title: Parenting in the Wake of Abuse: Exploring the Mediating Role of PTSD Symptoms on the Relationship Between Parenting and Child Functioning.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Children whose mothers report partner violence and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at risk for behavior dysfunctions.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To examine the mediating effects of maternal PTSD symptoms on the relationship of parenting behaviors to child internalizing and externalizing behavior dysfunctions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Maternal PTSD symptoms have a partial mediating effect on the relationship between inconsistent discipline and child internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Maternal PTSD symptoms have a fully mediating effect on the relationship between poor supervision and child internalizing behaviors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a need to identify women who report partner violence and are at high risk for PTSD and intervene early to prevent problematic parenting and resulting child behavior problems.
authors.affiliation: Texas Woman's University, Houston TX. Electronic address: lsymes@twu.edu.
authors.forename: Lene
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Symes
authors.affiliation: Texas Woman's University, Houston TX.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McFarlane
authors.affiliation: Texas Woman's University, Houston TX.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fredland
authors.affiliation: Texas Woman's University, Houston TX.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maddoux
authors.affiliation: Texas Woman's University, Houston TX.
authors.forename: Weiden
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*