Children’s Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: Should Sexual Coercion be Considered?

dc.contributor.authorJouriles, E. N., McDonald, R., Vu, N. L., & Sargent, K. S.
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-01T16:10:51Z
dc.date.available2017-12-01T16:10:51Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThis study examined whether male-perpetrated sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) directed at a child’s mother is associated with children’s adjustment problems, and if sexual IPV increases risk for children’s adjustment problems over and above the risk associated with physical IPV alone. Participants were a community sample of 539 mothers and their children (7 to 10 years). Mothers and children reported on children’s externalizing and internalizing problems. Mothers reported on recent male-perpetrated physical and sexual IPV and on their own psychological distress (depressive symptoms, relationship dissatisfaction). Four groups were formed on the basis of mothers’ reports of IPV: 1) non-violent, 2) physical-only, 3) sexual-only, 4) sexual + physical. Children in the physical-only, sexual-only, and sexual + physical groups exhibited greater levels of externalizing problems than children in the non-violent group. Levels of externalizing problems among children in the physical-only and sexual-only groups did not differ. Including sexual IPV in the conceptualization of children’s exposure to IPV may offer a more comprehensive understanding of how children are affected by IPV.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJouriles, E. N., McDonald, R., Vu, N. L., & Sargent, K. S. (2016). Children’s Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: Should Sexual Coercion be Considered? Journal of Family Psychology : JFP : Journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 30(4), 503–508. http://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000146en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4781676/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3633
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Family Psychology en_US
dc.subjectIntimate partner violenceen_US
dc.subjectexposure to violenceen_US
dc.subjectchildren’s adjustment problemsen_US
dc.subjectchild witnessen_US
dc.subjectinterpersonal violenceen_US
dc.subjectsexual coercionen_US
dc.titleChildren’s Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: Should Sexual Coercion be Considered?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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