Marital conflict and children : an emotional security perspective /

Cummings, E. Mark.

Marital conflict and children : an emotional security perspective / E. Mark Cummings, Patrick T. Davies. - New York : Guilford Press, c2010. - xvi, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The Guilford series on social and emotional development . - Guilford series on social and emotional development. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Marital conflict and risky families -- The emergence of process-oriented approaches : emotional security theory -- Identifying constructive and destructive marital conflict -- Testing process-oriented models of the direct effects of exposure to marital conflict -- The role of parenting in the context of marital conflict : indirect pathways and processes -- Contextual vulnerability and protective models -- Development over time in contexts of marital conflict -- Applications of findings and translational research -- Beyond the marital dyad : from Bowlby to political violence -- Appendix A. Conflict in the Interparental System (CIS) : observational coding -- Appendix B. Security in the Interparental Subsystem (SIS) scale : child reports -- Appendix C. Security in the Marital Subsystem : Parent Report (SIMS-PR) scale -- Appendix D. Advanced measurement and research design issues for a process-oriented approach.

9781606235195 (hbk.) 1606235192 (hbk.)

2009027108


Child development.
Marital conflict.
Problem children.
Families--Psychological aspects.
Parent and child--Psychological aspects.

HQ 772.5 / .C864 2010