The present study examined the developmental value of parsing different forms of children's risky involvement in interparental conflict as predictors of children's subsequent psychological adjustment. Participants included a diverse sample of 243 preschool children (Mage = 4.6 years) and their mothers across two measurement occasions spaced 2 years apart. Three forms of risky involvement (i.e., cautious, caregiving, and coercive) were identified using maternal narratives describing children's emotional and behavioral reactivity during and immediately following interparental conflict. Utilizing a multimethod, multi-informant design, findings revealed that each form of involvement prospectively predicted unique configurations of children's developmental outcomes. Greater coercive involvement was associated with higher levels of externalizing problems, callous and unemotional traits, and extraversion. Higher levels of caregiving involvement were linked with greater separation anxiety. Finally, cautious involvement predicted more separation anxiety and social withdrawal.

本研究检验了将不同形式的儿童冒险卷入父母间冲突作为儿童随后心理调整的预测因子的发展价值。参与者包括 243 名学龄前儿童（M年龄= 4.6 年）和他们的母亲在两个相隔 2 年的测量场合。使用描述儿童在父母间冲突期间和之后立即发生的情绪和行为反应的母亲叙述，确定了三种形式的风险参与（即谨慎、照顾和强制）。利用多方法、多信息设计，研究结果表明，每种参与形式都前瞻性地预测了儿童发展成果的独特配置。更大的强制性参与与更高水平的外化问题、冷酷和不带感情的特征以及外向性有关。更高水平的照顾参与与更大的分离焦虑有关。最后，谨慎参与预示着更多的分离焦虑和社交退缩。