Citation

Kennedy AC, Bybee D, Sullivan CM, Greeson M. J. Fam. Psychol. 2010; 24(2): 197-207.

Affiliation

School of Social Work.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/a0018787

PMID

20438195

Abstract

This longitudinal study used multilevel modeling to examine the relationships between witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV), community and school violence exposure (CSVE), family social support, gender, and depression over 2 years within a sample of 100 school-aged children. We found significant between-child differences in both the initial levels of depression and the trajectories of depression; depression over time was positively associated with change in witnessing IPV and CSVE and negatively associated with change in support. Two significant 3-way interactions were found: Gender and initial support, as well as gender and initial witnessing IPV, both significantly moderated the effect of change in witnessing IPV on the children's depression over time.

Language: en