Citation
Glatz, Terese; Lippold, Melissa A.; Jensen, Todd M.; Fosco, Gregory M.; & Feinberg, Mark E. (2020). Hostile Interactions in the Family: Patterns and Links to Youth Externalizing Problems. Journal of Early Adolescence, 40(1), 56-82. PMCID: PMC7453335Abstract
In line with family systems theory, we examined patterns of hostile interactions within families and their associations with externalizing problems among early-adolescent children. Using hostility scores based on observational data of six dyadic interactions during a triadic interaction (n = 462) (i.e., child-to-mother, mother-to-child, child-to-father, father-to-child, mother-to-father, father-to-mother)-Latent Profile Analysis supported three distinct profiles of hostility. The Low/Moderate Hostile profile included families with the lowest levels of hostility across dyads; families in the Mutual Parent-Child Hostile profile scored higher on parent-child hostility, but lower on interparental hostility; the Hostile Parent profile showed higher levels of parent-to-child and interparental hostility, but lower child-to-parent hostility. Concerning links to youth outcomes, youth in the Mutual Parent-Child Hostile profile reported the highest level of externalizing problems, both concurrently and longitudinally. These results point to the importance of examining larger family patterns of hostility to fully understand the association between family hostility and youth adjustment.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272431618824718Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2020Journal Title
Journal of Early AdolescenceAuthor(s)
Glatz, TereseLippold, Melissa A.
Jensen, Todd M.
Fosco, Gregory M.
Feinberg, Mark E.
Article Type
RegularPMCID
PMC7453335Data Set/Study
Promoting School-Community-University Partnerships to Enhance Resilience (PROSPER) ProjectContinent/Country
United StatesState
NonspecificRace/Ethnicity
African-AmericanWhite
Hispanic
Asian