Citation

Zarling AL, Taber-Thomas S, Murray A, Knuston JF, Lawrence EE, Valles NL, DeGarmo DS, Bank L. J. Fam. Psychol. 2013; 27(6): 945-955.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Iowa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/a0034804

PMID

24294933

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. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).

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