Physical and sexual intimate partner violence, women's health and children's behavioural functioning: entry analysis of a seven‐year prospective study

Symes, Lene; Maddoux, John; McFarlane, Judith; Nava, Angeles; Gilroy, Heidi

doi:10.1111/jocn.12542

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“…Although it has been reported that severity of abuse affects women's mental health functioning (Campbell et al, ; Straus et al, ), in this study, we identified the specific aspects of mental health that were affected, including major symptoms of depression, anxiety, somatization, and PTSD. These findings contribute to previous evidence of correlations among maternal abuse, mental health, and child behavioral functioning (Chemtob et al, ; Emery, ; Panuzio et al, ; Spiller et al, ) by pinpointing specific mental health symptoms and expanding on the initial analyses of Symes et al () of the association between types of abuse and maternal and child well‐being at baseline in this sample.…”

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“…Further, the effects of partner abuse are intergenerational (Cesario, Nava, Bianchi, McFarlane, & Maddoux, ; Hulette, Kaehler, & Freyd, ) in that maternal abuse is associated with child behavioral dysfunction (Chemtob, Griffing, Tullberg, Roberts, & Ellis, ; Emery, ; Panuzio, Taft, Black, Koenen, & Murphy, ; Spiller, Jouriles, McDonald, & Skoop, ; Symes, Maddoux, McFarlane, Nava, & Gilroy, ). Several researchers have shown that children's witnessing of their mothers’ abuse places them at risk for behavioral dysfunction (Carpenter & Stacks, ; Graham‐Bermann, Gruber, Howell, & Girz, ; Levendosky, Bogat, & Martinez‐Torteva, ; McFarlane et al, ).…”

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Partner Abuse of Mothers Compromises Children's Behavioral Functioning Through Maternal Mental Health Dysfunction: Analysis of 300 Mother‐Child Pairs

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Liu

Symes

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Research in Nursing & Health

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Partner violence is associated with numerous negative consequences for victims, especially poor mental health. Children who are exposed to partner violence are more likely to have behavior problems. Nevertheless, research on the relationship between severity of abuse, maternal mental health functioning following partner violence, and child behavior problems is limited. We explored the direct and indirect effects on the child's behavioral functioning of severity of maternal abuse and maternal mental health functioning following abuse. A sample of 300 mothers was recruited when they sought assistance for abuse for the first time at shelters for abused women or at the district attorney's office. Severity of abuse, mothers' mental health functioning, and child behavioral functioning were measured by maternal self-report at entry into the study and 4 months later. In SEM analysis, at both entry and 4 months, severity of abuse had a direct effect on maternal mental health functioning, which in turn had a direct effect on child behavioral functioning. The path from severity of abuse to child behavioral functioning also was significant but became non- significant once maternal mental health functioning was added to the equation, indicating that the path from severity of abuse to child behavioral functioning was indirect and occurred as a result of the mother's mental health functioning, which remained directly linked to child behavioral problems. Intergenerational interventions are needed to address both maternal mental health and child behavioral functioning when a mother reports partner violence and is experiencing mental health problems.

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Partner Abuse of Mothers Compromises Children's Behavioral Functioning Through Maternal Mental Health Dysfunction: Analysis of 300 Mother‐Child Pairs

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“…Research reveals that women with a history of adverse childhood events (e.g. sexual abuse) are at a higher risk for multiple adverse health outcomes, including higher levels of somatization and PTSD scores (Campbell, 2002;Symes, Maddoux, McFarlane, Nava, & Gilroy, 2014). Childhood experience is also a contributing factor to re-victimization (Campbell, 2002).…”

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Women's Functioning Following an Intervention for Partner Violence: New Knowledge for Clinical Practice from a 7-Year Study

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McFarlane

Cesario

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Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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Intimate partner violence affects one in three women worldwide, with women who experience violence almost twice as likely to experience poor mental health, especially depression, compared with women who are not abused. To learn the impact of interventions of safe shelter and justice services on improved mental health and behavior functioning, 300 abused women are interviewed every 4 months in a 7-year prospective study. For this paper, abuse, mental health and resiliency status of these women, 1 year after accessing services for the first time, are reported. Measures of mental health (depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), somatization), and adult behavioral functioning are reported. At 4 months following a shelter stay or justice services, a large effect size was measured for improvement in all mental health measures; however, improvement was the lowest for PTSD. All mental health measures plateaued at 4 months with minimum further improvement at 12 months. Both internal behavioral dysfunctions (withdrawal and somatic complaints) were worse with increased depressive symptoms, as were external behavioral dysfunctions (aggressive and rule-breaking behaviors). A concerning 39.2% of the women had clinical PTSD scores at 12 months following receipt of safe shelter or justice services, compared with a much lower percentage of women with clinical depression (14.2%), clinical somatization (9.4%), and clinical anxiety (13.5%). Depression was a significant positive predictor of internal and external behavioral dysfunctions, indicating that women who had higher levels of depression tended to report more internal dysfunctions (withdrawal, anxiety, somatization) and more external behaviors (aggression and rule-breaking).

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“…The authors problematize conceptualizations of children as secondary or passive victims because children are directly affected, sometimes directly involved, and often active agents in resisting control. Others have found links between exposure to sexual coercion and violence against mothers and child maladjustment (Spiller, Jouriles, McDonald, & Skopp, ; Symes, Maddoux, McFarlane, Nava, & Gilroy, ). Jouriles, McDonald, Vu, and Sargent () found that sexual coercion experienced by mothers was associated with greater mother and child reports of externalizing problems.…”

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A Socioecological Perspective on Intimate Partner Violence Research: A Decade in Review

Hardesty

Ogolsky

2020

J of Marriage and Family

130

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health issue impacting millions globally. To frame this decade in review, we organize the research published since 2010 at each of four ecological levels (individual, relational, community, and sociocultural) to demonstrate advances and gaps in each. At the individual and relational level, we review the prevalence, directionality, typologies, predictors, and outcomes of IPV. We attend to postseparation dynamics as well as research on youth exposure. We also discuss key theoretical advances. Our review of individual and relational research is more substantial as most research on IPV focuses on these factors with less attention to community and sociocultural contexts. Reflecting the state of the research within each ecological level, we review men's violence against women and incorporate developing research on men's victimization, reciprocal violence between men and women, and IPV among same‐sex partners. Throughout the review, we address key developments in knowledge as well as gaps and methodological strengths and limitations. We close with an integrated summary and recommendations for rigorous collaborative research across disciplines in the next decade to broaden our knowledge base and inform preventions and interventions.

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Physical and sexual intimate partner violence, women's health and children's behavioural functioning: entry analysis of a seven‐year prospective study

Cited by 28 publications

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Partner Abuse of Mothers Compromises Children's Behavioral Functioning Through Maternal Mental Health Dysfunction: Analysis of 300 Mother‐Child Pairs

Partner Abuse of Mothers Compromises Children's Behavioral Functioning Through Maternal Mental Health Dysfunction: Analysis of 300 Mother‐Child Pairs

Women's Functioning Following an Intervention for Partner Violence: New Knowledge for Clinical Practice from a 7-Year Study

A Socioecological Perspective on Intimate Partner Violence Research: A Decade in Review

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