Effects of Inter-Parental Conflict on Children’s Social Well-Being and the Mediation Role of Parenting Behavior

Abstract Inter-parental conflicts can have devastating effects on children’s well-being and social behavior. This study explores the association between an increased frequency of inter-parental conflict peer problems prosocial behavior in children, whether parents’ emotional warmth negative communication with their children mediates this association. Data for a total 1,157 ages 7 16 (4,016 observations) was drawn from eighth to twelfth waves German Family Panel so as perform fixed-effects regressions mediation analyses. The analyses reveal that is strongly related decreased parents, children. results also suggest mediated by parenting mothers fathers, indicating leads less warm more which ultimately reduces well-being.