Children of parents who argue frequently tend to be more watchful of other people’s emotional states and also appear to process emotions differently than children from low-conflict homes, according to a new study published in the Journal of Family Psychology.
The findings also suggest that children from high-conflict homes may face more social challenges later in life.
For the study, researchers measured the brain activity of children as they looked at a variety of photos of couples in angry poses, happy poses and neutral poses. Based on questionnaires filled out by their mothers, the children were grouped in either a high-conflict or a low-conflict group.
[For more of this story, written by Traci Pedersen, go to http://psychcentral.com/news/2...onal-cues/86303.html]
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