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Internationale Befunde haben konsistent dargelegt, dass destruktive Paarkonflikte und Scheidungen zu den wichtigsten Risikofaktoren für eine ungünstige kindliche Entwicklung gehören. Für Kinder sind Störungen in der Partnerschaft der Eltern in hohem Maße bedrohlich und gehen im Falle einer Trennung der Eltern mit dem schmerzvollen Bruch des bisherigen Lebensentwurfs einher. Dies bedeutet in aller Regel ein hoch destabilisierendes Ereignis, welches von Kindern vielgestaltige Anpassungsleistungen abverlangt. Ermutigenderweise hat die gegenwärtige Paar- und Familienforschung Bedingungen identifiziert, wie Paarkonflikte und Scheidungen möglichst konstruktiv verlaufen - um der Partnerschaft und des Kindeswohls willen. Der Inhalt Die Folgen von destruktiven Paarkonflikten für Kinder Scheidung der Eltern als Risikofaktor für die kindliche Entwicklung Zum Wohle des Kindes - Negative Folgen von Partnerschaftsstörungen vorbeugen Die Zielgruppen Dozierende und Studierende der Medizin, Psychologie, Pädagogik und verwandter Fachgebiete Therapeuten, Pädagogen, Pädiater sowie andere PraktikerInnen, die mit Kindern, Jugendlichen, Paaren und Familien arbeiten Eltern und Paare Die AutorInnen Dr. phil. Martina Zemp ist Oberassistentin und Post-Doc am Lehrstuhl der Klinischen Psychologie mit Schwerpunkt Kinder/Jugendliche & Paare/Familien an der Universität Zürich. Prof. Dr. Guy Bodenmann ist Ordinarius für Klinische Psychologie mit Schwerpunkt Kinder/Jugendliche & Paare/Familien an der Universität Zürich

Der kleine Affe Asa begleitet Mika bereits ihr ganzes Leben als treuer Begleiter. Die beiden haben schon zahlreiche Abenteuer miteinander erlebt. Asa fürchtet sich vor nichts. Sein Mut wird plötzlich herausgefordert, als er mit Mika zusammen die Kita besuchen soll. Die bevorstehende Veränderung macht Asa zunächst Angst. Aber dann bereiten sich die beiden gemeinsam mit ihrer Familie auf die Zeit in der Kita vor und lernen, dass Veränderungen auch etwas Wunderbares sein können. Dieses Bilderbuch beantwortet Fragen rund um den Kita-Eintritt und zeigt, was es für einen gelingenden Kita-Besuch zu beachten gibt. Es richtet sich an Eltern und andere Bezugs- und Fachpersonen und unterstützt dabei, die Eltern-Kind-Bindung zu stärken und den Übergang in die Kita zu erleichtern. Das Buch gliedert sich in zwei Teile: Im Bindungs-Teil wird das Konzept der Bindung beleuchtet und erklärt, wie die elterliche Sensitivität zur Unterstützung einer sicheren Bindung des Kindes gestärkt werden kann. Im Kita-Teil wird beschrieben, was eine gute Kita ausmacht, wie man das Kind auf die Kita vorbereitet, was man bei der Eingewöhnungszeit, beim Bringen und Abholen und in der Kooperation mit dem Kita-Personal beachten soll. Neben Erklärungen und Informationen für die Erwachsenen und einer Kindergeschichte, in welcher Bindung als magisches Tier dargestellt wird, gibt es zahlreiche praktische Übungen. Begeben Sie sich gemeinsam mit Ihrem Kind und mit Mika und Asa auf die spannende Reise in die Kita! Die Übungen zu diesem Buch können nach erfolgter Registrierung von der Hogrefe Webseite heruntergeladen werden

BackgroundPrevious research suggests that exposure to interparental conflict may affect children's attention and memory performance, but few studies have examined this hypothesis experimentally.ObjectiveThe goal of this study was to address this gap by completing an experimental approach using audiotaped couple conflict simulations.MethodSchool classes of fifth‐ and sixth‐graders were randomly assigned to listen to one of the following three types of conversations: (a) an unresolved couple conflict, (b) a resolved couple conflict, or (c) a neutral couple conversation. Children's attention and memory performance were measured before and after stimulus exposure by performance tasks and their emotional insecurity was assessed by self‐report.ResultsChildren's emotional insecurity moderated the impact of the simulated couple conflict on their memory performance but not on attention. At low levels of emotional insecurity, children performed better in the memory task after hearing the unresolved couple conflict compared with the control group.ConclusionChildren's responses to simulated conflicts differ by a child's history of interparental conflict and conflict characteristics, such as whether arguments are resolved.ImplicationsConsideration of the family background is warranted when studying or treating child cognitive performance problems.

