This is the first study to apply DST and vantage sensitivity to research on interparental conflict and positivity, adolescents’ appraisals of these interparental behaviors, and internalizing problems. In this inquiry we first tested a model in which couple conflict and positivity were linked to adolescents’ perceptions of their parents’ relationship, that was then related to their threat evaluations, and finally associated with risk for internalizing problems (Grych & Fincham, 1990). The second step was to test hypotheses regarding genetic moderation related to DST.
