Structural and system theories propose that disruptions in family subsystem functioning
increase risk for youth maladjustment. While there is growing evidence to support this …

Conflict in specific family systems (eg, interparental, parent–child) has been implicated in the
development of a host of adjustment problems in adolescence, but little is known about the …

This study was designed to delineate pathways between systems profiles of family
functioning, children's emotional insecurity in the interparental relationship, and their …

Objective The present study revisits the assumption in American culture, based in “family
privilege,” that children fare better in two‐parent households by longitudinally examining …

The first aim of the present study was to examine the extent to which the larger network of
family relationships (parent-adolescent, marital, and sibling relations) affect adolescent …

Based on family systems theory, the current research extends the literature beyond linear
and dyadic processes by examining relationships among multiple levels of the family system …

This study examines the ways in which different family processes and personal experiences
of social contexts are related to the adjustment of adolescents in a subsample of 755 mother …

This study asked whether family cohesion, a measure of whole family functioning, was
associated with adolescent siblings' externalizing problems, controlling for the quality of …

This investigation tested whether parenting mediates longitudinal associations between
marital conflict and children's adjustment. Data were drawn from a three‐wave study of 283 …

Contemporaneous and longitudinal associations among marital conflict, parentchild
relationship quality, and youth maladjustment were examined using data from the National …