This study will identify components for inclusion in a coping intervention package to reduce mental health problems among children exposed to high interparental conflict after parental separation/divorce. Reappraisal, distraction, and relaxation coping strategies are related to fewer mental health problems among children, making intervention components based on these strategies key candidates for inclusion in an optimized coping intervention. The primary aim is to experimentally assess the main and interactive effects of three digital intervention coping components (reappraisal, distraction, relaxation) on children's coping efficacy, emotional security, and internalizing and externalizing problems. Secondary aims are to assess indirect effects of the intervention components on children's coping efficacy, emotional security, and internalizing and externalizing problems through their cognitive, emotional, and behavioral reactions to post-separation/divorce interparental conflict events.
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interparental emotional security
Timeframe: pretest at study entry
interparental emotional security
Timeframe: posttest at one month after completion of the last assigned intervention module
interparental emotional security
Timeframe: follow-up at 3 months after completion of the last assigned intervention module
family emotional security
Timeframe: pretest at study entry
family emotional security
Timeframe: posttest at one month after completion of the last assigned intervention module
family emotional security
Timeframe: follow-up at 3 months after completion of the last assigned intervention module
coping efficacy
Timeframe: pretest at study entry
coping efficacy
Timeframe: posttest at one month after completion of the last assigned intervention module
coping efficacy
Timeframe: follow-up at 3 months after completion of the last assigned intervention module
internalizing problems
Timeframe: pretest at study entry
internalizing problems
Timeframe: posttest at one month after completion of the last assigned intervention module
internalizing problems
Timeframe: follow-up at 3 months after completion of the last assigned intervention module
externalizing problems
Timeframe: pretest at study entry
externalizing problems
Timeframe: posttest at one month after completion of the last assigned intervention module
externalizing problems
Timeframe: follow-up at 3 months after completion of the last assigned intervention module