The impact of family stress on children in transition into puberty: The interplay of social and emotional processes
At a glance
- Project leader : Prof. Dr. Beate Schwarz
- Project team : Andrea Siffert, Melanie Stutz
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : SNSF (SNF-Projektförderung / Projekt Nr. 132278)
- Project partner : Universität Basel / Fakultät für Psychologie
- Contact person : Beate Schwarz
Description
Based on a transactional model of children's development under
family stress this study investigates:
a) family stress caused by dysfunctional family processes such as
interparental conflict, inadequate parenting, and low quality of
the parent-child-relationship,
b) the mediating function of emotion processing (emotion
regulation, (in)secure attachment) for the relation between family
stress and children's mental and physical health, behavior
problems, and well-being, and
c) the stress buffering function of the quality of the children's
peer relationships.
The children undergo a specific vulnerable phase for stress: the
onset of puberty. This transition might influence the family
relationships as well as the adjustment to family stress.