Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

INFLUENCE OF FAMILY TYPE AND GENDER ON CHILDREN‘S PERCEPTION OF INTERPARENTAL CONFLICT

Nandini. J, M. Kanchana

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There is considerable heterogeneity in child outcomes with respect to the effect of interparental con–flict which has led to the consideration of a multivariate model that could explain the conditions that moderate the effect of interparental conflict . In line with this, the present study aims to explore gender and family type as possible sources of variance in children’s perception of interparental con–flict. An Ex–post facto research design was adopted and a sample of 300 children between 12 and 15 years of age were purposively selected to take part in the study. The Children’s Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale (CPIC) (Grych & Fincham, 1992) was used. Independent sample t tests were used to examine gender and family type differences in CPIC scores. The results revealed sig–nificant gender difference in perception of self blame (t (298)= 4.62,p<.01) and threat to self (t (298) = –2.61, p<.05); with girls perceiving greater threat and boys more likely to direct blame to–wards self. Family type differences were observed only in the perception of self–blame (t(298)= 1.84, p<.01) with higher scores observed among children in nuclear families . Also, a two–way Analysis of variance revealed significant interaction effect between gender and family type on CPIC (F(1, 296)= 3.56, p<.05).

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INFLUENCE OF FAMILY TYPE AND GENDER ON CHILDREN'S PERCEPTION OF INTERPARENTAL CONFLICT, Nandini. J, M. Kanchana INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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