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Title
Children's appraisals as a mediating factor in the relation between interparental conflict and child adjustment
Description
This study examined the mediating role of children's self-reported appraisals in the relation between interparental conflict intensity and child adjustment. Both parent-reported and child-reported conflict intensity were used as predictor variables. Findings suggested that children's total appraisals mediated the relationship between child-reported conflict intensity and all four outcome variables (conduct disorder, depression, anxiety, and total adjustment). Additionally, children's appraisals of negative evaluation by others mediated the relationship between child-reported conflict intensity and depression, and both rejection and negative evaluation by others mediated the relationship between child-reported conflict intensity and anxiety. Only one mediational relationship was established when assessing conflict intensity through parent report, with children's appraisals of harm to others mediating the relationship between parent-reported conflict intensity and anxiety. Findings from this study outline the importance of assessing conflict and appraisals from the child's perspective as results indicated a higher level of mediating effects of child appraisals in the relation between conflict and child outcomes when assessing conflict from the child's perspective.
Date Created
2014
Contributors
- Beard, Rachelle (Author)
- Miller, Paul A. (Thesis advisor)
- Caterino, Linda C (Thesis advisor)
- Nakagawa, Kathryn (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
vii, 148 p. : ill
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.24851
Statement of Responsibility
by Rachelle Beard
Description Source
Viewed on May 19, 2015
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2014
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-132)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Educational psychology
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- 2014-06-09 02:08:15
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- 2021-08-30 01:35:43
- 2 years 7 months ago
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