
Emotional Security and Conflict in Context
A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Youth Adjustment
- 1st Edition - May 1, 2026
- Authors: E. Mark Cummings, Kathleen Bergman
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 7 7 8 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 7 8 2 - 5
Emotional Security and Conflict in Context: A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Youth Adjustment covers the effects of conflict on children. Moving beyond confli… Read more
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- Introduces Emotional Security Theory as a way to understand links between conflict and adjustment
- Presents the basic principles of DP: pathways of development, understanding normal development from a DP perspective, risk and protective factors and resilience
- Describes ways in which translational work can be extended to support families in contexts of political violence and armed conflict
- Emphasizes the differences between constructive and destructive research
2. EST as an explanatory model for the effects of conflict and violence on children
3. The Value of DP for understanding family processes in multiple contexts
4. Methods for Evaluating Families from a DP perspective
5. Applications of DP for understanding family conflict
6. Political Violence from a DP perspective
7. Translational Research and the DP Perspective
8. Prevention/intervention for conflict across contexts (returning to the socioecological model)
9. Next Steps in Research on Emotional Security and Conflict
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 1, 2026
- Language: English
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E. Mark Cummings
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Kathleen Bergman
Katie Bergman is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame. Her research interests are anchored in the developmental psychopathology perspective and focus on understanding and intervening in the processes associated with normal and abnormal development during childhood and adolescence, particularly in the context of interadult and family conflict. A related focus of her work is on increasing representation of minoritized families and non-traditional family structures in communication and conflict intervention work. Dr. Bergman is a Principal Investigator or Project Director on multiple externally funded studies, including currently active intervention projects funded by NICHD and NIMH.