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Adolescents' Cognitive and Emotional Responses to Marital Hostility

Adolescents' Cognitive and Emotional Responses to Marital Hostility Early adolescents' (11–14 years) responses to marital hostility were examined in a sample of 416 families. The cognitive‐contextual perspective and emotional security hypothesis guided the study and 9 adolescent responses were identified. Prospective associations were examined in several structural equation models that included adolescent problems as outcomes. Self‐blame and perceived threat uniquely mediated the association between Year 1 marital hostility and Year 3 adolescent externalizing problems (p<.05). Self‐blame, lower constructive representations, internalization of feelings, avoidance, and emotional dysregulation uniquely mediated the association between Year 1 marital hostility and Year 3 internalizing problems. Specific cognitive and emotionally based responses are important to understanding how martial hostility affects youth and need to be considered within an integrated model. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Child Development Wiley

Adolescents' Cognitive and Emotional Responses to Marital Hostility

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0009-3920
eISSN
1467-8624
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01032.x
pmid
17517004
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Abstract

Early adolescents' (11–14 years) responses to marital hostility were examined in a sample of 416 families. The cognitive‐contextual perspective and emotional security hypothesis guided the study and 9 adolescent responses were identified. Prospective associations were examined in several structural equation models that included adolescent problems as outcomes. Self‐blame and perceived threat uniquely mediated the association between Year 1 marital hostility and Year 3 adolescent externalizing problems (p<.05). Self‐blame, lower constructive representations, internalization of feelings, avoidance, and emotional dysregulation uniquely mediated the association between Year 1 marital hostility and Year 3 internalizing problems. Specific cognitive and emotionally based responses are important to understanding how martial hostility affects youth and need to be considered within an integrated model.

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Child DevelopmentWiley

Published: May 1, 2007

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