Social Conflict Theories of the Family

Farrington, Keith; Chertok, Ely

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-85764-0_15

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“…This study was designed to examine several issues: the degree of stability characterizing parent-child conflict and interparental conflict during the transition from childhood into adolescence, the stability of children's socioemotional adjustment over a five-year period spanning ages 5 to 1 1 to 10 to 17, the strength of the association between interparental conflict and children's well-being during the transition into adolescence, and the influence of children's adjustment on parent-child and interparental relations. A social conflict perspective suggests that disagreements and tensions are basic and routine aspects of parent-child and interparental relations, that such conflicts are processual, and that they are both adaptive and detrimental (Farrington and Chertok 1993). Generally, our findings support this view in that the nature and frequency of parent-child and interparental conflict changes over time and the consequences of these conflicts, particularly conflicts proximate to parent-child relations, are deleterious to children's and adolescents' adjustment.…”

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Dimensions of Family Conflict and Their Influence on Child and Adolescent Adjustment

Acock

Demo

1999

Sociological Inquiry

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Using the first (1987‐1988) and second (1992‐1994) waves of the National Survey of Families and Households, this study examines the concurrent and longitudinal influences of interparental conflict and parent‐child conflict on child and adolescent adjustment. Analyses focus on 542 intact families, each with a randomly selected focal child aged 5 to 11 at time 1 and aged 10 to 17 at time 2. Results indicate that both parent‐child and parent‐adolescent conflict are critical predictors of children's and adolescents’socioemotional adjustment. Interparental conflict, by contrast, is less important for adjustment in middle and late childhood as well as in adolescence. The findings extend previous research by suggesting that the salience and threat of interparental conflict subside as children make the transition into adolescence.

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Dimensions of Family Conflict and Their Influence on Child and Adolescent Adjustment

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1999

Sociological Inquiry

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“…As Simmel (1918Simmel ( /1955 noted, conflict may be the ''only means for making life with actually unbearable people at least possible' ' (p. 19). As applied to later-life intergenerational relations, conflict between adult children and frail elderly parents may provide a face-saving way for parents to accept care from a child or open up lines of communication in an otherwise discomfiting situation (for a review of theories of family conflict, see Farrington & Chertok, 1993). From this perspective, apathy is more detrimental than conflict to the integrity of such close personal relationships.…”

Section: Intergenerational Solidarity -Conflict and Ambivalencementioning

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Older Parent–Child Relationships in Six Developed Nations: Comparisons at the Intersection of Affection and Conflict

Silverstein

Gans

Lowenstein

et al. 2010

J of Marriage and Family

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Intergenerational solidarity and ambivalence paradigms suggest that emotional relationships between generations consist of both positive and negative sentiments. We applied latent class analysis to measures of affection and conflict in 2,698 older parent – child relationships in 6 developed nations: England, Germany, Israel, Norway, Spain, and the United States (Southern California). The best fitting model consisted of 4 latent classes distributed differently across nations but with a cross-nationally invariant measurement structure. After controlling for demographics, health, coresidence, contact, and support, the following classes were overrepresented in corresponding nations: amicable (England), detached (Germany and Spain), disharmonious (United States), ambivalent (Israel). We discuss policy and cultural differences across societies that may explain why the prevalence of particular emotional types varied by nation.

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“…According to most conflict theorists,conflict is natural, normal, and inevitable in social systems (Farrington & Chertok, 1993;Klein & White, 1996;Sprey, 1979). Not only is conflict considered to be endemic, it is also seen as functional and necessary to the survival of social systems.…”

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When you're not the Brady Bunch: Identifying perceived conflicts and resolution strategies in stepfamilies

Coleman

Fine

Ganong

et al. 2001

Personal Relationships

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This study was a qualitative analysis of interviews from 58 members of 17 stepfamilies regarding the sources of conflict and conflict resolution strategies. The majority of conflicts resulted from negotiation of family boundaries and were manifested in the following ways: (a) disagreements over resources; (b) loyalty conflicts; (c) individuals holding a “guard and protect” ideology; and (d) conflict with extended family members Wide arrays of resolution strategies were used, and some, but not all, resulted in positive outcomes.

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Social Conflict Theories of the Family

Cited by 26 publications

References 71 publications

Dimensions of Family Conflict and Their Influence on Child and Adolescent Adjustment

Dimensions of Family Conflict and Their Influence on Child and Adolescent Adjustment

Older Parent–Child Relationships in Six Developed Nations: Comparisons at the Intersection of Affection and Conflict

When you're not the Brady Bunch: Identifying perceived conflicts and resolution strategies in stepfamilies

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