The Multivariate Roles of Family Instability and Interparental Conflict in Predicting Children’s Representations of Insecurity in the Family System and Early School Adjustment Problems
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DOI: 10.1007/s10802-016-0164-6
Abstract: This study examined the moderating role of family instability in relations involving destructive interparental conflict, children’s internal representations of insecurity in the family system, and their early school maladjustment. Two hundred forty-three preschool children (M… read more here.
Keywords: family; interparental conflict; representations insecurity; family instability ... See more keywords
Family instability, parenting, and child externalizing problems: Moderation by maternal sympathetic stress reactivity.
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DOI: 10.1017/s095457942200058x
Abstract: This multi-method longitudinal study evaluated how changes in maternal sensitive parenting may operate as an indirect factor linking family instability and the development of child externalizing problems over time. This study also investigated how mothers'… read more here.
Keywords: externalizing problems; family; family instability; child externalizing ... See more keywords
Interactive effects of family instability and adolescent stress reactivity on socioemotional functioning.
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DOI: 10.1037/dev0000784
Abstract: This study investigated whether adolescent vagal stress reactivity to parent-adolescent conflict moderates the effects of family instability on the development of adolescent behavioral problems. Participants were 192 adolescents (M age = 12.4) and their parents… read more here.
Keywords: stress reactivity; reactivity; stress; family instability ... See more keywords
Family Instability in Childhood and Criminal Offending During the Transition Into Adulthood
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DOI: 10.1177/0002764218787000
Abstract: The structure and stability of families have long stood as key predictors of juvenile delinquency. Boys from “broken homes” experience a higher prevalence of juvenile delinquency than those from intact families. Unresolved is whether the… read more here.
Keywords: transition adulthood; family; instability childhood; family instability ... See more keywords
Childhood Family Instability and Young-Adult Union Experiences: Black-White Differences in Outcomes and Effects.
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DOI: 10.1215/00703370-10571816
Abstract: Today's young adults have diverse union experiences; some enter enduring marital or cohabiting unions at young ages, but many delay or dissolve their unions or remain single. Childhood family instability-defined as parents' transitions into or… read more here.
Keywords: family; family instability; black white; instability ... See more keywords