Children’s emotional security in the interparental relationship (Davies & Cummings, 1994; Davies & Sturge-Apple, 2007) and cognitive appraisals of interparental conflict (Fosco et al., 2007; Grych & Fincham, 1990) have consistently been shown as a key link between exposure to interparental conflict and adolescent adjustment (Rhoades, 2008). Together, this body of research has identified three important factors related to interparental relationships and child adjustment: (a) adolescent perceptions, (b) adolescent evaluations, and (c) contextual factors.
