@article{ref1,
title="Interparental conflict and adolescent emotional security across family structures",
journal="Family Process",
year="2023",
author="O'Hara, Karey L. and Cummings, E. Mark and Davies, Patrick T.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study investigated whether interparental conflict was differentially related to forms of emotional security (i.e., family, interparental, parent-child) and whether forms of emotional security were differentially associated with mental health problems for adolescents in married versus divorced/separated families. Participants were 1032 adolescents (ages 10-15; 51% male, 49% female; 82% non-Hispanic White, 9% Black/African American, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian or Pacific Islander, 2% Native American) recruited from a public school in a middle-class suburb of a United States metropolitan area. We used multiple group multivariate path analysis to assess (1) associations between interparental conflict and multiple measures of emotional insecurity (i.e., family, interparental, and parent-child), (2) associations between measures of emotional insecurity and internalizing and externalizing problems, and (3) moderation effects of parent-child relationships. The patterns of association were similar across family structures. A high-quality parent-child relationship did not mitigate the harmful effects of interparental conflict on emotional insecurity or mental health problems. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that regardless of family structure, emotional security across multiple family systems may be a critical target for intervention to prevent youth mental health problems, in addition to interventions that reduce conflict and improve parent-child relationships.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0014-7370",
doi="10.1111/famp.12872",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/famp.12872"
}