Different paths, same struggles: The effect of perceived Interparental conflict on internalizing/externalizing problem behaviors of left-behind and non-left-behind children

IF 3.5 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2024-08-26 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2024.112834

Die Wang, Wan Ding, Ru Yan, Weijian Li, Ruibo Xie

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Abstract

It is widely believed that children who witness or are involved in interparental conflicts often exhibit problem behaviors. However, for left-behind children (LBC) who have been separated from one or both parents for a long time and have avoided directly witnessing or being involved in interparental conflict, it remains to be investigated whether the level of their perception of interparental conflict, as well as the impact of perceived interparental conflict on their internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors, is different from that of non-LBC. A total of 900 Chinese children (622 LBC and 278 non-LBC) completed self-report questionnaires at two time points. The results showed that there was no significant difference between LBC and non-LBC in the level of perceived interparental conflict, whereas perceived interparental conflict directly predicted the LBC's internalizing problem behaviors and the non-LBC's externalizing problem behaviors. Moreover, self-compassion plays a mediating role between perceived interparental conflict and LBC's/non-LBC's internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors. This study reveals that LBC can perceive the interparental conflict and thus exhibit internalizing problem behaviors. Highlighting key mechanisms of self-compassion, cultivating and improving the self-compassion in both LBC and non-LBC may be an effective measure to reduce the internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors.

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殊途同归：感知到的父母间冲突对留守儿童和非留守儿童内化/外化问题行为的影响

人们普遍认为，目睹或卷入父母间冲突的儿童往往会表现出问题行为。然而，对于长期与父母一方或双方分离、避免直接目睹或卷入父母间冲突的留守儿童（LBC）来说，他们对父母间冲突的感知程度，以及感知到的父母间冲突对其内化和外化问题行为的影响是否与非留守儿童不同，仍有待研究。共有 900 名中国儿童（622 名 LBC 儿童和 278 名非 LBC 儿童）在两个时间点填写了自我报告问卷。结果显示，LBC 和非 LBC 在感知到的父母间冲突水平上没有显著差异，而感知到的父母间冲突直接预测了 LBC 的内化问题行为和非 LBC 的外化问题行为。此外，自我同情在感知到的父母间冲突与 LBC/非 LBC 的内化和外化问题行为之间起着中介作用。本研究揭示了 LBC 可以感知到父母间的冲突，从而表现出内化问题行为。本研究强调了自我同情的关键机制，培养和提高 LBC 和非 LBC 的自我同情可能是减少内化和外化问题行为的有效措施。

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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4.70%

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577

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.