Longitudinal Effects of PostDivorce Interparental Conflict on Children’s Mental Health Problems Through Fear of Abandonment: Does Parenting Quality Play a Buffering Role?
Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In a sample of 559 children (ages 9-18), researchers investigated whether: (a) fear of abandonment mediated the association between postdivorce interparental conflict (IPC) and mental health problems, and (b) parent-child relationship quality moderated the association between IPC and fear of abandonment. Mediation analyses indicated that pretest IPC predicted fear of abandonment 3 months later, which then predicted child- and teacher-reported mental health problems 10 months later. The hypothesized protective effect of a high-quality parent-child relationship was not observed. IPC predicted fear of abandonment for all children, except for those with low- and moderate-quality father-child relationships, for whom IPC was not significantly related to fear of abandonment. Findings highlight the need to optimize child coping programs and improve parenting-after-divorce programs to reduce IPC.
Source: Child Development
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13539
Institution: Arizona State University
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1328726661, Promoting effective coping by children exposed to post-divorce interparental conflict to reduce risk for mental health problems, Effects of a parenting-after-divorce program 26 years later on physical health, mental health, and competence outcomes in adult offspring and their children, Multi-Court Trial of NBP to Prevent Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorder, Estimating Mediation Effects in Prevention Studies, Research training in drug abuse prevention: closing the research-practice gap
OpenAlex ID: W3119976140