Cooperation with Teachers as a Mediator of the Relationship between Family Conflict and Children’s Psychological Difficulties
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Parent–Child Conflict and Externalizing Problems
1.2. Parent–Child Conflict and Internalizing Problems
1.3. Conceptual Framework
1.4. The Present Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Ethical Statement
2.4. Measures
2.5. Data Analysis Plan
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analyses
3.2. Main Analyses
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | M Mean (SD) | F Mean (SD) | t (df) | p | Cohen’s d |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Depressive Symptoms | 10.27 (6.533) | 11.53 (6.282) | −1.714 (302) | 0.088 | 0.017 |
Cooperation | 13.47 (4.605) | 15.90 (4.537) | −4.724 (315) | <0.001 | 0.053 |
Assertion | 13.99 (2.783) | 13.53 (2.817) | 1.466 (310) | 0.144 | 0.478 |
Self-control | 13.39 (3.398) | 13.56 (3.263) | −0.452 (310) | 0.652 | 0.005 |
Internalizing Problems | 3.18 (3.232) | 3.05 (3.076) | 0.377 (315) | 0.707 | 0.004 |
Externalizing Problems | 4.81 (4.028) | 2.88 (3.105) | 4.751 (276.97) | <0.001 | 0.054 |
Child–parent Closeness | 26.973 (4.439) | 27.458 (4.438) | −0.970 (314) | 0.333 | 0.011 |
Child–parent Conflict | 16.668 (5.175) | 16.815 (5.471) | −0.245 (314) | 0.807 | 0.003 |
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
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1. Depr. Symptoms | −0.183 ** | −0.059 | −0.098 | 0.122 * | 0.223 *** | 0.036 | 0.259 *** |
2. Cooperation | - | 0.416 *** | 0.694 *** | −0.497 *** | −0.779 *** | 0.164 ** | −0.199 *** |
3. Assertion | - | 0.538 *** | −0.438 *** | −0.326 *** | 0.156 ** | −0.069 | |
4. Self-control | - | −0.445 *** | −0.679 *** | 0.099 | −0.137 * | ||
5. Int. Problems | - | 0.409 *** | −0.047 | 0.139 * | |||
6. Ext. Problems | - | −0.144 * | 0.197 *** | ||||
7. C–p Closeness | - | −0.252 *** | |||||
8. C–p Conflict | - |
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Caputi, M.; Forresi, B.; Giani, L.; Scaini, S. Cooperation with Teachers as a Mediator of the Relationship between Family Conflict and Children’s Psychological Difficulties. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 13151. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013151
Caputi M, Forresi B, Giani L, Scaini S. Cooperation with Teachers as a Mediator of the Relationship between Family Conflict and Children’s Psychological Difficulties. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(20):13151. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013151
Chicago/Turabian StyleCaputi, Marcella, Barbara Forresi, Ludovica Giani, and Simona Scaini. 2022. "Cooperation with Teachers as a Mediator of the Relationship between Family Conflict and Children’s Psychological Difficulties" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 20: 13151. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013151