Interparental Conflict and Child Development: Theory, Research and Applications

by Edited by John H. Grych , Frank D. Fincham

• ISBN13: 9780521651424
• ISBN10: 0521651425
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-19
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Interparental Conflict and Child Development provides an in-depth analysis of the rapidly expanding body of research on the impact of interparental conflict on children. Emphasizing developmental and family systems perspectives, it investigates a range of important issues, including the processes by which exposure to conflict may lead to child maladjustment, the role of gender and ethnicity in understanding the effects of conflict, the influence of conflict on parent-child, sibling, and peer relations, family violence, and interparental conflict in divorced and step-families. It also addresses the implications of this research for prevention, clinical intervention, and public policy. Each chapter examines relevant conceptual and methodological questions, reviews on pertinent data, and identifies pathways for future research. Thus, the books serves both to describe the 'state of the art' of the field and to chart the course for continued investigation into the links between marital and child functioning.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
Interparental Conflict and Child Adjustment: An Overview	1	(8)
John H. Grych
Frank D. Fincham
Part One. Foundations
Conceptual Issues in Understanding the Relation between Interparental Conflict and Child Adjustment: Integrating Developmental Psychopathology and Risk/Resilience Perspectives	9	(30)
Gayla Margolin
Pamella H. Oliver
Anna Marie Medina
The Study of Relations between Marital Conflict and Child Adjustment: Challenges and New Directions for Methodology	39	(25)
E. Mark Cummings
Marcie C. Goeke-Morey
Tammy L. Dukewich
Does Gender Moderate the Effects of Marital Conflict on Children?	64	(34)
Patrick T. Davies
Lisa L. Lindsay
Ethnic Minority Status, Interparental Conflict, and Child Adjustment	98	(31)
Vonnie C. McLoyd
Camille I. Harper
Nikeea Lynell Copeland
Part Two. Basic Processes
The Role of Emotion and Emotional Regulation in Children's Responses to Interparental Conflict	129	(28)
Susan Crockenberg
Adela Langrock
Understanding the Impact of Interparental Conflict on Children: The Role of Social Congnitive Processes	157	(31)
John H. Grych
Shalini Cardoza-Fernandes
Physiological Processes as Mediators of the Impact of Marital Conflict on Children	188	(25)
Lynn Fainsilber Katz
Children's Coping with Interparental conflict	213	(36)
Patricia K. Kerig
Part Three. Family and Peer Contexts
Interparental Conflict and Parent -- Child Relationships	249	(24)
Martha J. Cox
Blair Paley
Kristina Harter
Sibling Relationships and Interparental Conflict	273	(18)
Judy Dunn
Lisa Davies
Managing Marital Conflict: Links with Children's Peer Relationships	291	(24)
Ross D. Parke
Mina Kim
Mary Flyr
David J. McDowell
Sandra D. Simpkins
Colleen M. Killian
Margaret Wild
Domestic Violence and Child Adjustment	315	(22)
Ernest N. Jouriles
William D. Norwood
Renee McDonald
Beth Peters
When Conflict Continues after the Marriage Ends: Effects of Postdivorce Conflict on Children	337	(26)
Christy M. Buchanan
Kelly L. Heiges
Marital Conflict in Stepfamilies	363	(24)
Mark A. Fine
Part Four. Applications
Clinical Prevention and Remediation of Child Adjustment Problems	387	(30)
Cynthia M. Turner
Mark R. Dadds
Interparental Conflict and Social Policy	417	(26)
Robert E. Emery
Part Five. Future Directions
Advancing Understanding of the Association between Interparental Conflict and Child Development	443	(10)
Frank D. Fincham
John H. Grych
Author Index	453	(18)
Subject Index	471