Factors Influencing Children's Appraisals of Interparental Conflict: The Role of Parent-Child Relationship Quality

2020-11-01
Selcuk, S. Ule
Isanoglu, Zulal
Sayil, Melike
Sumer, Nebi
Kazak Berument, Sibel
The cognitive contextual model proposes that children's appraisals of interparental conflict (IPC) can influence their adjustment. In addition, previous research revealed that interparental disputes may reflect on parent-child relationship that is linked with children's self-blame and threat appraisals concerning IPC. However, there is a scarcity of research directly addressing the intervening role of the parent-child relationship on children's appraisals of IPC. Thus, we investigated the mediating role of different aspects of the parent-child relationship (i.e., psychological control, warmth, and attachment security) in the link between IPC and self-blame and threat appraisals. Participants were 1,309 children, their mothers, and their fathers. SEM analyses indicated that higher IPC was related to higher parental psychological control and lower child attachment security, which in turn was associated with higher self-blame or threat appraisals. The pattern of relationships was similar across child and parent gender.
JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES

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S. U. Selcuk, Z. Isanoglu, M. Sayil, N. Sumer, and S. Kazak Berument, “Factors Influencing Children’s Appraisals of Interparental Conflict: The Role of Parent-Child Relationship Quality,” JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES, pp. 0–0, 2020, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41028.