Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict, Child abuse, and Children's Depression

자녀가 지각한 부부갈등, 자녀학대 및 자녀의 우울

This study was designed to investigate the relationship among perceptions of interparental conflict, child abuse, and children's depression. The subjects for this study include 964 children who live in Gwangju city and Jeonnam area. The results of this study are as follows: First, conflict characteristics have a significant influence on child abuse. Second, conflict characteristics and child abuse significantly influence the appraisals of self-blame and threat. Third, conflict characteristics indirectly affect the children's depression. Child abuse and appraisals of self-blame and threat have a direct influence on the children's depression. Lastly, child abuse and appraisals of self-blame and threat mediate the association between interparental conflict characteristics and children's depression.