The aim of the current meta-analysis was to aggregate concurrent and longitudinal empirical research on associations between the interparental relationship and both children's maladjustment (i.e., externalizing and internalizing symptoms) and children's responses to interparental conflict (i.e., emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and physiological). Based on major theoretical frameworks, we distinguished between six dimensions of the interparental relationship: relationship quality, conflict frequency, hostile, disengaged, and unconstructive forms of conflict, and child-related conflict. A final selection of 169 studies for child maladjustment and 61 studies for child responses to conflict were included. The findings revealed by the expansive and fine-grained approach of this meta-analysis support and challenge theoretical hypotheses about the relative predictive value of dimensions of the interparental relationship for children's functioning. Although hostility was specifically more strongly associated with children's externalizing behavior and emotional responses to conflict, disengaged and unconstructive conflict behavior posed similar risks for the other domains of child functioning. In addition, relationship quality, conflict frequency, and child-related conflict warrant more attention in theoretical frameworks, as these dimensions posed similar risks to child functioning as the different forms of conflict. Moreover, most associations between the interparental relationship and child functioning endured over time. Also, developmental and gender differences appeared to depend on the specific forms of interparental conflict and the domain of child functioning. In sum, the results support the growing consensus that prevention and intervention programs aimed at children's mental health could benefit from an alternative or additional focus on the interparental relationship. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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父母之间的关系：与儿童的不良适应以及对父母之间冲突的反应的荟萃分析联系。

当前的荟萃分析的目的是汇总同时进行的和纵向的实证研究，以研究父母之间的关系与儿童的不良适应（即症状的外在和内在化）以及儿童对父母之间的冲突（即情感，行为，认知和行为）之间的关联。生理）。基于主要的理论框架，我们区分了父母之间关系的六个维度：关系质量，冲突频率，敌对，脱离接触和非建设性的冲突形式以及与儿童相关的冲突。最终选择了169项针对儿童适应不良的研究和61项针对儿童应对冲突的研究。该荟萃分析的广泛细粒度方法揭示了这些发现，从而支持并挑战了有关父母间关系的维度对儿童功能的相对预测价值的理论假设。尽管敌对行为尤其与儿童的外在行为和对冲突的情感反应密切相关，但分离和没有建设性的冲突行为对儿童的其他功能领域构成了类似的风险。此外，关系质量，冲突频率和与儿童有关的冲突值得在理论框架中给予更多关注，因为这些维度对儿童作为不同形式的冲突发挥了相似的风险。而且，随着时间的流逝，父母之间的关系与儿童功能之间的大多数联系都得以持久。也，发育和性别差异似乎取决于父母之间冲突的具体形式和儿童功能的范围。总而言之，这些结果支持了越来越多的共识，即针对儿童心理健康的预防和干预计划可以从父母间关系的替代或附加关注中受益。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。