Relationships between coparental triangulation, parent-adolescent conflicts and adolescent adjustment: Differences between fathers and mothers

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22491/1678-4669.20220015

Keywords:

Family relations, Adolescence, Emotional development, Internalizing and externalizing problems

Abstract

The involvement of the adolescent in coparental conflict through triangulation impacts the development of emotional and behavioral symptoms. This article researched direct and indirect impacts of coparental triangulation relations and conflicts between parents and their adolescent children on internalizing and externalizing problems, controlling gender and age variables. As a quantitative, cross-sectional and explanatory study, it included 238 adolescents, aged 14 to 18 years old, and used structural equation modeling analysis. As a result, internalizing and externalizing problems were associated with father, mother, and coparental dyad triangulation, mediated by conflicts between father-adolescent conflict and mother-adolescent conflict. Father triangulation had direct and indirect connections with adolescents’ externalizing problems. Mother triangulation was associated with adolescents’ anxiety and depression, mediated by father-adolescent conflicts. There were no distinctions for gender and age regarding the level of impact between variables. The data provide greater depth and precision in understanding these relationships for practical applications

Author Biographies

Clarisse Pereira Mosmann, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Clarisse Pereira Mosmann is a psychologist (PUCRS), specialist in Couple and Family Therapy (STIRPE/Madrid), PhD in Psychology (PUCRS), Professor of the Psychology Graduate Program and Program at the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) and Coordinator of the Center for
Studies in Couples and Families - NECAF / UNISINOS

Mariana Rodrigues Machado, Atitus Educação

Mariana Rodrigues Machado is a psychologist (IMED), MSc in Psychology (UNISINOS), PhD in Psychology (UNISINOS), Member of the Center for Studies in Couples and Families - NECAF / UNISINOS

Lídia Käfer Schünke, Grupo Uniftec

Mestre em Psicologia Clínica pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), é Professora do Curso de Graduação em Psicologia do Grupo Uniftec, em Novo Hamburgo/RS, é Membro do Núcleo de Estudos em Casais e Famílias da Unisinos (NECAF), em São Leopoldo/RS.

Mariana Cunha Schneider, Consultório Particular

Graduada em Psicologia pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), é Psicóloga em consultório particular.

Liana Pasinato, Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões

Doutora em Psicologia Clínica pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), é Psicóloga Escolar da Escola de Educação Básica da Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, em Erechim/RS.

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Published

2023-03-24

How to Cite

Mosmann, C. P., Machado, M. R., Schünke, L. K., Schneider, M. C., & Pasinato, L. (2023). Relationships between coparental triangulation, parent-adolescent conflicts and adolescent adjustment: Differences between fathers and mothers. Estudos De Psicologia (Natal), 27(2), 155–166. https://doi.org/10.22491/1678-4669.20220015

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 2 (2022)

Section

Psychobiology and Cognitive Psychology

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