The effects of exposure to interadult conflict on children's behavioral adjustment have been well documented; however, less is known about the affective processes that underlie these outcomes. In recent years, narrative methods have proven useful for understanding children's emotional experiences. The current study examined the links between exposure to interadult conflict and children's narrative emotion and relationship representations. Children's representations were examined in 48 children ages 3-6 years old who were admitted to a day treatment program for severe emotional and behavioral disturbances. Narrative representations were measured using the Attachment Story Completion Task (ASCT), while children's exposure to verbal and physical forms of interadult conflict was rated on a three-point scale using data collected from a retrospective chart review. Children exposed to verbal or physical interadult conflict expressed more Anger and Joy themes, and depicted more negative maternal and paternal representations than did children from low conflict homes. Children exposed to physical violence depicted fewer positive maternal representations than did children in the verbal conflict and low conflict groups. Maternal distress, measured by mothers' responses to the Parenting Stress Index, did not mediate the link between children's exposure to interadult conflict and their narrative representations. In the present sample, interadult conflict exposure was more strongly associated with the quality of children's narrative themes than was maternal distress. Overall, the results provide clear evidence for the usefulness of narrative methods in understanding preschool-aged children's affective and parental representations, and strongly suggest a link between interadult conflict exposure and children's developing representations.