What is it about?
This study describes a new measure of the different ways in which conflicts between parents are expressed, and how those conflicts might involve or affect children.
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Why is it important?
Although conflict is inevitable in any relationship, including between parents, not all kinds of conflict are harmful to the relationship. Therefore, this measure distinguishes between harmful and constructive forms of conflict. In addition, although we know that conflicts between their parents can cause stress to children, previous studies have not identified the particular pathways through which this occurs. To that end, this measure includes a specific subscale that assesses the extent to which children are directly exposed to or involved in their parents' conflicts.
Perspectives
This measure was designed to allow us to test theoretical hypotheses about the processes through which interparental conflict affects child development in a more fine-tuned way.
Dr Patricia K. Kerig
University of Utah
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This page is a summary of: Conflicts and Problem-Solving Scales, January 1996, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/t02128-000.
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