Influences Of Interparental Conflicts On Problem Behaviors Among Junior High School Students:A Moderated Mediation Model

Problem behavior is one of the important indicators to measure the social adaptation and psychological development of adolescents,and interparental conflict is a key factor leading to the occurrence of adolescent problem behavior.Previous studies have shown that interparental conflict has a significant impact on junior high school students' behavioral problems,but the factors that have a harmful or protective role between interparental conflict and children's problem behaviors need to be further explored.This study,under the guidance of family system theory and cognitive context theory,constructs a moderated mediation model to test the mediating role of parent-child triangulation between interparental conflict and problem behavior,and the role of psychological resilience in mediating the aforementioned mediational path.Using the Interparental Conflict Questionnaire,Parent-Child Relationship Questionnaire,Resilience Questionnaire and Question Behavior Questionnaire,700 junior high school students(331 boys and 316 girls,mean age = 13.16)were surveyed in Xinyang City.Structural equation modeling showed that:(1)After controlling the grade and gender,interparental conflict has a significant positive effect on the behavior of junior high school students.That is,the more serious interparental conflict,the more junior school students have problem behavior.(2)The mediating effect test shows that the scapegoat in the parent-child trianglation and the cross-generational coalition have partial mediation between interparental conflict and problem behavior.(3)The mediating effect of adjustment has further shown that mental toughness regulates the latter half of “interparental conflict?scapegoating\cross-generational coalition?problem behavior”,ie when junior high school students' psychological resilience is high,scapegoats and cross-generation alliances The impact on junior high school students' problem behavior weakened.The findings of this study show that interparental conflict not only has a direct predictive effect on junior high school students' problem behaviors,but also can indirectly affect junior high school students' behavioral problems through scapegoating\cross-generational coalition and in parent-child triangulation.However,the difference in individual resilience levels,scapegoating and cross-generational coalition have different effects on junior high school students' problem behaviors.This study verifies the combined effects of family and personal systems on problem behaviors,and has practical and clinical implications for family,school management,and family therapy,thereby reducing junior high school students' problem behavior.