Clements Mari L, Martin Sarah E, Randall David W, Kane Karen L
Fuller Theological Seminary.
Simmons College.
Couple Family Psychol. 2014 Jun;3(2):110-125. doi: 10.1037/cfp0000017.
Interparental relationship conflict has consistently been linked to child adjustment problems, with children's perceptions of such conflict particularly predictive of their outcomes. Despite mounting evidence that preschool children can provide reliable and valid accounts of family functioning, little research has examined preschool children's perceptions of interparental conflict. The present study employed a multi-informant design for both reports of interparental conflict (preschool children and their mothers and fathers) and reports of child adjustment (preschool children, their mothers and fathers, and their preschool teachers). Children completed pictorial measures of interparental conflict and of self-esteem that paralleled questionnaires completed by adult respondents. For both child behavior problems and child self-esteem, preschool children's perceptions of interparental conflict predicted their adjustment. Preschool children's reports of interparental conflict were significantly associated with their self-esteem and with both parents' and teachers' reports of child behavior problems, and this association remained significant when controlling for parents' reports of interparental conflict. Further, the interaction between parents' reports and children's reports of interparental conflict added unique variance to the prediction of preschool teachers' reports of children's behavior problems.
父母之间的关系冲突一直与孩子的适应问题相关，孩子对这种冲突的认知尤其能预测他们的结果。尽管越来越多的证据表明学龄前儿童能够对家庭功能给出可靠且有效的描述，但很少有研究考察学龄前儿童对父母间冲突的认知。本研究采用多 informant 设计，用于父母间冲突报告（学龄前儿童及其父母）和儿童适应报告（学龄前儿童及其父母以及他们的幼儿园教师）。孩子们完成了与成人受访者填写的问卷相对应的父母间冲突和自尊的图片测量。对于儿童行为问题和儿童自尊，学龄前儿童对父母间冲突的认知都能预测他们的适应情况。学龄前儿童对父母间冲突的报告与他们的自尊以及父母和教师对儿童行为问题的报告显著相关，并且在控制了父母对父母间冲突的报告后，这种关联仍然显著。此外，父母对父母间冲突的报告与孩子对父母间冲突的报告之间的交互作用，为幼儿园教师对儿童行为问题报告的预测增加了独特的方差。
