Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University.
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina-Greensboro.
J Fam Psychol. 2017 Oct;31(7):910-921. doi: 10.1037/fam0000341. Epub 2017 Aug 14.
Not all youth exposed to hostile marital interactions develop negative responses to marital conflict. Cooperative marital conflict has long been considered as an important way of managing conflict and may serve as an important context in which hostility might convey during marital interactions. In light of little prior attention placed on the positive side of conflict processes, the main and moderating effects of cooperative marital conflict on youth responses to marital conflict were examined in a sample of 416 2-parent families using a multimethod, 2-year prospective design. Cooperative marital conflict was associated with decreases in youth emotional dysregulation, perceived threat, and behavioral dysregulation, and increases in constructive family representations and coping efficacy. As a specific dimension of cooperation, effective conflict resolution was associated uniquely with elevated youth coping efficacy, and decreased emotional and behavioral dysregulation; marital warmth was associated uniquely with increased constructive family representations. Significant interactions between marital hostility and marital cooperation also were found. These findings highlight the importance of examining cooperation above and beyond hostility in studies of marital conflict in order to better understand youth development during early adolescence. (PsycINFO Database Record
并非所有接触过敌对婚姻互动的年轻人都会对婚姻冲突产生负面反应。合作型婚姻冲突一直被认为是管理冲突的重要方式，并且可能是婚姻互动中敌意传达的重要背景。鉴于先前很少关注冲突过程的积极方面，本研究采用多方法、2 年前瞻性设计，在 416 个双亲家庭样本中检验了合作型婚姻冲突对青年对婚姻冲突反应的主要和调节作用。合作型婚姻冲突与青少年情绪失调、感知威胁和行为失调的减少，以及建设性家庭代表和应对效能的增加有关。作为合作的一个特定维度，有效的冲突解决与青少年应对效能的提高以及情绪和行为失调的减少有关；婚姻温暖与建设性家庭代表的增加有关。婚姻敌意和婚姻合作之间也存在显著的相互作用。这些发现强调了在研究婚姻冲突中青年发展时，除了敌对关系之外，还需要考察合作关系的重要性，以便更好地理解这一问题。
