11 research outputs found
The Approach of Immigrant Families from the Former Soviet Union Towards Child Maltreatment∗
Family correlates of children's social and physical aggression with peers: Negative interparental conflict strategies and parenting styles
The Mediating Effects of Marital Support and Conflict Resolution Behavior on the Relationship between Stress and Marital Satisfaction
Assessing children's appraisals of security in the family system: the development of the Security in the Family System (SIFS) scales
Mothers in Trouble: Coping With Actual or Pending Separation From Children due to Incarceration
Reporting bad results: The ethical responsibility of presenting abused women's parenting practices in a negative light
Links Between Parental Psychological Violence, Other Family Disturbances, and Children's Adjustment
In a sample of 143 parent-child dyads from two-parent and separated families, this investigation documented the links between parental psychological violence and separation or divorce, severity of parental conflict, triangulation of the child in this conflict, and polarized parent-child alliances. The unique and combined contributions of all these variables to children's behavior problems were also assessed. Participants were parents, mostly mothers, and their 10–12-year-old child. They were recruited through schools, community organizations, and newspapers. Questionnaires were administered at home. Findings suggest that separated families undergo more relational disturbances than two-parent families (more severe conflicts, more triangulation, stronger parent-child alliances), but the amount of parental psychological violence was similar in both groups. Psychological violence was associated with the severity of parental conflict, especially in two-parent families. Triangulation of the child in parental conflict was another correlate of psychological violence. Once all variables were controlled for, psychological violence remained the only significant correlate of children's externalized behavior problems. These findings raise the importance of preventing psychological violence toward children, especially in families plagued with severe parental conflicts