1. Internalizing and externalizing symptoms in young children exposed to intimate partner violence: Examining intervening processes
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Lew Bank, Nizete-Ly Valles, David S. DeGarmo, Amie Langer Zarling, John F. Knuston, Erika Lawrence, Sarah Taber-Thomas, and Amanda J. Murray
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Adult ,Longitudinal study ,education ,Mothers ,Poison control ,Behavioral Symptoms ,Article ,Developmental psychology ,Adaptation, Psychological ,Injury prevention ,medicine ,Humans ,Longitudinal Studies ,Child ,General Psychology ,Parenting ,Aggression ,Human factors and ergonomics ,social sciences ,Child discipline ,Mental health ,Spouse Abuse ,Domestic violence ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology - Abstract
Children's emotion dysregulation, children's appraisals, maternal psychological functioning, and harsh discipline were investigated as potential mediators in the putative link between exposure to intimate partner violence and poor child outcomes. Participants included 132 children ages 6-8 and their mothers who had been enrolled in a longitudinal study of parenting and children's social development. The mothers were receiving some form of government-based economic assistance or other social services, and were currently involved in a romantic relationship. Results of structural equation modeling indicated children's emotion dysregulation mediated the links between exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and both internalizing and externalizing problems. Harsh discipline mediated the link between exposure to IPV and externalizing, but not internalizing, symptoms. Child appraisals and maternal psychological functioning mediated the link between exposure to IPV and internalizing, but not externalizing, symptoms.
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- 2013
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