Citation

Skopp NA, McDonald R, Jouriles EN, Rosenfield D. J. Fam. Psychol. 2007; 21(3): 459-467.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0442, USA. nskopp@smu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.459

PMID

17874931

Abstract

This research examined maternal and partner warmth as moderators of the relation between men's intimate partner aggression and children's externalizing problems. Participants were 157 mothers and their children (ages 7-9 years). Results indicate that maternal and partner warmth each moderated the relation between men's intimate partner aggression and children's externalizing problems. Partner-to-mother aggression was positively associated with child reports of externalizing problems at lower, but not higher, levels of maternal warmth. Similarly, partner-to-mother aggression was positively associated with mother reports of girls', but not boys', externalizing problems at lower, but not higher, levels of maternal warmth. On the other hand, the moderating effect of partner warmth was in the opposite direction and was found only with child-reported externalizing problems. Increased levels of partner-to-mother aggression related positively to child-reported externalizing problems when partners were higher, but not lower, in warmth.

Language: en