Adolescent-Reported Interparental Conflict and Related Emotional–Behavioral Difficulties: The Mediating Role of Psychological Inflexibility
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedures
2.2. Ethical Statement
2.3. Instruments
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analysis
3.2. Main Explanatory Indirect Effect Analyses: Mediation Models
4. Discussion
Limits and Future Perspectives
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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1. CPIC Perceived threat | 0.66 *** | 0.39 *** | 0.42 *** | −0.05 |
2. CPIC Tot | - | 0.41 *** | 0.42 *** | −0.01 |
3. SDQ Tot | - | 0.69 *** | 0.02 | |
4. I-AFQ-Y Tot | - | −0.08 | ||
5. Age | - |
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Giani, L.; Amico, C.; Crepaldi, C.; Caputi, M.; Scaini, S.; Michelini, G.; Forresi, B. Adolescent-Reported Interparental Conflict and Related Emotional–Behavioral Difficulties: The Mediating Role of Psychological Inflexibility. Pediatr. Rep. 2025, 17, 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/pediatric17020033
Giani L, Amico C, Crepaldi C, Caputi M, Scaini S, Michelini G, Forresi B. Adolescent-Reported Interparental Conflict and Related Emotional–Behavioral Difficulties: The Mediating Role of Psychological Inflexibility. Pediatric Reports. 2025; 17(2):33. https://doi.org/10.3390/pediatric17020033
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiani, Ludovica, Cecilia Amico, Chiara Crepaldi, Marcella Caputi, Simona Scaini, Giovanni Michelini, and Barbara Forresi. 2025. "Adolescent-Reported Interparental Conflict and Related Emotional–Behavioral Difficulties: The Mediating Role of Psychological Inflexibility" Pediatric Reports 17, no. 2: 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/pediatric17020033
APA StyleGiani, L., Amico, C., Crepaldi, C., Caputi, M., Scaini, S., Michelini, G., & Forresi, B. (2025). Adolescent-Reported Interparental Conflict and Related Emotional–Behavioral Difficulties: The Mediating Role of Psychological Inflexibility. Pediatric Reports, 17(2), 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/pediatric17020033