ObjectiveTo examine how constructiveness in interparental conflict affects mothers' perception of children's psychological and physical health and whether coparenting and positive parenting mediate these effects.BackgroundChildren exposed to high levels of interparental conflict are at elevated risk of developing health problems. However, previous research suggests that constructive and destructive interparental conflict may affect children's health differently.MethodMothers (n = 289) with at least one child aged 3.5 to 8 years completed an online survey about parenting, coparenting, interparental conflict, and different aspects of child health.ResultsResults suggest that higher constructiveness in interparental conflict is related to fewer emotional problems, less pain, and fewer infectious diseases in children, independent of gender. The effects were fully mediated by coparenting.ConclusionConstructive interparental conflict promotes children's physical and psychological health and coparenting emerged as an important mechanism for this
link.ImplicationsEnhancement of constructive interparental conflict and coparenting are promising avenues to foster children's healthy development.

Abstract. This review summarizes research and theory on the impact of interparental conflict for child well-being. Drawing from this literature the primary focus of many family programs on parenting seems unconvincing. Contemporary approaches increasingly acknowledge the importance of addressing the interparental relationship to reduce and/or prevent behavior problems in children. However, studies examining the impact of enhancing the parents' relationship for children are still in their infancy. Yet, this emerging line of research indicates that couple-focused interventions alone or adjunct to parenting programs may be a potent means of increasing child adjustment. The potential of couple-focused interventions to support children's adjustment and practical implications of such approaches are discussed. Future directions are suggested that urgently need to be addressed to advance this promising area of family psychology.

AbstractObjectiveThe present study examines the impact of parents' perceptions of child‐related stress on observed couple communication and their self‐reported relationship satisfaction.BackgroundA considerable body of evidence indicates that challenges related to raising children can negatively affect parents' interactions and relationship satisfaction. Although some potentially underlying mechanisms have been explored in previous research, questions about the potential effect of child‐related stress on the interparental relationship remain open.MethodParents' perceptions of child‐related stress and relationship satisfaction were assessed in a convenience sample of 118 parental couples living in Switzerland. Additionally, the couples participated in a conflict conversation task to obtain an observational measure of couples' communication quality. Data were analyzed with an actor–partner interdependence mediation model.ResultsChild‐related stress among parents was directly linked to lower relationship satisfaction in both partners and one partner's child‐related stress was associated with the other partner's communication quality. The mediation analysis revealed that high levels of child‐related stress were linked with relationship satisfaction by impairing the other partner's communication quality.ConclusionThe study suggests that child‐related stress is among the challenges that may impair parents' relationship quality, partially mediated through worsened couple communication.ImplicationsThe findings support the potential benefits of prevention programs aimed at reducing child‐related stress and enhancing couple coping skills for maintaining parents' relationship satisfaction over time.

Stress and coping in couples have received increased research attention during the past two decades, particularly with regard to how couples cope with stress. Dyadic coping has emerged as a strong predictor of relationship satisfaction. Less research has focused on the effects of dyadic coping on other outcomes or family members. In the present study, the authors addressed this gap by examining parents' dyadic coping as a predictor of children's internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms, and prosocial behavior in three independent studies. In Studies 1 and 2 self‐report data were used to assess parents' dyadic coping through the parents' and the children's perspective, and Study 3 included observational data on dyadic coping. Parental dyadic coping was related to children's externalizing symptoms, internalizing symptoms, and prosocial behavior, although results for the latter two outcomes were not consistent across the three studies. The findings suggest that parents' dyadic coping deserves greater consideration within the context of child development.