Partner Aggression and Children's Externalizing Problems: Maternal and Partner Warmth as Protective Factors

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 459-467

  Skopp, Nancy A ^a   McDonald, Renee ^a   Jouriles, Ernest N ^a   Rosenfield, David ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children's externalizing problems; intimate partner aggression; maternal and partner warmth; protective factors

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 34748830291     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.459     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Achenbach T. Manual for the child behavior checklist/4-18 and 91 profile (1991), University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry, Burlington
2. Achenbach T. The child behavior checklist and related instruments. In: Maruish M.E. (Ed). The use of psychological testing for treatment planning and outcomes assessment (1999), Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ 429-466
3. Achenbach T., McConaughy S.H., and Howell C.T. Child/adolescent behavioral and emotional problems: Implication of cross-informant correlations for situational specificity. Psychological Bulletin 105 (1987) 213-232
4. Aiken L.S., and West S.G. Multiple regression: Testing and interpreting significant interactions (1991), Sage, Newbury Park, CA
5. Andrews J.A., Hops H., and Duncan S.C. Adolescent modeling of parent substance use: The moderating effect of the relationship with parent. Journal of Family Psychology 3 (1997) 259-270
6. Bandura A. Social learning theory (1977), Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
7. Baumrind D. Child care practices anteceding three patterns of preschool behavior. Genetic Psychology Monographs 75 (1967) 43-88
8. Brannigan A., Gemmell W., Pevalin D.J., and Wade T.J. Self-control and social control in childhood misconduct and aggression: The role of family structure, hyperactivity, and hostile parenting. Canadian Journal of Criminology 44 (2002) 119-142
9. Child Trends. Charting parenthood: A statistical portrait of mothers and fathers in America (2002), Author, Washington, DC
10. Cohen J., and Cohen P. Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences. 2nd ed. (1983), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ
11. Davies P.T., Harold G.T., Goeke-Morey M.C., and Cummings E.M. Child emotional security and interparental conflict. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 67 3, Serial No. 270 (2002)
12. Edleson J.L. The overlap between child maltreatment and women battering. Violence Against Women 5 (1999) 134-154
13. El-Sheikh M., and Elmore-Staton L. The link between marital conflict and child adjustment: Parent-child conflict and perceived attachments as mediators, potentiators, and mitigators of risk. Development and Psychopathology 16 (2004) 631-648
14. Formoso D., Gonzales N.A., and Aiken L. Family conflict and children's internalizing and externalizing behavior: Protective factors. American Journal of Community Psychology 28 (2000) 175-199
15. Gottman J.M., Katz L.F., and Hooven C. Parental meta-emotion philosophy and the emotional life of families: Theoretical models and preliminary data. Journal of Family Psychology 10 (1996) 243-268
16. Grusec J.E., Goodnow J.J., and Kuczynski L. New directions in analyses of parenting contributions to children's acquisition of values. Child Development 71 (2000) 205-211
17. Grych J.H., Jouriles E.N., Swank P.R., McDonald R., and Norwood W.D. Patterns of adjustment among children of battered women. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 68 (2000) 84-94
18. Hegarty K., Sheehan M., and Schonfeld C. A multidimensional definition of partner abuse: Development and preliminary validation of the Composite Abuse Scale. Journal of Family Violence 14 (1999) 399-415
19. Jaffee S.R., Moffitt T.E., Caspi A., and Taylor A. Life with (or without) father: The benefits of living with two biological parents depend on the father's antisocial behavior. Child Development 74 (2003) 109-126
20. Jenkins J.M., and Smith M.A. Factors protecting children living in disharmonious homes: Maternal reports. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 29 (1990) 60-69
21. Jouriles E.N., McDonald R., Norwood W.D., Ware H.S., Spiller L.C., and Swank P.R. Knives, guns, and interparent violence: Relations with child behavior problems. Journal of Family Psychology 12 (1998) 178-194
22. Jouriles E.N., McDonald R., Spiller L., Norwood W.D., Swank P.R., Stephens N., et al. Reducing conduct problems among children of battered women. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 69 (2001) 774-785
23. Jouriles E.N., and Norwood W.D. Physical aggression toward boys and girls in families characterized by the battering of women. Journal of Family Psychology 9 (1995) 69-78
24. Jouriles E.N., Norwood W.D., McDonald R., and Peters B. Intimate partner aggression and child adjustment. In: Grych J.H., and Fincham F.D. (Eds). Interparental conflict and child development: Theory and applications (2001), Cambridge University Press, New York 315-336
25. Katz L.F., and Gottman J.M. Buffering children from marital conflict and dissolution. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 26 (1997) 157-171
26. Katz L.F., and Windecker-Nelson B. Domestic violence, emotion coaching, and child adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology 20 (2006) 56-67
