Forehand R, McCombs A
Psychology Department, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1989 Apr;17(2):235-49. doi: 10.1007/BF00913797.
While research has demonstrated that interparental conflict is associated with poor child and adolescent functioning, studies have not yet addressed the characteristics of such conflict. The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to report reliability and validity data of a questionnaire, the Interparental Conflict Questionnaire (ICQ), designed to assess the nature of interparental conflict more thoroughly than has been done previously, and (2) to compare the nature of such conflict in a married and divorced sample. Fifty-five married and 46 divorced parents, all of whom had a young adolescent, participated by completing two questionnaires: the O'Leary-Porter Scale and the ICQ. Validity (e.g., correlation with the O'Leary-Porter Scale) was generally acceptable for the ICQ, whereas test-retest reliability tended to be moderate to low. Additional findings indicated that heated arguments rarely occurred. Furthermore, in comparing married and divorced parents, the former discussed issues more and, to some extent, the latter argued more. However, one of the most striking aspects of the findings was the similarity of the married and divorced samples in terms of their conflict. Implications of the findings for understanding and explaining the role of interparental conflict in child and adolescent functioning are explored.
虽然研究表明父母间的冲突与儿童和青少年的不良机能有关，但尚未有研究探讨此类冲突的特征。本研究的目的有两个：（1）报告一份问卷——父母间冲突问卷（ICQ）的信效度数据，该问卷旨在比以往更全面地评估父母间冲突的性质；（2）比较已婚和离异样本中此类冲突的性质。55对已婚父母和46位离异父母参与了研究，他们都育有一名青少年，研究要求他们完成两份问卷：奥利里 - 波特量表和ICQ。ICQ的效度（如与奥利里 - 波特量表的相关性）总体上可以接受，而复测信度则趋于中等偏低。其他研究结果表明激烈争吵很少发生。此外，在比较已婚和离异父母时，前者更多地讨论问题，而在某种程度上，后者争吵更多。然而，研究结果最显著的一个方面是已婚和离异样本在冲突方面的相似性。本文探讨了这些研究结果对于理解和解释父母间冲突在儿童和青少年机能中所起作用的意义。
