Table 2.

A Synopsis of the Hypothesized Behavioral Function, Form, and Family Antecedents of Each of the Four SDS Patterns of Child Reactivity to Interparental Conflict in EST-R.

SDS Pattern Characteristics	Secure	Mobilizing	Dominant	Demobilizing
Function	Only efficiently respond to signs of clear, direct threat	Stay ready to actively managing threat and cultivate social support	Directly defeat threat through coerciveness	Lay low to reduce salience as a target of hostility
Form	Minimal/mild distress Empathetic concern Confidence Autonomy	Demonstrative distress Appeasing behavior Active involvement & avoidance Solicitation of comfort, sympathy, & attention	Vigilance to threat Suppression of fear & distress Anger& hostility Coerciveness	Restrained fear Camouflaging Freezing, Submissiveness Subtle disengagement Dysphoria
Family Precursors	Harmonious: minimal interparental hostility, family cohesion & parent responsivity; parent emotion socialization	Enmeshed: Hostile interparental conflict, coparental discord, conditional parental responsiveness & psychological control family triangulation	Disengaged: moderate interparental hostility, vulnerable parent behavior, parental inconsistent discipline, parental indifference	Chaotic or Detouring: interparental aggression, parent intolerance of affect expression, frightening parent behavior, parental alliance against child, parent emotion volatility
Developmental Precursors	Low fearfulness Soothability Planning Working memory High effortful control	High approach High negative affect Low positive affect High activity Low effortful control	High approach High frustration Low effortful control	Low approach Low frustration Low positive affect Low activity High effortful control
Developmental Sequelae	Cooperation Social problem-solving Gullibility, naivety	Anxiety, depression Externalizing problems ADHD Social interest	Externalizing problems Callousness Extraversion Self-confidence	Anxiety, depression Social withdrawal Courteous Conscientious

Note. SDS = social defense system.