title: Parenting in females exposed to intimate partner violence and childhood sexual abuse.
abstract: Child sexual abuse and intimate partner violence may have a significant impact on parenting. The current study expands on existing research by examining the effects of child sexual abuse and intimate partner violence on parenting styles and parenting self-efficacy. In women from a parenting intervention program (n = 20), child sexual abuse was related to lower parenting self-efficacy and more permissive parenting. In women at a domestic violence shelter (n = 45), child sexual abuse was related to current sexual coercion of the partner, and authoritative parenting was related to higher parenting self-efficacy. These results indicate that having a history of child sexual abuse should be taken into consideration when dealing with mothers in violent relationships.
authors.affiliation: University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 74104, USA.
authors.forename: Anna E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Jaffe
authors.forename: Christopher C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Cranston
authors.forename: Joanna O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Shadlow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D003068:Coercion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult