Lindsay, L: The Family Conflict Intervention Program

The current study investigated the efficacy of the pilot program of the Family Conflict Intervention Program. Interparental conflict has been shown to adversely affect children s functioning across several response domains including cognitions, behaviors, emotions, and coping. However, few programs are ed to enhance children s ability to successfully cope with interparental conflict. The program was ed to impart skills to enhance children s ability to manage the deleterious effects of family conflict. Several components and resources from the Children of Divorce Intervention Program (CODIP) guided the development of the current pilot program. Forty second- and third-grade children participated in the eight-week intervention. Pretest and posttest data were collected from children, group leaders, and a subset of parents. Support was found across multiple informants for the goals of the program. The current pilot advances research in the domain of child-based preventive intervention programs by developing and testing a new intervention that targets a broader population of children from an array of family configurations.