An emotional security hypothesis that builds on attachment theory is proposed to account for
recent empirical findings on the impact of marital conflict on children and to provide …

It is widely assumed that a linkage, crucial to the understanding of child behavior, exists
between marital and parent–child relationship quality. A meta-analysis of 68 studies was …

New edition of the classic The Role of the Father in Child Development The Role of the
Father in Child Development, Fourth Edition brings together contributions from an …

Research on coparenting has grown over the past decade, supporting a view of coparenting
as a central element of family life that influences parental adjustment, parenting, and child …

This meta-analysis examined 118 studies of the psychosocial outcomes of children exposed
to interparental violence. Correlational studies showed a significant association between …

Until recently, research focused on discovering the genetic and biological causes, under the
assumption that biological structures contained within the individual largely accounted for …

Evidence from 85 studies was examined to identify risk factors most strongly related to
intimate partner physical abuse perpetration and victimization. The studies produced 308 …

This study presents a model of harsh parenting that has an indirect effect, as well as a direct
effect, on child aggression in the school environment through the mediating process of child …

This study used meta-analysis to examine the relationship between childhood exposure to
domestic violence and children's internalizing, externalizing, and trauma symptoms. Results …

The purpose of this study is to examine the association between interparental conflict and
parenting using meta‐analytic review techniques. One‐hundred and thirty‐eight effect sizes …