Marital Conflict and Children

I. New Directions in the Study of Children and Marital Conflict 1. Marital Conflict and Risky Families 2. The Emergence of Process-Oriented Approaches: Emotional Security TheoryII. Child Effects of Exposure to Marital Conflict 3. Identifying Constructive and Destructive Marital Conflict 4. Testing Process-Oriented Models of the Direct Effects of Exposure to Marital Conflict III. Contextualizing Marital Conflict 5. The Role of Parenting in the Context of Marital Conflict: Indirect Pathways and Processes6. Contextual Vulnerability and Protective Models7. Development over Time in Contexts of Marital ConflictIV. Future Directions 8. Applications of Findings and Translational Research9. Beyond the Marital Dyad: From Bowlby to Political ViolenceAppendices: Coding Systems and MethodologyA. Conflict in the Interparental System (CIS)-Observational CodingB. Security in the Interparental Subsystem (SIS) Scale-Child ReportC. Security in the Marital System-Parent Report (SIMS-PR) ScaleD. Advanced Measurement and Research Design Issues for a Process-Oriented Approach