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dc.contributor.authorAtkinson, Erin R
dc.contributor.authorDadds, Mark R
dc.contributor.authorChipuer, Heather
dc.contributor.authorDawe, Sharon
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:51:38Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:51:38Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-08-05T07:16:28Z
dc.identifier.issn0091-0627
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10802-008-9275-z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/30322
dc.description.abstractPast research has emphasised the importance of children's appraisals of the threat posed by parent conflict for understanding links between interparental conflict and child outcomes. However, little is known about what it is that children actually find threatening about parent conflict. Children (n?=?236) aged 10-16 years were recruited to examine the relative contribution of four specific threat subtypes-fear of parent conflict escalating, fear of being drawn into parent conflict, fear of parent conflict resulting in family breakdown, and fear of parent conflict disrupting parent/child attachment relationships-in explaining links between interparental conflict and child internalising adjustment. Results showed that children's worries about being drawn into parent conflict mediated the relationship between interparental conflict and child internalising adjustment. Fear of interparental conflict disrupting parent/child attachment bonds mediated the relationship between interparental conflict and child internalising problems for girls, but not boys. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of considering multiple dimensions of threat for advancing understanding of the processes underlying the interparental conflict/child adjustment relationship.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom281
dc.relation.ispartofpageto292
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Abnormal Child Psychology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume37
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode170199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1701
dc.titleThreat is a multidimensional construct: Exploring the role of children's threat appraisals in the relationship between interparental conflict and child adjustment
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDawe, Sharon


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