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Adult Violence with the Mother and Sibling as Predictors of Partner Violence
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Hendy, Helen M.; Burns, Mary K.; Can, S. Hakan; Scherer, Cory R. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The present study provides the first available evaluation of how violence with the mother and siblings during adulthood is associated with the occurrence of partner violence in young adults. Because a pattern of reciprocal partner violence is well documented, the authors hypothesized that reciprocal violence would also be found for adults and…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Prevention, Questionnaires, Conflict
Mediators and Moderators of Change in Adjustment Following Intervention for Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
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Graham-Bermann, Sandra A.; Howell, Kathryn H.; Lilly, Michelle; DeVoe, Ellen – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Children aged 6 to 12 who were exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) within the last year participated in an intervention program found to be successful in reducing their internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. However, little is known about factors that may contribute to this efficacy. Both fixed and modifiable risk factors that…
Descriptors: Evidence, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Mothers
The Relationship of Violent Fathers, Posttraumatically Stressed Mothers and Symptomatic Children in a Preschool-Age Inner-City Pediatrics Clinic Sample
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Schechter, Daniel S.; Willheim, Erica; McCaw, Jaime; Turner, J. Blake; Myers, Michael M.; Zeanah, Charles H. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
This study aims to understand if greater severity of maternal posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), related to maternal report of interpersonal violence, mediates the effects of such violence on (a) child PTSS as well as on (b) child externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Study participants were mothers (N = 77) and children 18 to 48 months…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Mothers, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Severity (of Disability)
Exposure to Violence and Behavior Problems during Early Childhood.
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Eiden, Rina Das – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1999
Study used an ecological framework to examine potential predictors of behavior problems among children of cocaine-using mothers. Maternal and child exposure to violence were considered to be distal ecological variables; substance use and caregiving were considered more proximal variables. Also investigates whether violent experiences contributed…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cocaine, Drug Abuse, Mothers
Battered Mothers Who Physically Abuse Their Children
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Coohey, Carol – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
The purpose of this study is to understand why some battered mothers physically abuse their children. Mothers who were battered and physically abused their children (the co-occurrence group) were compared with mothers who were neither battered nor physically abused, who were only battered, and who only abused (N = 184). The mothers in the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Family Violence, Child Abuse, Family Relationship
Factors Influencing Sexual Victimization and Revictimization in a Sample of Adolescent Mothers.
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Collins, Mary Elizabeth – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1998
Analyzes an existing longitudinal survey of adolescent mothers (N=315). Data from Time 1 were used to predict victimization reported in the year between Time 1 and Time 2. Explores factors that increased the likelihood of reported sexual victimization at Time 2 and factors that reduce the risk of victimization. Investigates risk factors for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Interpersonal Relationship, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers