A model of the effects ofchildren's temperament (negative and positive emotionality, impulsivity and attentionfocusing) on post-divorce threat appraisals, coping (active and avoidant), and psychologicalsymptoms (depression and conduct problems) was investigated. The study utilized a sample of223 mothers and children (ages 9 to 12 years) who had experienced divorce within the last twoyears. Evidence was found of direct effects of child-report negative emotionality onchildren's threat perceptions and of child-report positive emotionality and impulsivity onchildren's coping. Indirect effects of negative emotionality on active and avoidant copingthrough threat appraisal were found. Direct effects of the temperament variables on symptomswere also found. Cross group analyses indicated that the models were robust to age differences,but gender differences were found in the relation between negative emotionality and depression.The results of this study indicate that temperament and threat appraisals are important predictorsof children's post-divorce symptoms, and that temperament is a predictor ofchildren's appraisal and coping process.