Citation

Medina AM, Margolin G, Wilcox RR. Behav. Ther. 2000; 31(4): 667-684.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

This study examined cognitive processes of children exposed to two types of family hostility: parents' interpartner aggression and/or maternal child abuse potential. Forty-nine mother-child dyads from a community sample participated. Mothers completed the Domestic Conflict Inventory and the Child Abuse Potential Inventory, while children completed cognitive tasks before and after listening to audiotaped vignettes of marital conflict. Study findings revealed that, following presentation of conflict vignettes, children exposed to high versus low levels of family hostility demonstrated fewer intrusion errors on the verbal learning task and showed improved performance on the verbal attention task, yet also performed more poorly on a measure of short delay verbal recall. Discussion addresses the ways in which specific types of cognitive processes are differentially affected by exposure to family hostility. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Behavior Therapy, 2000. Copyright © 2000 by the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy)

Witnessing Spouse Abuse
Witnessing Violence Effects
Early Adolescence
Late Childhood
Middle Childhood
Juvenile Witness
Juvenile Development
Child Development
Child Witness
Youth Development
Cognitive Development
Cognitive Processing
Child Victim
Juvenile Victim
Victimization Effects
Child Abuse Effects
Child Abuse Victim
Child Physical Abuse Effects
Child Physical Abuse Victim
Domestic Violence Victim
Domestic Violence Effects
Spouse Abuse Effects
Partner Violence
Violence Against Women
Children of Battered Women
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