marital conflict
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaritalandconflict
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marital
adjective
uk/ˈmær.ɪ.təl/us/ˈmer.ɪ.t̬əl/
connected ...
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conflict
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/us/ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions ...
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(Definition ofmaritalandconflictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thus, themaritalconflictand parenting problems that predict children's outcomes in a nuclear family may be markers of an unfolding process of intergenerational transmission.
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If the test is significant, the indirect effect ofmaritalconflicton children's adjustment through the mediator is significant.
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Revivalists' speech tore down the hedges around literate men's households, publicizingmaritalconflictto invading ears.
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The relationships among economic stress,maritalconflict, parental psychological symptoms, and quality of parenting have been extensively reported and hardly need review here.
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Another wife, who recalled long-termmaritalconflict, had readily accepted formal help.
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Assessments of additive, mediation, and moderation processes within a single study on the association betweenmaritalconflictand child outcomes are scarce.
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Generally, higher levels of observedmaritalconflictare associated with either more rejecting behaviors or less involvement in parent- child relations.
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Thus, in the context ofmaritalconflict, a higher level of father- child conflict functioned as a vulnerable-reactive factor for boys' internalizing symptoms.
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After controlling formaritalconflict, parent- child conflict and child-parent attachments each predicted additional unique variance in children's adjustment.
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Enmeshed family processes that emotionally pull or coax children into family problems may amplify the impactmaritalconflicthas on children's sense of security.
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These include economic adversity,maritalconflict, and parental psychopathology.
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Thus, an intriguing possibility is that parenting deficits attributed to drinking problems are the result of increasedmaritalconflict.
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Patterns ofmaritalconflictpredict children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors.
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We examined the role of child-parent attachments in the connections betweenmaritalconflictand child adjustment, and tested additive, mediation, and moderation models.
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Church elders and converts elaborated contrary theories of familial order to remedymaritalconflict.
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On the other hand, a secure child- parent attachment functioned as a protective factor against adjustment difficulties otherwise associated withmaritalconflict.
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Maritalconflictwas not unusual, but irretrievable marriage breakdown marked the couples it affected as exceptional.
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Alternatively, a "detouringattacking" triangle may evolve, in which both parents deflect relationalmaritalconflictonto the child, that is, scapegoating.
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After controlling for paternal drinking, no significant relations were detected between maternal drinking problems andmaritalconflict, parenting, or children's adjustment.
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