27. Kliewer W., Cunningham J.N., Diehl R., Parrish K.A., Walter J.M., Atiyeh C., et al. Violence exposure and adjustment in inner-city youth: Child and caregiver emotion regulation skill, caregiver-child relationship quality, and neighborhood cohesion as protective factors. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 33 (2004) 477-487
28. Lovejoy C.M., Weis R., O'Hare E., and Rubin E.C. Development and initial validation of the parent behavior inventory. Psychological Assessment 11 (1999) 534-545
29. MacDonald K. Warmth as a developmental construct: An evolutionary analysis. Child Development 63 (1992) 753-773
30. Margolin G. Effects of intimate partner aggression on children. In: Trickett P.K., and Schellenbach C.J. (Eds). Violence against children in the family and the community (1998), American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 57-101
31. Margolin G., Gordis E.B., and John R.S. Coparenting: A link between marital conflict and parenting in two-parent families. Journal of Family Psychology 15 (2001) 3-21
32. Masten A.S., and Coatsworth J.D. The development of competence in favorable and unfavorable environments. Lessons from research on successful children. American Psychologist 53 (1998) 205-230
33. Mattanah J.F. Parental psychological autonomy and children's academic competence and behavioral adjustment in late childhood: More than just limit-setting and warmth. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly 47 (2001) 355-376
34. McDonald R., and Grych J.H. Young children's appraisals of interparental conflict: Measurement and links with adjustment problems. Journal of Family Psychology 20 (2006) 88-99
35. McDonald, R., & Jouriles, E. N. (1999). The Children's Disruptive Behavior Scale. Unpublished measure.
36. McDonald R., Jouriles E.N., Ramisetty-Mikler S., Caetano R., and Green C.E. Estimating the number of American children living in partner violent families. Journal of Family Psychology 20 (2006) 137-142
37. McDonald R., Jouriles E.N., and Skopp N.A. Reducing conduct problems among children brought to women's shelters: Intervention effects 24 months following termination of services. Journal of Family Psychology 20 (2006) 127-136
38. McDowell D.J., Kim M., O'Neil R., and Parke R.D. Children's emotional regulation and social competence in middle childhood: The role of maternal and paternal interactive style. Marriage and Family Review 34 (2002) 345-364
39. Morrel T.M., Dubowitz H., Kerr M.A., and Black M.M. The effect of maternal victimization on children: A cross-informant study. Journal of Family Violence 18 (2003) 29-41
40. Osofsky J.D. Prevalence of children's exposure to domestic violence and child maltreatment: Implications for prevention and intervention. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 6 (2003) 161-170
41. Patterson G.R. The early development of coercive family process. In: Reid J.B., Patterson G.R., and Snyder J. (Eds). Antisocial behavior in children and adolescents: A developmental analysis and model for intervention (2002), American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 25-44
42. Preacher K.J., Curran P.J., and Bauer D.J. Simple intercepts, simple slopes, and regions of significance in two-way interactions (2004). http://www.psych.ku.edu/preacher/interact/interactions.htm Retrieved November 7, 2005, from http://www.psych.ku.edu/preacher/interact/interactions.htm
43. Robins L.N. Sturdy childhood predictors of adult outcomes: Replications from longitudinal studies. Psychological Medicine 8 (1978) 611-622
44. Robins L.N., and Price R. Conduct problems and adult psychiatric disorders. Psychiatry 54 (1991) 116-132
45. Rowe D.C., and Gulley B.L. Sibling effects on substance use and delinquency. Criminology 30 (1992) 217-233
46. Slep A.M.S., and O'Leary S.G. Parent and partner violence in families with young children: Rates, patterns, and connections. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 73 (2005) 435-444
47. Slomkowski C., Rende R., Conger K.J., Simons R.L., and Conger R.D. Sisters, brothers, and delinquency: Evaluating social influence during early and middle adolescence. Child Development 72 (2001) 271-283
48. Sternberg K.J. Fathers, the missing parents in research on family violence. In: Lamb M.E. (Ed). The role of the father in child development. 3rd ed. (1997), Wiley, New York 284-308
49. Straus M.A., Hamby S.L., Boney-McCoy S., and Sugarman D.B. The revised conflict tactics scales (CTS2). Journal of Family Issues 17 (1996) 283-316
50. Sullivan C.M., Nguyen H., Allen N., Bybee D., and Juras J. Beyond searching for deficits: Evidence that physically and emotionally abused women are nurturing parents. Journal of Emotional Abuse 2 (2000) 51-71
51. Sullivan, C. M., Parisian, J. A., & Davidson, W. S. (1991, August). Index of psychological abuse: Development of a measure. Poster presented at the 99th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco.
52. Tabachnick B.G., and Fidell L.S. Using multivariate statistics (2001), Allyn & Bacon, Needham Heights, MA
53. Tolman R.M. The validation of the Psychological Maltreatment of Women inventory. In: O'Leary K.D., and Maiuro R.D. (Eds). Psychological abuse in violent intimate partner relations (2001), Springer, New York 47-59
54. Ware H.S., Jouriles E.N., Spiller L.C., McDonald R., Swank P.R., and Norwood W.D. Conduct problems among children at battered women's shelters: Prevalence and stability of maternal reports. Journal of Family Violence 16 (2001) 291-307
55. Wolf, M. E. (1999, April). Protection of women: Health and justice outcomes. Paper presented at Interagency Consortium on Violence Against Women and Family Violence Research: Meeting of principal investigators, Washington, DC.