Resolution and Children's Responses to Interadult Anger

Children's responses to interadult conflict were examined as a function of degree of resolution of conflict. Children viewed videotaped segments of resolved (compromise, apology), partially resolved (submission, topic change), and unresolved (continued fighting, silent treatment) conflicts and...

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Published in:Developmental psychology 1991-05, Vol.27 (3), p.462-470
Main Authors: Cummings, E. Mark, Ballard, Mary, El-Sheikh, Mona, Lake, Margaret
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Age Differences
Anger
Biological and medical sciences
Child development
Children
Children & youth
Conflict
Conflict Resolution
Coping
Developmental psychology
Emotional Development
Emotional Response
Emotional Responses
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sex Differences
Social Cognition
Social research
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Summary:Children's responses to interadult conflict were examined as a function of degree of resolution of conflict. Children viewed videotaped segments of resolved (compromise, apology), partially resolved (submission, topic change), and unresolved (continued fighting, silent treatment) conflicts and were asked questions about their responses. For all ages (98 5-19 year olds) and responses (perception of anger, children's own emotional responses, dispositions towards involvement), the relative negativity of children's responses closely corresponded to the degree that fights were unresolved. Numerous age and sex effects were found, including the unexpected finding that after age 10, anger elicited more sadness from boys than from girls. The results emphasize the importance of how fights end to children's coping with adult's anger.
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.27.3.462