Although there is strong evidence for the effect of interparental conflict on adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems, little is known about the effect on the quality of adolescents’elationships. The current study investigates the link between adolescents’ friendships and interparental conflict as reported by both parents and adolescents.It considers early adolescents’ emo…
Cognitive appraisals and family dynamics have been identified as mediators of the relationship between marital conflict and children’s adjustment. Surprisingly little research has investigated both meditational processes in the same study. Guided by the cognitive-contextual framework and the spillover hypothesis, the present study integrated factors from both theories early adolescents’ ap…