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June 20, 2026Family Relations

Relationship between family conflict and cohesion and the internalizing and externalizing behaviors of adolescents

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JCJulie A. CederbaumASAdrelys Mateo SantanaJSJanet U. Schneiderman

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Overview

Longitudinal study examines family dynamics and their impact on adolescent behavior, suggesting intervention strategies.

Key Points

  • To explore the relationships between family conflict, cohesion, and adolescent mental health in families with and without child welfare involvement.
  • Analyses included 329 caregiver-adolescent dyads from a 10-year longitudinal study.
  • A path model tested the reciprocal effects among family conflict, family cohesion, and adolescent behaviors.
  • Comparative assessments were made between families involved and not involved with child welfare.
  • Family cohesion negatively affected internalizing symptoms (p<0.05).
  • Externalizing symptoms positively influenced family conflict (p<0.05).
  • Higher family cohesion was linked to lower externalizing symptoms, particularly in the child welfare involved group.

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Cederbaum et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a362fbcdb0793dc1a537237https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.70243
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