title: Interparental Violence and the Mediating Role of Parental Availability in Children's Trauma Related Symptoms.
abstract: This cross-sectional study examined the hypothesis that parental psychopathology in Interparental Violence (IPV) families crosses over to children, because parental psychopathology spills over to parental functioning. In a high-risk sample of IPV exposed families, we tested whether parental psychopathology spills over to parental availability, which, in turn, shows a crossover effect to children's trauma-related symptoms. The study population consisted of 78 IPV exposed children (4-12 years), and their 65 custodial parents referred to outpatient Children's Trauma Centers in the Netherlands for intervention. Consistent with our hypotheses, parental psychopathology was negatively related to parental availability, suggesting a spillover effect. Although parental psychopathology was not associated with children's trauma-related symptoms directly, we found evidence for the predicted indirect, crossover effects. We found an indirect crossover effect from parental psychopathology to children's trauma-related anxiety, depression, and anger, through the spillover effect of parental availability. Clinical implications for treatment and study limitations are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands ; EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; KJTC (Children's Trauma Center Haarlem), Zuiderhoutlaan 12, 2012 PJ Haarlem, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Margreet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Visser
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands ; EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schoemaker
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands ; EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Clasien
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Schipper
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands ; EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Francien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lamers-Winkelman
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands ; EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Catrin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Finkenauer
keywords: Crossover effects; Interparental violence; Parental availability; Parental psychopathology; Posttraumatic stress; Spillover effects