Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
Fam Process. 2022 Jun;61(2):841-857. doi: 10.1111/famp.12703. Epub 2021 Aug 5.
Adolescents who are triangulated into interparental conflict are at increased risk for psychological maladjustment. However, little is known about factors that may predict family risk for triangulating adolescents, or protective factors that can off-set this risk. In this study, we conducted longitudinal tests of family, parent, and adolescent factors that might predict increases in triangulation over time. The sample included 174 adolescents and their mother figures from two-parent families (58% female; M = 14.75 years) who provided data on two occasions, six months apart. Hierarchical linear regression models evaluated family, parent, and adolescent risk factors for triangulation into interparental conflict, and subsequently parent's emotion coaching and adolescent gender as potential moderators of risk for triangulation. Findings revealed that low family cohesion, parent depression, and adolescent difficulties with emotion regulation represented risks for triangulation. Parent emotion coaching moderated the association between low interparental love and triangulation differentially based on adolescent gender.
被卷入父母冲突的青少年面临心理失调的风险增加。然而，对于可能预测家庭将青少年卷入冲突的风险因素，或可以抵消这种风险的保护因素，知之甚少。在这项研究中，我们对可能随时间预测三角化增加的家庭、父母和青少年因素进行了纵向测试。样本包括来自双亲家庭的 174 名青少年及其母亲（58%为女性；平均年龄 14.75 岁），他们在两次相隔六个月的时间提供了数据。分层线性回归模型评估了家庭、父母和青少年三角化父母冲突的风险因素，随后是父母的情绪辅导和青少年性别作为三角化风险的潜在调节因素。研究结果表明，家庭凝聚力低、父母抑郁和青少年情绪调节困难是三角化的风险因素。父母的情绪辅导根据青少年的性别不同，调节了低父母之爱与三角化之间的关系。
