Relationships Between Adult Women’s Mental Health Problems and their Childhood Experiences of Parental Violence and Psychological Aggression

Um estudo sobre a validade de construto da Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTSPC) em uma amostra populacional urbana do Nordeste brasileiro

“…A consistência interna mostrou-se similar aos valores encontrados nos demais estudos 17,22,23,24,25,28,30 , sendo o valor mais alto para o Fator 1 e o menor para o Fator 3. De forma similar aos estudos internacionais, o Fator 3, o qual agrega itens de MND, apresentou menor consistência interna, podendo indicar os problemas relativos à baixa frequência de respostas.…”

“…O segundo é o WorldSAFE Core Questionnaire on Domestic Violence 14,15 , desenvolvido pelo grupo World Studies of Abuse in Family Environments, projeto multinacional que tem investigado a violência doméstica em países como o Brasil, Chile, Egito, Índia, Filipinas e Estados Unidos. O último concerne à Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTSPC) 16,17 , instrumento escolhido para esta pesquisa pelo seu uso internacional 18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25 , tendo sido traduzido, validado e adaptado em diversos países 26 , além de ter servido de base para a construção de questionário elaborado pelo WorldSAFE. Há ainda outros instrumentos publicados que avaliam esse fenômeno, porém na perspectiva do adulto que sofreu de violência familiar em sua própria infância 27 , não sendo esse o foco do estudo.…”

Shattered Vision: Disenchantment of Couplehood Among Female Survivors of Violence in the Shadow of Their Family-of-Origin Experiences

“…A fundamental axiom of human development theories is that the nuclear family of origin is the most intimate and powerful influence on adults ' attitudes, values, emotions, and behaviors (Boszormeny-Nagy & Krasner, 1986;Bowen, 1978;Bowlby, 1979;Framo, 1992). Empirical research in recent years confirmed the connection between family-of-origin negative experiences of female survivors of violence and adulthood problems (e.g., Banyard, Williams, & Siegel, 2001;Downs, Capshew, & Rindels, 2006;Saunders, 2003). Although not all female survivors of violence experienced abuse in their family of origin (Okun, 1986;Stith et al, 2000;Straus & Gelles, 1986), those who had encountered such an experience are considered to be at greater risk of becoming a victim of violence in their marital relationships as well as of perpetrating violence in intimate relationships with adults and offspring (Avakame, 1998;Dankoski et al, 2006;Jackson, 1996;Kalmuss, 1984;Sugarman, Aldarondo, & Boney-McCoy, 1996).…”

“…The underlying existential and phenomenological assumptions are that female survivors of violence are active meaning makers whose existence in the world is reflective and intentional toward the self and others, as expressed in the interweaving of personal, interpersonal, and social realities in their narrative constructs (Becker, 1992;Widdershoven, 1993). This conceptualization is important as it opposes the notion that presents these women as passive "transmitters" of their past into their marital relationships, as assumed by intergenerational transmission of violence approaches (Dobash & Dobash, 1992;Downs et al, 2006;Rosenbaum, Cohen, & Forsstrom-Cohen, 1991). Such a notion robs them of their self-reflexive skills and ability to construct their own meanings regarding life in general and intimate relationships in particular.…”

Inter‐parent Aggression as a Precursor to Disengagement Coping in Emerging Adulthood: The Buffering Role of Friendship Competence

“…It has long been suggested that family climate affects coping styles (Shulman, Seiffge‐Krenke, & Samet, ) and that the emotional climate that children experience daily is affected by marital relations of parents (Morris, Silk, Steinberg, Myers, & Robinson, ). Inter‐parent aggression has been linked to a number of problematic behavioral and social outcomes among youth, and youth's coping strategies are often theorized to mediate and/or moderate these links (Downs, Capshew, & Rindels, ; Shelton & Harold, ). Yet, direct associations between inter‐parent aggression and maladaptive coping strategies remain poorly understood, and more importantly, very little research has examined factors which might protect against the development of maladaptive coping among youth exposed to inter‐parent aggression.…”