父母衝突對青少年人際問題之影響：人際環狀模型的應用

Influence of Parental Conflict on Adolescents’Interpersonal Distress: Applying the Interpersonal Circumplex Model

延伸過去探討父母衝突對於子女心理適應影響的豐富成果，本研究聚焦於青少年可能受父母衝突而產生的人際問題，依人際環狀模式來切入三種人際問題：懷恨報復、冷漠無情、社交退縮。此外，進一步檢驗因父母衝突引起的威脅感和降低的效能感使得青少年人際問題惡化的影響歷程，並加以考量子女性別的調節效果。研究對象為台北市和新北市八所公私立國中共599位學生，平均14.3歲，女生占52.6%。分析方法以PROCESS分析模組檢驗平行中介模式和調節式中介模式。結果顯示頻繁激烈的父母衝突對青少年人際問題之直接效果顯著外，子女在人際關係上的懷恨報復與冷漠無情主要來自於因其父母衝突所引起的威脅感受；男生更因父母衝突減損其人際效能而導致人際關係上的懷恨報復、冷漠無情、社交退縮。最後針對本研究結果之應用與限制進行討論。

Building upon the considerable existing research examining the effects of parental conflict on the psychological well-being of children, this study investigates the interpersonal problems that adolescents may experience due to such conflict. Specifically, this study employs the interpersonal circumplex model to examine three distinct types of interpersonal issues, namely, vindictive, cold/distant, and socially avoidant behaviors. Moreover, this study explores the effects of increased perceptions of threat and diminished interpersonal efficacy, which are induced by parental discord, in exacerbating these interpersonal issues in adolescents. Furthermore, it considers the moderating role of the child’s gender in these dynamics. The study sample comprises 599 junior high school students from eight schools, both public and private, in Taipei and New Taipei City. The sample has a mean age of 14.3 years and 52.6% of the sample is female. The analytical procedures include the PROCESS analytic module, which is used to examine the parallel mediation and moderated mediation models. The results reveal that in addition to the significant direct impact of frequent and intense parental conflict on adolescent interpersonal difficulties, vindictive and cold/distant interpersonal issues in adolescents are primarily driven by the perceived threat that stems from parental conflict. Boys, in particular, exhibit increased problems across all three dimensions of interpersonal issues due to decreased interpersonal efficacy resulting from parental conflict. This study concludes with a discussion on the practical applications of these findings and its limitations.