In fact, among families high on conflict, divorced families, and «normal» families, the married and in conflict families showed
more child adjustment problems than the divorced families.
Thus, it is impossible to know
whether child adjustment problems are the result of father's involvement, or whether the child's problems are the cause of the father's involvement.
In fact, among families high on conflict, divorced families, and «normal» families, the married and in conflict families showed
more child adjustment problems than the divorced families.
The randomised controlled trial of Group Triple P, the first RCT of a western - developed parenting program in mainland China, found that Group Triple P significantly improved dysfunctional parenting and parental adjustment, increased parents» confidence and
reduced child adjustment problems.
With respect to the latter dimension, it is noteworthy that some researchers have questioned its validity and have argued that it may be a marker
of child adjustment problems rather than a relational dimension (Doumen et al. 2009; Spilt 2010).
The current study tested coparenting competition and positivity as potential mediators (influencers) of the impact of Family Foundations (FF)
on child adjustment problems 3.5 years after baseline, and explored child gender as a moderator (cause) of the mediated effects.
We focused on families living in high - risk neighborhoods, where rates of maternal depressive symptomatology and
child adjustment problems occur at heightened levels, and where the quality of mother - child interactions and child emotion regulation skills maybe of particular importance in promoting adaptation (Dodge et al. 2005).
In fact, studies have shown that families where parents are not divorced but live with high conflict have
more child adjustment problems than the divorced families with less conflict.
Dr. Martinez has demonstrated the highest caliber of scientific scholarship in his research publications on such diverse topics as minority health, effects of divorce, parent management skill building,
child adjustment problems, and the effects of sexual harassment.
Coercion theory provides a conceptual framework for describing the processes that disrupt families and contribute to
child adjustment problems.
Children's emotional security in the context of particular marital conflict styles also mediated relations between parental dysphoria and
child adjustment problems, with similar pathways found for mothers and fathers.
Findings are discussed in terms of family process models for relations between parental drinking and
child adjustment problems.