The literature has shown that the marital conflict has a negative impact on child adjustment (internalizing and externalizing behaviors). It was also well established that the children’s appraisal of threat and self blame (Cognitive-Contextual Framework) and their emotional reactivity (Emotional Security Hypothesis) mediate the relationship between marital conflict and child adjustment. The present study aims to explore whether and how the different children’s Internal Working Models (IWM) of attachment moderate these associations. 169 schoolaged children (87 secure, 48 anxious-ambivalent and 34 avoidant) and their parents participated to the study. A set of measures (RCTS, CPIC, SIS, CBCL, SAT) were administered to children and their parents. The results show the different effect played by marital conflict on perceptions, emotional reactions and internalizing and externalizing behaviors by considering the IWM secure, anxious-ambivalent and avoidant. Clinical implications and interventions are discussed.
La letteratura ha evidenziato come il conflitto genitoriale incida negativamente sul benessere psicologico dei figli (in termini di internalizzazione ed esternalizzazione) attraverso la mediazione delle loro percezioni soggettive di minaccia e autobiasimo (modello Cognitivo-Contestuale) e della reattività emotiva (modello della Sicurezza Emotiva). Il presente studio esplora se e come i diversi Modelli Operativi Interni (MOI) dell’attaccamento dei bambini modulino la natura di tali associazioni. I partecipanti sono 169 bambini (87 sicuri, 48 ansioso-ambivalenti e 34 evitanti) di età scolare ed i loro genitori, a cui sono stati somministrati una serie di strumenti (RCTS, CPIC, SIS, CBCL e SAT). I risultati evidenziano il diverso effetto svolto dal conflitto genitoriale su percezioni, reazioni emotive e comportamenti di internalizzazione e di esternalizzazione in funzione dei MOI di tipo sicuro, ansioso-ambivalente ed evitante. Vengono discusse le implicazioni cliniche di tali risultati.
Camisasca, E., Miragoli, S., Di Blasio, P., L’attaccamento modera le reazioni dei bambini esposti al conflitto genitoriale? Verifica di un modello integrato., <<PSICOLOGIA CLINICA DELLO SVILUPPO>>, 2013; 2013 (Dicembre): 479-500. [doi:10.1449/76229] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/56090]
L’attaccamento modera le reazioni dei bambini esposti al conflitto genitoriale? Verifica di un modello integrato.
Miragoli, Sarah;Di Blasio, Paola
2013
Abstract
The literature has shown that the marital conflict has a negative impact on child adjustment (internalizing and externalizing behaviors). It was also well established that the children’s appraisal of threat and self blame (Cognitive-Contextual Framework) and their emotional reactivity (Emotional Security Hypothesis) mediate the relationship between marital conflict and child adjustment. The present study aims to explore whether and how the different children’s Internal Working Models (IWM) of attachment moderate these associations. 169 schoolaged children (87 secure, 48 anxious-ambivalent and 34 avoidant) and their parents participated to the study. A set of measures (RCTS, CPIC, SIS, CBCL, SAT) were administered to children and their parents. The results show the different effect played by marital conflict on perceptions, emotional reactions and internalizing and externalizing behaviors by considering the IWM secure, anxious-ambivalent and avoidant. Clinical implications and interventions are discussed.
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