The Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale, developed by Gry
ch, Seid, and Fincham (1992), has in the meanwhile become a well-establishe
d instrument for assessing parental conflict as perceived by children. The
measure focuses not only on "objective" features of parental conflict, but
also includes appraisal scales. The current study introduces a German short
version of the CPIC. examined in a sample of 335 children and adolescents.
Analyses concerning the factor structure of the CPIC dimensions and indexe
s of reliability and validity demonstrate good psychometric properties of t
he German short version. In line with the American original version, a thre
e-dimensional structure emerged, including the slightly differently accentu
ated dimensions Persisting Conflict, Child as Content, and Child os Mediato
r.