Children's adjustment problems in families characterized by men's severe violence toward women: Does other family violence matter?
Children's adjustment problems in families characterized by men's severe violence toward women: Does other family violence matter?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.03.005
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发表时间：
2009-02-01
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Minze, Laura C.
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作者：
McDonald, Renee;Jouriles, Ernest N.;Minze, Laura C.
目的：本研究考察了其他形式的家庭暴力(伴侣-儿童攻击、母子攻击和女性亲密伴侣暴力[IPV])是否会导致以男性对女性严重暴力为特征的家庭中儿童的适应问题。母亲和儿童完成了男性IPV、女性IPV、伴侣-儿童攻击性和母子攻击性的测量。母亲提供了儿童内化和外化行为问题的报告：儿童提供了他们对与父母冲突有关的威胁的评估报告。结果：在控制了社会人口学和男性IPV后：(1)每种额外的家庭暴力形式(伴侣-儿童攻击、母子攻击和女性IPV)都与儿童的外化问题有关；(2)伙伴-儿童攻击与内化问题有关；(3)伙伴-儿童攻击与儿童的威胁评估有关。男童的母子攻击性与外在问题的关系强于女童；内化问题和威胁评估的性别差异不明显。结论：在没有其他形式的家庭暴力的情况下，男性的严重IPV很少发生，而其他形式的家庭暴力似乎是导致儿童适应问题的原因之一。亲子攻击，尤其是伴侣与儿童的攻击，尤其重要。似乎有必要进行系统的努力，以确定哪些儿童是父母暴力的受害者。实际影响：在没有其他形式的家庭暴力(伴侣-儿童攻击、母子攻击和妇女的IPV)的情况下，男性很少出现严重的IPV，而这些不同形式的家庭暴力都会导致儿童的适应问题。为来到家庭暴力收容所的儿童提供的治疗计划应该解决这些不同形式的家庭暴力，特别是亲子攻击。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
Objective: This research examined whether additional forms of family violence (partner-child aggression, mother-child aggression, and women's intimate partner violence [IPV]) contribute to children's adjustment problems in families characterized by men's severe violence toward women.Methods: Participants were 258 children and their mothers recruited from domestic violence shelters. Mothers and children completed measures of men's IPV, women's IPV, partner-child aggression, and mother-child aggression. Mothers provided reports of children's internalizing and externalizing behavior problems: children provided reports of their appraisals of threat in relation to interparent conflict.Results: After controlling for sociodemographics and men's IPV: (1) each of the additional forms of family violence (partner-child aggression, mother-child aggression, and women's IPV) was associated with children's externalizing problems; (2) partner-child aggression was associated with internalizing problems; and (3) partner-child aggression was associated with children's threat appraisals. The relation of mother-child aggression to externalizing problems was stronger for boys than for girls; gender differences were not observed for internalizing problems or threat appraisals.Conclusions: Men's severe IPV seldom occurs in the absence of other forms of family violence, and these other forms appear to contribute to children's adjustment problems. Parent-child aggression, and partner-child aggression in particular, are especially important. Systematic efforts to identify shelter children who are victims of parental violence seem warranted.Practice implications: Men's severe IPV seldom occurs in the absence of other forms of family violence (partner-child aggression, mother-child aggression, and women's IPV), and these different forms of family violence all contribute to children's adjustment problems. Treatment programs for children who come to domestic violence shelters should address these different forms of family violence, especially parent-child aggression. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.