The Association between Interparental Conflict and Youth Anxiety: A Three-level Meta-analysis

Ran, Guangming; Niu, Xiang; Zhang, Qi; Song, Li; Liu, Juncai; Chen, Xu; Wu, Jihui

doi:10.1007/s10964-020-01388-7

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“…This contrasts with most past research in this field, which has generally taken a hypothesis-testing approach based on theorized associations to a particular risk factor or domain of factors. Despite the difference in approach, the results of the current study align with previous research into the influence of home [ 24 , 25 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 ] and school environments [ 27 , 29 , 37 , 68 , 69 ] on youth mental health. However, behavioural factors such as diet, movement behaviors, and substance use which have previously been associated with mental health outcomes [ 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ] were not identified as important differentiating factors within the decision tree models in the present study.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…The influence of the home environment on youth anxiety and depression is well-documented. Past reviews have found consistent associations between parenting style [ 24 , 64 ], interparental conflict [ 65 ], and early life stressors [ 66 ] on anxiety and depression during adolescence. A review of various sources of social support also found parents and family to be among the most important sources of support to protect against depression in children and adolescents, especially for females [ 25 ].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Using Decision Trees to Examine Environmental and Behavioural Factors Associated with Youth Anxiety, Depression, and Flourishing

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Patte

Diao

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Modifiable environmental and behavioural factors influence youth mental health; however, past studies have primarily used regression models that quantify population average effects. Decision trees are an analytic technique that examine complex relationships between factors and identify high-risk subgroups to whom intervention measures can be targeted. This study used decision trees to examine associations of various risk factors with youth anxiety, depression, and flourishing. Data were collected from 74,501 students across Canadian high schools participating in the 2018–2019 COMPASS Study. Students completed a questionnaire including validated mental health scales and 23 covariates. Decision trees were grown to identify key factors and subgroups for anxiety, depression, and flourishing outcomes. Females lacking both happy home life and sense of connection to school were at greatest risk for higher anxiety and depression levels. In contrast with previous literature, behavioural factors such as diet, movement and substance use did not emerge as differentiators. This study highlights the influence of home and school environments on youth mental health using a novel decision tree analysis. While having a happy home life is most important in protecting against youth anxiety and depression, a sense of connection to school may mitigate the negative influence of a poor home environment.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using Decision Trees to Examine Environmental and Behavioural Factors Associated with Youth Anxiety, Depression, and Flourishing

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Diao

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“…Note. In this model, the trajectory lines refer to children's adaptation as an average of adjustment in various domains because: a interparental conflict has comprehensively negative influences on various aspects of child development, although the magnitudes may be varied (Davies & Cummings, 2015;Grych & Fincham, 2001;Ran et al, 2021;van Eldik et al, 2020); and b this review represents a very first step to construct a conceptual model of pre/postdivorce interparental conflict and child adaptation trajectories. We acknowledge the model depicted above may be slightly different across child development outcomes, but addressing this question is beyond the scope of our review effects of marital conflict and divorce (measured from age 5 through age 17 years) on parent-adult children's relationship quality (assessed at age 22 years).…”

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“…A substantial body of research has consistently corroborated the detrimental effects of marital conflicts on children’s concurrent and longitudinal development (for reviews, see Davies & Cummings, 1994 ; Fincham, 1994 ; Grych & Fincham, 1990 , 2001 ; Harold & Sellers, 2018 ; Ran et al, 2021 ; van Eldik et al, 2020 ). Thus, for children whose parents eventually broke up after long-term high levels of marital conflict, their well-being is likely to deteriorate over time even prior to the actual parental legal divorce (see A 3 and A 4 in Fig.…”

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The Divorce Process and Child Adaptation Trajectory Typology (DPCATT) Model: The Shaping Role of Predivorce and Postdivorce Interparental Conflict

Cao

Fine

Zhou

2022

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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Divorce has been conceptualized as a process. Research has extensively demonstrated that it is pre/postdivorce family environment factors that primarily account for the variability in children's adaptation over parental divorce process rather than the legal divorce per se. Amongst various factors, interparental conflict has been consistently identified as a prominent one. Surprisingly, a single source is still lacking that comprehensively synthesizes the extant findings. This review fills this gap by integrating the numerous findings across studies into a more coherent Divorce Process and Child Adaptation Trajectory Typology (DPCATT) Model to illustrate that pre/postdivorce interparental conflict plays crucial roles in shaping child adaptation trajectories across parental divorce process. This review also summarizes the mechanisms (e.g., child cognitive and emotional processes, coparenting, parent-child relations) via which pre/postdivorce interparental conflict determines these trajectories and the factors (e.g., child gender and age, child coping, grandparental support) that interact with pre/postdivorce interparental conflict to further complicate these trajectories. In addition, echoing the call of moving beyond the monolithic conceptualization of pre/postdivorce interparental conflict, we also review studies on the differential implications of different aspects (e.g., frequency versus intensity) and types (e.g., overt versus covert) of interparental conflict for child adjustment. Last, limitations of prior studies and avenues for future research are discussed. The proposed framework may serve as a common knowledge base for researchers to compare/interpret results, detect cutting edges of the fields, and design new studies. The specificity, complexity, nuance, and diversity inherent within our proposed model await to be more fully revealed.

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“…Most of the adolescents are not economically independent in China, which leave children to more rely on their parent for their livelihood ( Xin et al, 2009 ). There are a considerable and growing body of research demonstrating that parental marital conflict has a range of detrimental effects on children, including internalizing (e.g., depression, loneliness, and anxiety) ( Kumar and Mattanah, 2018 ; Ran et al, 2021 ) and externalizing (e.g., suicidality and delinquency) problems ( Liu et al, 2016 ; Ai et al, 2017 ; van Dijk et al, 2020 ), and adjustment problems (e.g., lower academic achievement) ( Ghazarian and Buehler, 2010 ).…”

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Latent transitions across perceived parental marital conflict and family cohesion profiles in high school students

Gao

Liang

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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This study aimed to explore the latent profiles across perceived parental marital conflict and family cohesion, as well as the transition patterns within-person and within-sample profiles over time. We conducted a 1-year follow-up study with a sample of first-year high school students from China. A total of 453 participants were included in the present analysis. We identified the following three latent profiles: high parental conflict and poor family cohesion profile, moderate parental conflict and family cohesion profile, and low parental conflict and good family cohesion profile. Female students and those who not lived with parents together were more likely to perceive more parental marital conflict and less cohesion in the family. The majority of students with high transition probability remained in the same profiles over time. The counts of latent transition pattern also demonstrated that students remaining in the primary profile over time accounted for the large proportion. The present study advances empirical bases for confirming the family system theory’s notion that the family is not static, but dynamic. Findings provide the optimal timing of interventions toward healthy transition.

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The Association between Interparental Conflict and Youth Anxiety: A Three-level Meta-analysis

Cited by 25 publications

References 88 publications

Using Decision Trees to Examine Environmental and Behavioural Factors Associated with Youth Anxiety, Depression, and Flourishing

Using Decision Trees to Examine Environmental and Behavioural Factors Associated with Youth Anxiety, Depression, and Flourishing

The Divorce Process and Child Adaptation Trajectory Typology (DPCATT) Model: The Shaping Role of Predivorce and Postdivorce Interparental Conflict

Latent transitions across perceived parental marital conflict and family cohesion profiles in high school students

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