iv                                                                                                      v                                                                           vi                                             vii              .  31        61   . .   .             1       2     3    4      5     6    The spillover pathway (actor effect) was hypothesized such that (a) greater destructive interparental conflict would be b) greater constructive interparental conflict would negative emotion socialization.  The crossover pathway (partner effect) was hypothesized such that (a) greater destructive interparental negative emotion socialization; (b) greater constructive interparental conflict would be linked with lower l The mediation effect was hypothesized such that (a) direct actor effects between interparental  7  on  be mediated by actor reports of   interparental conflict  be mediated by partner reports of  path).  More specifically, (a-i) a significant indirect effect would suggest that greater destructive interparental conflict is linked tends to perceive that the child has lower levels of emotional security; (a-ii) a significant mediation would suggest that greater constructive interparental conflict is linked with lower  perceive that the child has higher levels of emotional security; (b-i) a significant indirect effect would suggest that greater destructive interparental conflict is linked with higher levels of each ecause his/her partner tends to perceive that the child has lower levels of emotional security; (b-ii) a significant mediation would suggest that greater constructive interparental perception of todhas higher levels of emotional security. The mediation effect was also hypothesized such that (a) direct partner effects between mediated by specifically, (a-i) a significant indirect effect would suggest that greater destructive interparental roblem behavior  8  because he/she tends to perceive that the child has lower levels of emotional security; (a-ii) a significant mediation would suggest that greater constructive interparental conflict is linked with perceive that the child has higher levels of emotional security; (b-i) a significant indirect effect would suggest that greater destructive interparental conflict is linked with higher levels of the  perception of the child has lower levels of emotional security; (b-ii) a significant mediation would suggest that greater constructive interparental conflict is linked with lower levels of the of levels of emotional security.              9                         10                          11                            12         13   14      15    16     17    18     19      20       21       22        23     24        25        26        27       28                                                                        *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001    29                                      *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001   30        31                                     *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001   p < .10.   32        33      34     35       36    37                 38                            39                         40                            41                             42                         43              44         45     46     47    48      49       50    51      52     53            54        55        56           57       58      59       60     61          62                                                   *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001       63                                  64     65   *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.    66    67                                                                                                                                      68                                    69    70    *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.     71                                                                                                                                            72      73    74      75     76      77       78      79                80                              81                          82                             83                          84                           85                86     The overarching goal of this dissertation was to eexplain relations between interparental conflict and child outcome by using actor-partner interdependence models.  Specifically, Study 1 investigated the relation between interparental conflict and parental emotion socialization.  Study  relations between interparental      87       88       89       90      91    92        93                  94