Adolescents' Cognitive and Emotional Responses to Marital Hostility

• Autores: Cheryl Buehler, Garrett Lange, Karen L. Franck
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 78, Nº. 3, 2007, págs. 775-789
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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.