marital hostility relates to higher levels of youth adjustment difficulties has been well established, few studies have examined cooperative marital conflict in relation to youth behavior problems. This study examined the main and moderating effects of cooperative marital conflict on youth behavior problems in a sample…

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…

Data were analyzed to examine the associations among marital conflict, ineffective parenting, and children's and adolescents' maladjustment. Use of harsh discipline and low parental involvement helped explain the connection between marital conflict and children's maladjustment in children ages 2-11. Parent-child conflict was a significant mediator…