Marital aggression and child peer competence: A comparison of three conceptual models |
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| Authors: | BRENT FINGER RINA D. EIDEN ELLEN P. EDWARDS KENNETH E. LEONARD LORIG KACHADOURIAN |
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| Affiliation: | 1. State University of New York at Buffalo;2. Brent Finger, Research Institute on Addictions, State University of New York at Buffalo;3. Rina D. Eiden, Research Institute on Addictions, State University of New York at Buffalo;4. Ellen P. Edwards, Research Institute on Addictions, State University of New York at Buffalo;5. Kenneth E. Leonard, Research Institute on Addictions, State University of New York at Buffalo;6. Lorig Kachadourian, Research Institute on Addictions, State University of New York at Buffalo. |
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| Abstract: | This study examined longitudinal data linking marital aggression with child peer competence in kindergarten. The study compared 3 conceptual models for understanding the relation between marital aggression and child peer competence. Model 1 examines the direct effects of marital aggression, parental alcoholism, and parenting on child peer competence; Model 2 posits that this relation is mediated by child social problem‐solving abilities (social information processing theory); whereas Model 3 proposes that the relation is mediated by parental warmth/ sensitivity (spillover theory). Structural equation modeling was most supportive of Models 1 and 3, indicating that parenting behavior, but not social problem solving, partially mediates the relation between marital conflict and child peer competence. |
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