1. Marital Conflict and Risky Families

2. The Emergence of Process-Oriented Approaches: Emotional Security Theory

II. Child Effects of Exposure to Marital Conflict

3. Identifying Constructive and Destructive Marital Conflict

4. Testing Process-Oriented Models of the Direct Effects of Exposure to Marital Conflict

III. Contextualizing Marital Conflict

5. The Role of Parenting in the Context of Marital Conflict: Indirect Pathways and Processes

6. Contextual Vulnerability and Protective Models

7. Development over Time in Contexts of Marital Conflict

IV. Future Directions

8. Applications of Findings and Translational Research

9. Beyond the Marital Dyad: From Bowlby to Political Violence

Appendices: Coding Systems and Methodology

A. Conflict in the Interparental System (CIS)–Observational Coding

B. Security in the Interparental Subsystem (SIS) Scale–Child Report

C. Security in the Marital System–Parent Report (SIMS-PR) Scale

D. Advanced Measurement and Research Design Issues for a Process-Oriented Approach