TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - The role of family conflict and marital conflict in adolescent functioning
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - David, Corinne
A1  - Steele, Ric
A1  - Forehand, Rex
A1  - Armistead, Lisa
SP  - 81
EP  - 91
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
N2  - Recent research has suggested that general family conflict is more disruptive to child functioning than is marital conflict. We hypothesized, in contrast to earlier work, that marital conflict will contribute unique variance to our understanding of child functioning but only when it occurs in front of children. One hundred and forty-six mother/adolescent pairs served as participants. Mothers completed measures of marital and general family conflict. Both mothers and teachers completed measures on child functioning at two points in time separated by 1 year. Consistent with the earlier findings, general family conflict was more predictive of child adjustment problems than marital satisfaction. However, marital conflict occurring in front of the child was equally predictive of child problem behaviors as was general family conflict.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02333341
ID  - ref1
ER  -