The results of the baseline saturated model can be seen in Figure 1. Noteworthy were the null associations between internalizing problems and all conflict and positivity measures; these four effects ranged from β = .00 to .09. Threat appraisals during seventh grade prospectively affected internalizing problems in eighth grade (β = .24), however. In addition, both couple conflict (β = .22) and adolescent perceived interparental conflict (β = .21) at sixth grade significantly affected threat appraisals in the seventh grade, consistent with previous research (Fosco & Grych, 2008; Grych, et al., 2003). Neither couple positivity nor adolescent perceived interparental positivity were associated with threat appraisals (βs = .03 and −.02, respectively).
