title: The mediating role of parenting stress in the relation between intimate partner violence and child adjustment.
abstract: This study examined the role of maternal parenting stress in the relation between intimate partner violence (IPV) and children's emotional and behavioral problems among 139 African American children between the ages of 8 and 12 years. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate a mediational model examining maternal reports of IPV and parenting stress and both mother and child reports of child adjustment. Results suggest that parenting stress helps explain the link between IPV and child emotional and behavioral problems. Findings from this study highlight the importance of parenting stress in outcomes of children from low-income African American families who experience IPV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University.
authors.forename: Ashley E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University.
authors.forename: Martie P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University.
authors.forename: Nadine J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Kaslow
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D002666:Psychology, Child / Q000379:methods; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D014505:Urban Population