Constructive and destructive marital conflict, emotional security and children’s prosocial behavior

Abstract

Background This study addresses the gaps in understanding the relationship between constructive and destructive marital conflict and children's prosocial behavior from a process-oriented perspective. Method Data were drawn from a three-wave study of 235 families with children ages 5–7 at wave 1. Relations between constructive and destructive marital conflict, children's emotional security, warm parenting and children's prosocial behavior were examined through the use of structural equation modeling. Results Even after controlling for prior levels of children's prosocial behavior at wave 1, children's emotional security acted as an intervening variable between both constructive and destructive marital conflict and children's prosocial behavior over time. Conclusions These findings advance the relationship between marital conflict and children's adjustment by focusing on children's prosocial behavior and highlight the need to further investigate the impact of positive dimensions of marital conflict on dimensions of children's positive social functioning.

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“…Kon iktas -neišvengiamas socialinių santykių komponentas, kuris pats savaime nėra nei geras, nei blogas (Boonsathorn, 2003;Koydemir, Sun-Selişik, Tezer, 2008;McCoy, Cummings, Davies, 2009). Kon ikto pobū-dį -konstruktyvų ar destruktyvų -lemia sprendimo būdas.…”

“…Taigi konstruktyvaus pobūdžio kon ikto tikslai nukreipti į santykius, į jų išlaikymą, o ne į konkretų individą ir jo poreikių tenkinimą (Desivilya, Eizen, 2005;Simon, Kobielski, Martin, 2009;Wheller et al, 2010). Destruktyvaus pobū-džio kon iktas susijęs su destruktyviu elgesiu -zine ir (arba) verbaline agresija, grasinimais, įžeidinėjimais, konkuravimu dėl savo pozicijos pripažinimo (McCoy et al, 2009;Simon et al, 2008), atstūmimu, priešiškumo demonstravimu, manipuliavimu, prievarta (Koydemir et al, 2008;Wheller et al, 2010). Destruktyvų kon ikto pobūdį gali rodyti ir priešinga situacija: pernelyg didelis nuolaidžiavimas partneriui atsisakant siekti savų interesų, vengimas kalbėti apie problemą, kon ikto egzistavimo neigimas (Wheller et al, 2010;Olson, Braithwaite, 2004).…”