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26-04-2023 | Original Paper

Emerging Adults’ Perceptions of and Responses to Interparental Conflict

Auteurs: Kelly A. Warmuth, Angelina M. DeCapua, Abigail M. Fielding

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 4/2024

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Abstract

Negative and intense interparental conflict threatens emotional security, and children may respond to restore security, but emerging adults’ responses remain underexplored. We explored the relationship between perceived valence (positivity/negativity), intensity, and their interaction on 161 emerging adults’ (28% males) responses to interparental conflict. Participants listened to six audio conflict vignettes and rated their perceived negativity and intensity for each, as well as how they would respond if that conflict were between their parents. Using generalized estimating equations and linear mixed effects modeling, main effects showed that as perceived negativity or intensity increased, emerging adults were less likely to continue like normal, indicating their emotionally security was faltering, and they were more likely to attend to the conflict. Interaction effects showed that when emerging adults perceived conflict negativity and intensity as increasing across vignettes, they were even more likely to respond to the conflict with negative emotional reactivity, behavioral dysregulation, and mediation, but were less likely to respond with avoidance. Discussion addresses age-related differences in coping efficacy and emerging adults’ attempts to restore emotional security even when no longer living at home.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Emerging Adults’ Perceptions of and Responses to Interparental Conflict
Auteurs
Kelly A. Warmuth
Angelina M. DeCapua
Abigail M. Fielding
Publicatiedatum
26-04-2023
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 4/2024
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02582-4