This study examined children's insecure representations of the family as a mechanism accounting for the association between coparental discord and children's externalizing problems in a diverse sample of 243 preschool children (mean [M] age = 4.60 years). The results from a multimethod, multi-informant, prospective design indicated that coparental discord was indirectly related to children's externalizing behaviors through their insecure representations of the family. Higher levels of coparental discord were specifically linked with more insecure representations of the family, which in turn predicted higher levels of externalizing behaviors 2 years later. These pathways remained robust even after considering the roles of general family adversity, child gender, and family income per capita as predictors in the analyses. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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Coparental 不和谐和儿童的行为问题：作为解释机制的儿童的消极家庭表征。

这项研究在 243 名学龄前儿童（平均 [M] 年龄 = 4.60 岁）的不同样本中检查了儿童对家庭的不安全表征作为解释共同父母不和与儿童外化问题之间关联的机制。多方法、多线人、前瞻性设计的结果表明，共同父母的不和谐通过儿童对家庭的不安全表征间接与儿童的外化行为相关。更高水平的共同父母不和与更不安全的家庭表现特别相关，这反过来又预测了 2 年后更高水平的外化行为。即使将一般家庭逆境、儿童性别和人均家庭收入作为分析中的预测因素，这些途径仍然有效。