Tiffs between you and your partner could have more of an impact on your children than you think.
A new study published in the Journal of Family Psychology found that kids who often experience their parents arguing process emotions differently and are more observant of other people’s feelings than children who don’t witness their parents fighting as much.
Scientists studied a number of families and labeled participants’ home environments as either high-conflict or low-conflict based on questionnaire answers from the mothers. Researchers then looked at the brain activity of the children when they looked at photos of adults using different expressions—angry, happy and neutral.
Children classified as being from a high-conflict home showed a greater response when viewing the angry photos, compared to children from low-conflict homes. The response was based on an EEG test called P-3, which examines the brain’s ability to focus and give meaning to stimuli.
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