Interparental conflict appraisal and general fearfulness in middle adolescence
Authors
LACINOVÁ, Lenka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Radka MICHALČÁKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Ondřej BOUŠA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care, 2013, 1745-0136
The purpose of this study is to analyze relationships between interparental conflict and experienced fears in middle adolescents. A total of 534 fifteen-year-old adolescents from the European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (49% girls) completed measures of interparental conflict (Children's Perceptions of Interparental Conflict Scale) and their subjective experienced fears (free-response method Cake of Fear). Multiple linear regression analyses indicate that sex significantly predicted the number of reported fears as did feelings of own efficacy in coping with interparental conflict. Girls tend to report more fears and higher conflict frequency, intensity, and threat than boys; the growing feeling of coping efficacy with parental conflict decreases the amount of reported fears only in the group of boys.
Links
GAP407/10/0859, research and development project
Name: Stopy prožité zátěžové situace v sebesystému dítěte a její další vliv na jednání v adolescenci