Abstract
This study examined the relationship between interparental conflict and adolescents' aggressive communication while utilizing tolerance for disagreement as a mediating variable. Participants were 159 high school students. No significant relationships were found between perceived interparental conflict and adolescents' tendencies to approach arguments, adolescents' tendencies to avoid arguments, and adolescents' verbal aggressiveness. When controlling for tolerance for disagreement, no significant relationships were found between perceived interparental conflict and adolescents' tendencies to approach arguments, adolescents' tendencies to avoid arguments, and adolescents' verbal aggressiveness. Post-hoc analyses revealed that adolescents living in intact homes reported lower levels of interparental conflict than adolescents living in nonintact homes.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
37
Issue
2
First Page
123
Last Page
138
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Rittenour, Christine E. and Myers, Scott A.
(2005)
"The Impact of Adolescents' Perceptions of Interparental Conflict on Adolescents' Aggressive Communication Traits,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 37:
No.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol37/iss2/4
Copyright
©2005 Iowa Communication Association
