Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict

Date

1992

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Publisher

Child Development

Abstract

This study is based on work by Grych and Fincham’s (1990) cognitive-contextual model. The study is meant to examine how children interpret conflict between parents or between their parent and their parent’s partner and child adjustment. The ways in which children interpret and understanding of parental conflict are related to child adjustment can be assessed. This instrument was developed to assess how children view interparental conflict. There are multiple subscales and three superordinate scales: Conflict properties (Frequency, Intensity, Resolution), Threat (Threat, Coping Efficacy) and Self-Blame (Content, Self-Blame). (CVR Abstract).

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Keywords

survey, survey instrument, child abuse, intimate partner violence, witnessing domestic violence, secondary victimization, vicarious trauma, domestic violence, child trauma, trauma, child maltreatment, coping skills, conflict tactics, population: children, child development, child behavior

Citation

Grych, J. H., Seid, M., & Fincham, F.D. (1992). Assessing marital conflict from the child's perspective: The children's perception of interparental conflict scale [Instrument]. Child Development, 63, 558-572.

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