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Sukob roditelja obilježava socijalno povlačenje roditelja, smanjenu fizičku i psihološku dostupnost roditelja i negativni odgovor na potrebe njihove djece i adolescenata. U razdoblju adolescencije koje karakteriziraju brojni životni prijelazi povezani s povišenim rizikom od stresa i psihičkih problema sukob roditelja može imati posebno štetne učinke na psihološku prilagodbu djece i mladih. Sposobnost roditelja za učinkovitu interakciju s adolescentima može biti otežana ako su često u sukobima što može rezultirati smanjenjem pružanja podrške adolescentu i manjom percepcijom emocionalne dostupnosti roditelja. Sukob roditelja, osim što narušava odnos roditelja i adolescenta i povisuje razine stresa, anksioznosti i depresivnosti, može se odraziti i na akademski uspjeh adolescenata. U obiteljima u kojima su sukobi učestali može se dogoditi da roditelji ne prepoznaju intelektualne sposobnosti adolescenata i nisu u mogućnosti odgovoriti na njihove emocionalne potrebe što negativno utječe na ponašanje adolescenta i volju za obavljanje akademskih obaveza te je zbog toga cilj ovog istraživanja bio ispitati odnose između percepcije sukoba među roditeljima, simptoma depresivnosti, anksioznosti i stresa te akademskog uspjeha na uzorku studenata prve godine preddiplomskog studija. Uzorak istraživanja činila su 103 adolescenta prve godine preddiplomskog studija (78 djevojaka i 25 mladića), a korišteni su sljedeći instrumenti Skala depresivnosti, anksioznosti i stresa (Lovibond i Lovibond, 1995), Skala dječje percepcije sukoba među roditeljima (Grych i sur., 1992; Macuka, 2012) i kumulativni prosjek ocjena nakon prvog semestra. Utvrđena je pozitivna povezanost između simptoma depresivnosti i između sve tri dimenzije faktora višeg reda (značajke sukoba, prijetnje i samookrivljavanje) te između anksioznosti i stresa te dimenzija značajke sukoba i prijetnje. Nije utvrđena statistički značajna razlika između dimenzije samookrivljavanja i simptoma anksioznosti i stresa. Nije utvrđena statistički značajna povezanost između percepcije sukoba roditelja i akademskog uspjeha studenata, kao ni između akademskog uspjeha i simptoma depresivnosti, anksioznosti i stresa. Interparental conflict is characterized by parental social withdrawal, reduced physical and psychological availability of parents, and a negative response to the needs of their children and adolescents. During adolescence, which is characterized by numerous life transitions associated with an increased risk of stress and psychological problems, interparental conflict can have a particularly negative impact on a child's or adolescent's psychological adjustment. Parents’ ability to interact effectively with adolescents can be hampered if they are often in conflict which can result in reduced support for the adolescent and less perception of the parents’ emotional availability. Interparental conflict, in addition to disrupting the parentadolescent relationship and raising levels of stress, anxiety, and depression, can also affect adolescents ’academic achievement. In families where conflicts are frequent, it may happen that parents do not recognize adolescents' intellectual abilities and are unable to respond to their emotional needs, which negatively affects adolescents' behavior and willingness to perform academic duties. Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine the relationships between the perception of interparental conflict, symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress, and academic achievement in a sample of first-year undergraduate students. The study involved 103 adolescents in the first year of undergraduate study (78 girls and 25 boys). The instruments of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (Lovibond and Lovibond, 1995), the Child Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale (Grych et al., 1992; Macuka, 2012), and the cumulative grade point average after the first semester were used. The findings revealed that there is a positive association between depressive symptoms and all three dimensions of interparental conflict (conflict properties, threat and self-blame) as well as between anxiety and stress and the conflict properties and threat characteristics dimensions. There was no statistically significant relationship between self-blame and anxiety and stress symptoms, between student academic performance and parental conflict perceptions, or between academic success and symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress.

Glavni cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati doprinos nekih osobnih karakteristika djeteta (rod, temperament, pubertalni status) te obiteljskih čimbenika (koji uključuju dječju percepciju roditeljskog ponašanja majki i očeva i dječju percepciju i interpretaciju sukoba među roditeljima) objašnjenju prilagodbe mlađih adolescenata. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 562 djece (280 djevojčica i 282 dječaka) prosječne dobi 13 godina. Utvrđeno je da djevojčice iskazuju nešto više internaliziranih problema i manje eksternaliziranih problema od dječaka. Ujedno, ovo istraživanje je pokazalo kako u razdoblju rane adolescencije karakteristike dječjeg temperamenta i obiteljski čimbenici imaju važnu ulogu u objašnjenju dječjih problema internaliziranog i eksternaliziranog tipa. Rezultati provedene hijerarhijske regresijske analize pokazuju da se osobnim i obiteljskih varijablama može objasniti 33% internaliziranih problema dječaka i 40% internaliziranih problema djevojčica, te 37% eksternaliziranih problema dječaka i 55% eksternaliziranih problema djevojčica. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju da dječaci koji imaju slabiju samokontrolu i više su skloni emocijama ljutnje i straha te doživljavaju veću prijetnju zbog sukoba među roditeljima imaju više teškoća internaliziranog tipa. Više teškoća eksternaliziranog tipa imaju dječaci slabije samokontrole koji su podložniji ljutnji, ali manje bojažljivi, te koji procjenjuju da ih očevi više kontroliraju. Djevojčice koje su sklonije strahu, percipiraju veći stupanj majčine i očeve kontrole, te doživljavaju veću prijetnju zbog sukoba među roditeljima imaju više teškoća internaliziranog tipa. Više eksternaliziranih problema imaju djevojčice slabije samokontrole koje su podložnije ljutnji, ali manje bojažljive, te koje procjenjuju da ih majke manje prihvaćaju i više kontroliraju, očevi više odbacuju i kontroliraju, te procjenjuju da su sukobi među roditeljima česti i agresivni i više se samookrivljavaju za nastale sukobe roditelja., The aim of this study was to examine the role of some personal characteristics of the child (gender, temperament, pubertal status) and family factors (children’s perceptions of parental behavior of mothers and fathers and children’s perception and interpretation of the conflict between the parents) in explaining the adjustment of early adolescents. The study included 562 children (280 girls and 282 boys) with an average age of 13 years. It was found that girls have more internalizing problems and fewer externalizing problems than boys. Furthermore, this study has shown that during early adolescence, characteristics of children’s temperament and family factors play an important role in explaining problems of internalizing and externalizing type. Results of hierarchical regression analysis showed that personal and family variables explain 33% of boys’ internalizing problems and 40% of girls’ internalizing problem and 37% of boys’ externalizing problems and 55% of girls’ externalizing problems. Results showed that boys who have low levels of effortful control and high levels of negative emotions of anger and fear, and who perceive growing threat during conflict between parents have more internalizing problems. Also, boys who have low levels of effortful control and who are prone to anger, but are less afraid, and perceive a higher degree of father’s control have more externalizing problems. Girls who are more prone to negative emotions of fear and who perceive a higher degree of mother’s and father’s control, and perceive more threat during conflict between parents, have more internalizing problems. Girls with lower levels of effortful control and mother’s acceptance, and those who perceive higher levels of mother’s control, have more externalizing problems. Furthermore, girls who perceive parental conflicts as frequent and aggressive, and who blame themselves for their occurrence, have more externalizing problems.