The Co-Occurrence of Husband-to-Wife Aggression, Family-of-Origin Aggression, and Child Abuse Potential in a Community Sample

Abstract

Despite considerable research on the effects of husband-to-wife aggression, family-of-origin aggression, and child abuse potential, information is limited regarding the co-occurrence of these three family aggression factors and their impact on specific positive and negative dimensions of parenting. This article examines the separate and additive influences of these family aggression variables on mothers’ and fathers’ parenting in two samples of community families. Co-occurrence rates for husband-to-wife aggression and family-of-origin aggression range from 9% to 12%. Co-occurrence rates for husband-to-wife aggression and child abuse potential range from 6% to 14%, with correlations ranging from .25 to .48. Husband-to-wife aggression is associated with several categories of disrupted parenting. Comparisons of parents with zero, one, or two to three of the family aggression risk variables reveal significant group differences, particularly in parents’ discipline control strategies. The discussion addresses the importance of assessing multiple family aggression factors and the implications for intervention and prevention.

Role of attachment in the intergenerational transmission of abuse: From childhood victimization to adult revictimization and distress

“…One potential explanation for why paternal IPV perpetration was not a significant predictor of father-child attachment could be that it shared a lot of variance with paternal child abuse and did not contribute enough unique variance to father-child attachment. Past research indicates that parental IPV and child abuse often co-occur (e.g., Appel & Holden, 1998;Margolin, Gordis, Medina, & Oliver, 2003). Similarly, exploratory analysis in the current study revealed that paternal IPV perpetration significantly predicted paternal child abuse.…”

Concerted Practice-Based Actions in Intimate Partner and Family Violence: When the Children’s Well-Being Is the Central Concern

“…The presence of IPV in the family increases the risk that children will in turn be the direct victims of maltreatment [29][30][31][32][33][34]. Several studies have shown that exposure to both IPV and direct CM has an even more deleterious effect on children's adaptation [16,17,35,36].…”

Differences in the impact of a healthy relationship intervention on family cohesion, parent-child relationship and child well-being by intimate partner violence relationship type.

“…The study found that there were significant differences in family cohesion, the parent/child relationship and child wellbeing between the violence groups. At baseline, those who did not experience any physical violence in their relationship had the best outcomes for all three measures, which corroborates the previous research showing that child well-being, family cohesion and the parent child relationship are adversely affected by physical violence in the caretakers' relationship (Rizo et all, 2011;Ireland & Smith, 2009;Brown & Bzostek, 2003;Silvern et al, 1995;Roustit et al, 2009;Russell, Springer & Greenfield 2010;Graham, Bermann & Seng, 2005;Anda, Block, Felitti, 2003;Kernsmith, 2006;Levendosky & Graham-Bermann, 2000, 2001Margolin, Gordis, Medina & Oliver, 2003). This finding was significant (p<.001), showing that those with no physical violence in a relationship had significantly better family cohesion, parent-child relationship, and child well-being than those with CCV or SV.…”

“…High jealousy and doubt in the relationship, as well as maternal depression and substance abuse are all frequently present in CCV and could all have an effect on the parent-child relationship (Levondosky et al, 2009, Margolin, Gordis-Medina & Oliver, 2003Warshaw, Sullivan, & Rivera, 2013;Lovejoy et al, 2000). There is also a high degree of instability and uncertainty with Coercive Control Violence due to the cycle of violence that is a feature of CCV.…”

“…relationship can also have an effect on the parent-child relationship and although there is some evidence of this being a positive effect of creating closeness, several factors may influence the ability to parent effectively when in an IPV relationship (Levendosky & Graham-Bermann, 2000, 2001Margolin, Gordis, Medina & Oliver, 2003). The majority of research on IPV has been done with victims from shelter populations and perpetrators in the court system, both of which have a higher rate of Coercive Control…”