Marital psychological and physical aggression and children's mental and physical health: direct, mediated, and moderated effects.
J Consult Clin Psychol
; 76(1): 138-48, 2008 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18229991
ABSTRACT
Relations between marital aggression (psychological and physical) and children's health were examined. Children's emotional insecurity was assessed as a mediator of these relations, with distinctions made between marital aggression against mothers and fathers and ethnicity (African American or European American), socioeconomic status, and child gender examined as moderators of effects. Participants were 251 community-recruited families, with multiple reporters of each construct. Aggression against either parent yielded similar effects for children. Children's emotional insecurity mediated the relation between marital aggression and children's internalizing, externalizing, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. No differences were found in these pathways for African American and European American families or as a function of socioeconomic status or child gender.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Spouse Abuse
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Child Reactive Disorders
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Aggression
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Year:
2008
Type:
Article