Department of Applied Psychology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Minervastr. 30, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
J Youth Adolesc. 2012 Sep;41(9):1240-52. doi: 10.1007/s10964-012-9769-4. Epub 2012 May 9.
Although there is strong evidence for the effect of interparental conflict on adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems, little is known about the effect on the quality of adolescents' relationships. The current study investigates the link between adolescents' friendships and interparental conflict as reported by both parents and adolescents. It considers early adolescents' emotion regulation ability and attachment security as mediators. The analysis is based on a longitudinal study with two waves separated by 12 months. The participants were 180 two-parent families and their adolescent children (50.5 % girls), the average age of the latter being 10.61 years (SD = 0.41) at the outset (Time 1). Binomial logistic regression analysis revealed that perceived interparental conflict increased the risk of instability in friendship relationships across the 1-year period. Structural equation modeling analysis indicated that the association between perceived interparental conflict and friendship quality was mediated by emotion regulation and attachment security. The discussion focuses on mechanisms whereby interparental conflict influences early adolescents' friendship relationships.
尽管有大量证据表明父母间冲突会对青少年的内化和外化问题产生影响，但对于其对青少年人际关系质量的影响知之甚少。本研究调查了父母和青少年报告的青少年友谊与父母间冲突之间的联系，并考虑了青少年情绪调节能力和依恋安全性作为中介因素。该分析基于一项为期 12 个月的两次随访的纵向研究。参与者为 180 个双亲家庭及其青少年子女（女孩占 50.5%），后者在开始时（第 1 时间点）的平均年龄为 10.61 岁（SD=0.41）。二项逻辑回归分析显示，感知到的父母间冲突增加了友谊关系在 1 年内不稳定的风险。结构方程模型分析表明，感知到的父母间冲突与友谊质量之间的关联受情绪调节和依恋安全性的中介作用。讨论重点关注父母间冲突影响青少年友谊关系的机制。
