Children's attributions about family arguments: implications for family therapy.

Abstract:

:Children's attributions about the causes of family arguments affect both their interpretations of the meaning of and their adjustment to such events. Children's attributions about family arguments are, therefore, of importance in family therapy, especially for therapists who work from a cognitive or constructivist perspective. In an exploratory study, we examined children's attributions about family arguments in two arenas: marital arguments and parent-child arguments. Ninety-two children, aged 5-12, listened to an audiotaped argument and answered a series of structured questions concerning different attributions about the causes of such arguments. Descriptive analyses of the most and least endorsed attributions provided an overall map of the "stories" children tell about the causes of family arguments, and showed that, in general, they are more likely to endorse multiple, interacting causes than internal, blaming attributions. Additionally, children of all ages made somewhat different attributions concerning mothers vs. fathers in marital arguments. Implications for family therapy and suggestions for future clinical research are discussed.

journal_name

Fam Process

journal_title

Family process

authors

Weston HE,Boxer P,Heatherington L

doi

10.1111/j.1545-5300.1998.00035.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-04-01 00:00:00

pages

35-49

issue

1

eissn

0014-7370

issn

1545-5300

journal_volume

37

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