Recurring Parent-Child Conflict: A Mediator between Parental Anger Management and Adolescent Behavior

Erin Donohue; Linda C Halgunseth; Sarah M Chilenski; Daniel F Perkins

doi:10.1111/fcsr.12450

Recurring Parent-Child Conflict: A Mediator between Parental Anger Management and Adolescent Behavior

Fam Consum Sci Res J. 2022 Sep;51(1):6-19. doi: 10.1111/fcsr.12450. Epub 2022 Aug 3.

Authors

Erin Donohue¹, Linda C Halgunseth², Sarah M Chilenski³, Daniel F Perkins⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, 37 South College Avenue, St. Joseph, MN 56374.
² Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University, 552 W Circle Dr., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
³ Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, 314 Biobehavioral Health Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
⁴ Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, The Pennsylvania State University, Armsby Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA.

PMID: 36338108
PMCID: PMC9635455 (available on 2023-09-01)
DOI: 10.1111/fcsr.12450

Abstract

Guided by social learning theory, this longitudinal study examined whether parent-child recurring conflict mediated the association between parental anger management, an understudied antecedent to parent-child recurring conflict, and adolescent deviant and problem-solving behaviors in 415 rural families. Parental use of anger management in 6^th grade was associated with less parent-child recurring conflict in 9^th grade, which was associated with more adolescent problem-solving behavior in 11^th grade. Family practitioners seeking to promote adolescent problem-solving behaviors may consider teaching families strategies for reducing parent-child recurring conflict and fostering parental anger management.

Keywords: Parental anger management; deviant behavior; parent-child recurring conflict; problem-solving.

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