Citation

Gustafsson HC, Barnett MA, Towe-Goodman NR, Mills-Koonce WR, Cox MJ. J. Fam. Violence 2014; 29(7): 773-781.

Affiliation

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10896-014-9628-z

PMID

25431522

PMCID

PMC4242526

Abstract

Using data from a diverse sample of 581 families living in predominantly low-income, rural communities, the current study sought to investigate the longitudinal associations among father-perpetrated intimate partner violence (IPV) and child-directed physical aggression perpetrated by the mother. The unique contributions of each of these types of family violence on children's behavioral problems at school entry were also examined.

RESULTS confirm bidirectional associations between father-perpetrated IPV and maternal physical aggression directed toward the child, and indicate that both types of physical aggression contribute to child behavior problems at school entry.

Language: en