Adrenocortical Underpinnings of Children's Psychological Reactivity to Interparental Conflict

Autor/inn/en	Davies, Patrick T.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Cicchetti, Dante; Cummings, E. Mark
Titel	Adrenocortical Underpinnings of Children's Psychological Reactivity to Interparental Conflict
Quelle	In: Child Development, 79 (2008) 6, S.1693-1706 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01219.x
Schlagwörter	Conflict; Psychology; Grade 1; Physiology; Biochemistry; Psychological Patterns; Responses; Observation; Questionnaires; Family Relationship; Parents; Interpersonal Relationship; Predictor Variables; Stress Variables; Parent Child Relationship; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Konflikt; Psychologie; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Physiologie; Biochemie; Beobachtung; Fragebogen; Eltern; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Prädiktor; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	This study examined interrelationships among children's cortisol reactivity and their psychological reactivity to interparental conflict in a sample of 208 first graders (mean age = 6.6 years). Assessments of children's psychological reactivity to conflict distinguished among their distress, hostile, and involvement responses across multiple methods (i.e., observation, questionnaire) and informants (i.e., observer, parent). Relative to other forms of conflict reactivity, children's distress responses to interparental conflict were consistent, unique predictors of their elevated cortisol reactivity to interparental conflict even after inclusion of demographic factors as moderators and covariates. Moderator analyses further revealed that associations between distress and elevated cortisol levels in response to interparental conflict were particularly pronounced when children exhibited high levels of involvement in conflicts. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10