Exposure to marital conflict and violence and emotional and behavioral effects of childrenExposure to marital conflict and violence is linked to negative emotional and behavioral problems in children . It is well established that the effects are harmful on the development of children. Internalizing (emotional) and externalizing (behavioral) symptoms are common among children from homes with marital conflict and violence. Besides these two symptoms, academic misconduct is also a major problem. Emery (1982, cited in Glaser, Glass, Horne, & Marks, 2001) states that overtly hostile conflicts are considered the most distressing. Conflicts without resolution have the greatest negative impact and lead to long-term and short-term consequences. As a child raised in a troubled home, he can only try to make sense of his surroundings. The cognitive contextual framework proposes that how a child judges their parents' marital relationship plays a key role. How they judge this determines the impact of the conflict on their own development. Another theory is the developmental psychopathology framework which provides an integrative framework for conceptualizing the course of development during adolescence, in this case studying exposure to marital conflict and violence. The prevalence of divorce is high in the United States, with half of all marriages ending. way, but marital conflicts and violence are not always taken into account. However, conflict and violence can be linked to divorce, making the likelihood of conflict high. Looking at the numbers leads to the statistics on gender differences. Boys and girls differ in some aspects of internalizing and externalizing symptoms, but both are affected. Middle of paper......riedman, S. (2007). Clinically significant trauma symptoms and behavioral problems in a community sample of children exposed to domestic violence. Journal of Family Violence, 22, 487-499. doi:10.1007/s10896-007-9113-zWolfe, D.A., Crooks, C.V., Lee, V., McIntyre-Smith, A., & Jaffe, P.G. (2003). The effects of children's exposure to domestic violence: A meta-analysis and critique. Clinical Journal of Child and Family Psychology, 6(3), 171-187. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.Zimet, D.M. and Jacob, T. (2001). Influences of marital conflict on child adjustment: A review of theory and research. Clinical Journal of Child and Family Psychology, 4(4), 319-335. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.Wu, Zheng, Hou, Feng, and Schimmele, Christoph M. (2008). Family structure and children's psychosocial outcomes. Journal of Family Problems, 29(12), 1600-1624.doi: 10.1177/0192513X08322818