Children’s Emotional Abuse and Relational Functioning: Social Support and Internalizing Symptoms as Moderators

Gabalda, Megan Key; Broth, Michelle Robbins; Thompson, Martie P.; Kaslow, Nadine J.

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“…This study was part of a larger investigation of female mother-child dyads recruited for the project(Gabalda, Broth, Thompson, & Kaslow, 2009; Gabalda, Thompson, & Kaslow, 2010; Kaslow & Thompson, 2008; Mitchell et al, 2006; Owen, Thompson, & Kaslow, 2006; Owen et al, 2008; Owen, Thompson, Shaffer, Jackson, & Kaslow, 2009). Trained and supervised weekly by the principal investigator, team members (undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows) ( n = 32, 25 of whom were female and 17 of whom self-identified as African American) recruited participants from: (1) medical and emergency care clinics in the general hospital and associated children's hospital and (2) local women's shelters.…”

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Neighborhood disorder, spiritual well-being, and parenting stress in African American women.

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Wilson²,

Tarantino³

et al. 2014

Journal of Family Psychology

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Using a culturally-informed risk-protective framework, the purpose of this study was to examine spiritual well-being (existential, religious) as a moderator (protective factor) in the relation between neighborhood disorder (risk factor) and parenting stress in among a high risk sample of low-socioeconomic status (SES), African American women (N = 144). These women, who were primary caregivers of children aged between 8 and 12 reported on disorder in their existential and religious well-being, neighborhoods, and three types of parenting stress. Women who perceived more disorder in their neighborhood had more parenting stress, and women who reported more existential and religious well-being had less parenting stress. Existential (characterized by a sense of purpose in life), but not religious (characterized by a sense of life in relationship with God) well-being, moderated the relation between neighborhood disorder and all types of parenting stress such that women with medium or high levels of existential well-being had low levels of parenting stress at low levels of neighborhood disorder, but higher levels of parenting stress at higher levels of neighborhood disorder. No moderation effects were found at low levels of existential well-being. Results are framed in a context that emphasizes their relevance to incorporating family interventions that bolster culturally relevant resilience factors, such as spirituality, pertinent to low-SES African American families.

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confidence: 99%

Neighborhood disorder, spiritual well-being, and parenting stress in African American women.

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Wilson²,

Tarantino³

et al. 2014

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“…Research has clearly demonstrated the link between violent family contexts, including inter-parental violence and maltreatment, and reduced perceptions of family social support (Gabalda, Broth, Thompson, & Kaslow, 2009;Merrill, Thomsen, Sinclair, Gold, & Milner, 2001;Pepin & Banyard, 2006). Similarly, we know that victimization at the hands of peers is associated with reduced levels of peer social support (Demaray & Malecki, 2003;Flaspohler, Elfstrom, Vanderzee, Sink, & Birchmeier, 2009;Holt & Espelage, 2007;Pepin & Banyard, 2006;Rigby, 2000).…”

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Effects of Poly-Victimization on Adolescent Social Support, Self-Concept, and Psychological Distress

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Shattuck

Finkelhor

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J Interpers Violence

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Past research has demonstrated the particularly damaging effects of exposure to multiple forms of victimization, or "poly-victimization," on youth mental health. The primary objective of the present study is to begin to identify the mechanisms that help explain its powerful impact. Analyses are based on two waves of longitudinal data from the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), conducted in 2008 and 2010, that comprised a telephone sample of 1,186 youth ages 10 to 17. Using structural equation modeling, we examine direct and indirect effects on distress symptoms of increased, decreased, and stable high poly-victimization between Waves 1 and 2 compared to no or low victimization in both waves. Specifically, we consider the extent to which reductions in core psychosocial resources, including family support, peer support, self-esteem, and mastery, mediate the relationship between these poly-victimization conditions and distress. Relative to stable low victimization, both increased poly-victimization and stable high poly-victimization were associated with declines in all four resources. However, only self-esteem and mastery significantly mediated the association between poly-victimization and distress, with mastery showing the strongest effect. Although significant indirect effects were evident, poly-victimization still had a strong direct effect on distress with resource factors controlled. Findings support the hypothesis that the potent effect of poly-victimization on youth mental health is, in part, due to its damaging influence on core psychosocial resources.

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“…Research showed that the positive moral personality of college students were significantly negatively correlated with anti-social behaviors (e.g., violation, addiction, and attack tendencies; Zhang, 2012). In the developmental period of moral personality, as a childhood experience, childhood psychological abuse was closely related to individual personality characteristics (Gabalda et al, 2009;Martinotti et al, 2009;Conger et al, 2010;Auslander et al, 2016). Studies have shown that psychological abuse was negatively related to extroversion, and individuals who experienced more psychological abuse showed high levels of neuroticism, impulsion, and other negative personality tendencies (Li et al, 2017).…”

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The Mediation Role of Moral Personality Between Childhood Psychological Abuse and Cyberbullying Perpetration Attitudes of College Students

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Guided by social learning theory and general aggression model, this work aims to explore the impact of childhood psychological abuse on cyberbullying perpetration attitudes of college students and the mediating role of moral personality. Using stratified cluster random sampling method, 527 college students were tested by using the Childhood Psychological Abuse Scale, Moral Personality Adjective Evaluation Questionnaire for college students, and the revised Chinese version of Cyberbullying Attitude Questionnaire. Results: (1) Childhood psychological abuse was significantly positively correlated with cyberbullying perpetration attitudes and showed a significant negative correlation with positive moral personality traits. (2) Positive moral personality traits had a significant negative correlation with cyberbullying perpetration attitudes. (3) Positive moral personality traits had a significant mediating effect between childhood psychological abuse and cyberbullying attitudes of college students. The mediating effect accounted for 11.11% of the total effect.

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Children’s Emotional Abuse and Relational Functioning: Social Support and Internalizing Symptoms as Moderators

Cited by 17 publications

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Neighborhood disorder, spiritual well-being, and parenting stress in African American women.

Neighborhood disorder, spiritual well-being, and parenting stress in African American women.

Effects of Poly-Victimization on Adolescent Social Support, Self-Concept, and Psychological Distress

The Mediation Role of Moral Personality Between Childhood Psychological Abuse and Cyberbullying Perpetration Attitudes of College Students

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