Two studies tested hypotheses about the distinctive psychological consequences of
children's patterns of responding to interparental conflict. In Study 1, 174 preschool children …

The association between hostile interparental conflict and youth maladjustment is examined
in this article. Based on the review of literature, it is suggested that the effects of a hostile …

While research has repeatedly demonstrated that interparental conflict is related to poorer
child/adolescent functioning in the areas of internalizing and externalizing problems, as well …

This review summarizes the literature on the relationship between marital conflict and child
maladjustment with an emphasis on variables that qualify, explain the association, or both …

Children's appraisals of conflict are a mechanism by which parental discord can lead to child
maladjustment. The cognitive-contextual framework proposes that parent–child relationships …

Moderational and mediational models of the relationships among appraisals, interparental
conflict, and children's adjustment were tested in a sample of 174 families with a school-age …

Contrary to the traditional view that conflict is necessarily and always harmful to children, this
study examined whether children differentiated constructive and destructive marital conflict …

This study examined direct and indirect associations between overt and covert interparental
conflict (IPC), parent—child conflict, and their links to youth problem behaviors. Data were …

Parents' frequent destructive conflicts may lead children to respond to these disputes in
maladaptive ways and these distressing and maladaptive responses, in turn, may lead to …

Adolescent research has traditionally focused on adolescent adjustment outcomes in the
context of interparental conflict, rather than jointly examining predictive relationships …