Constructive and Destructive Marital Conflict, Emotional Security and Children's Prosocial Behavior

Autor/inn/en	McCoy, Kathleen; Cummings, E. Mark; Davies, Patrick T.
Titel	Constructive and Destructive Marital Conflict, Emotional Security and Children's Prosocial Behavior
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50 (2009) 3, S.270-279 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01945.x
Schlagwörter	Psychological Needs; Prosocial Behavior; Structural Equation Models; Conflict; Parent Child Relationship; Marital Instability; Security (Psychology); Emotional Adjustment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Konflikt; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Familienkonflikt; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Emotionale Anpassung
Abstract	Background: This study addresses the gaps in understanding the relationship between constructive and destructive marital conflict and children's prosocial behavior from a process-oriented perspective. Method: Data were drawn from a three-wave study of 235 families with children ages 5-7 at wave 1. Relations between constructive and destructive marital conflict, children's emotional security, warm parenting and children's prosocial behavior were examined through the use of structural equation modeling. Results: Even after controlling for prior levels of children's prosocial behavior at wave 1, children's emotional security acted as an intervening variable between both constructive and destructive marital conflict and children's prosocial behavior over time. Conclusions: These findings advance the relationship between marital conflict and children's adjustment by focusing on children's prosocial behavior and highlight the need to further investigate the impact of positive dimensions of marital conflict on dimensions of children's positive social functioning. (As Provided).
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