School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, REACH Institute, Arizona State University, Arizona, Tempe, USA.
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Fam Process. 2024 Mar;63(1):265-283. doi: 10.1111/famp.12872. Epub 2023 Mar 16.
This study investigated whether interparental conflict was differentially related to forms of emotional security (i.e., family, interparental, parent-child) and whether forms of emotional security were differentially associated with mental health problems for adolescents in married versus divorced/separated families. Participants were 1032 adolescents (ages 10-15; 51% male, 49% female; 82% non-Hispanic White, 9% Black/African American, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian or Pacific Islander, 2% Native American) recruited from a public school in a middle-class suburb of a United States metropolitan area. We used multiple group multivariate path analysis to assess (1) associations between interparental conflict and multiple measures of emotional insecurity (i.e., family, interparental, and parent-child), (2) associations between measures of emotional insecurity and internalizing and externalizing problems, and (3) moderation effects of parent-child relationships. The patterns of association were similar across family structures. A high-quality parent-child relationship did not mitigate the harmful effects of interparental conflict on emotional insecurity or mental health problems. Findings suggest that regardless of family structure, emotional security across multiple family systems may be a critical target for intervention to prevent youth mental health problems, in addition to interventions that reduce conflict and improve parent-child relationships.
本研究旨在探讨父母冲突与不同形式的情感安全感（即家庭、父母间和亲子间）之间的关系，以及不同形式的情感安全感与已婚家庭和离异/分居家庭青少年心理健康问题之间的关系。参与者为 1032 名青少年（年龄在 10-15 岁之间；51%为男性，49%为女性；82%为非西班牙裔白人，9%为黑人和非裔美国人，5%为西班牙裔，2%为亚洲或太平洋岛民，2%为美国原住民），他们来自美国大都市区一个中产阶级郊区的一所公立学校。我们采用多组多元路径分析来评估：（1）父母冲突与多种情感不安全感（即家庭、父母间和亲子间）之间的关联；（2）情感不安全感与内化和外化问题之间的关联；（3）亲子关系的调节作用。这些关联模式在不同家庭结构中是相似的。良好的亲子关系并不能减轻父母冲突对情感不安全感或心理健康问题的负面影响。研究结果表明，无论家庭结构如何，多个家庭系统的情感安全感可能是预防青少年心理健康问题的一个重要干预目标，除了减少冲突和改善亲子关系的干预措施之外。
