Interrelatedness of children’s psychological and physiological responses to interparental conflict: A moderating role of harsh parenting
| Autor: | Patrick T. Davies, Aryanne de Silva, E. Mark Cummings, Mengyu Miranda Gao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Sociology and Political Science
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Emotional security Moderation Article 050105 experimental psychology Physiological responses Developmental psychology Distress Emotional distress Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Reactivity (psychology) Association (psychology) Psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Soc Dev |
| ISSN: | 1467-9507 0961-205X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/sode.12376 |
| Popis: | Children’s psychological and physiological responses to interparental conflict have received considerable attention due to their implications for later adjustment, yet limited research has investigated the interplay between these two response systems. This study investigates patterns of association between children’s psychological responses (e.g., emotional distress) and cortisol reactivity to interparental conflict, including possible moderations by negative caregiving environment. Participants included 193 families (mother, father, and child). Parents completed questionnaires relating to their caregiving behaviors toward the child (107 girls and 86 boys, M age = 7.99 years, SD = 0.53 years) and children’s psychological responses to interparental conflict. Children provided three saliva samples over the course of watching videos depicting conflicts between two adults, whom children were asked to pretend were their parents. Based on a series of Latent Growth Curve Models, only children’s emotional responses to interparental conflict (indicated by increased distress) were associated with greater cortisol reactivity. Additionally, fathers’ harsh parenting behavior moderated the relation between children’s emotional reactivity and cortisol reactivity, yet the moderation effect was not found for mothers’ parenting. Findings are discussed in terms of the importance of exploring both psychological and physiological reactivity to conflict and the possible moderating role of harsh parenting. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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