Extension of the Children's Perceptions of Interparental Conflict Scale for use with late adolescents.

Abstract

Although many studies have documented an association between interparental conflict (IPC) and child outcomes, the relation of specific dimensions of conflict to the adjustment of offspring remains largely unexplored. The Children's Perceptions of Interparental Conflict Scale (CPIC) was developed by J. H. Grych, M. Seid, and F. D. Fincham (1992) to assess school-aged children's perceptions of several dimensions of IPC. The purpose of the current study was to examine the suitability of the CPIC for use with late adolescents. The factor structure of the CPIC dimensions and indexes of reliability and validity were examined in a sample of 215 participants 17 to 21 years old. The emergent factor structure closely resembled the factor structure found with the younger sample. The CPIC also demonstrated good reliability and external validity.

Parental Conflict and Infidelity as Predictors of Adult Children's Attachment Style and Infidelity

“…High scores on the Self-Blame scale indicate that the child blames himself or herself for the conflict. The CPIC has also been validated to use with college students (Bickham & Fiese, 1997). In the present study, the CPIC was found to be reliable with Cronbach's alphas of .98, .84, and .83 for the Conflict Properties, Threat, and Self-Blame scales, respectively.…”

Vinculação aos pais, divórcio e conflito interparental em adolescentes

“…É igualmente esperado que os adolescentes de famílias divorciadas apresentem valores inferiores nas dimensões de vinculação à figura paterna, mas não à materna (Dunlop et al, 2001;Henry & Holmes, 1998;Paterson et al, 1995), para além de poderem evidenciar percepções de conflito interparental mais elevado comparativamente com os adolescentes provenientes de famílias intactas (Bickham & Fiese, 1997;Cummings & Davies, 1994;Hanson, 1999;Kline, Wood & Moore, 2003). Por fim, espera-se encontrar associações entre a percepção de conflito interparental e a qualidade da vinculação aos pais, independentemente da estrutura familiar (Henry & Holmes, 1998;Richardson & McCabe, 2001).…”

Adolescent Marital Expectations and Romantic Experiences: Associations With Perceptions About Parental Conflict and Adolescent Attachment Security

“…Subscales have demonstrated acceptable internal consistency on 2 separate samples of 4th and 5th grade children (coefficient α averaged 0.73; range 0.61-0.83) and yielded 3 stable, higher order subscales: conflict properties, threat, and self-blame with corresponding αs of 0.89, 0.83, and 0.84, and 2-week test-retest reliabilities of 0.70, 0.68, and 0.76, respectively (Grych et al, 1992). Bickam and Fiese (1997) have reported similar reliability and validity data using the CPIC with adolescents. In our sample, the subscales of conflict properties, threat, and self-blame yielded corresponding αs of 0.91, 0.85, and 0.80.…”