Evaluating the role ofmotherconflict resolutionstyles, maternal marital conflictandattachmentstyle daughter with adolescent girls conflict with mother

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• m. p
• o. e
• m. a
• r. j

Abstract

This study was conducted to propose an explanation model for daughter conflict with mother based on mothers conflict resolution styles, mother’smarital conflict and attachment styledaughter.This study was a type of correlation studies relying on multi variable regression statistical sample and structural equation model. The sample was 160 pairs of adolescent girls and their mothers. They were randomly selected among middle schools students in Naeen.Tools of this research consists scale of Child's attitude toward mother,Organizational Conflict Inventory, Marital Conflict and Attachment StyleDaughter. Structural equation modeling results indicated that the insecure attachment daughter have had direct and effective role in explanation of girl conflict with mother, mother’smarital conflict with mediated of insecure attachmentdaughter have hadeffective role in explanation of girl conflict with mother and also mother’s conflict resolutionstyle with mediated of mother^,s marital conflict and insecure attachmentdaughter have hadeffective role in explanation of girl conflict with mother. The proposed model totally explained 52% of changes of adolescent girls’ conflicts with their mothers.

Keywords

• adolescent daughters’conflicts with mothers
• attachment style
• Conflict Resolution Style
• Marital Conflict

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