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Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Parenting Stress: Assessing the Mediating Role of Depressive SymptomsUniversity of Iowa, lynette-renner{at}uiowa.edu Guided by the spillover hypothesis and process model of parenting, this study examined relationships between intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and parenting characteristics among a sample of 1,153 lower-income women. Hierarchical regression was used to investigate a mediational model examining womens self-reports of physical and psychological IPV, depressive symptoms, and parenting stress. Results suggest that depressive symptoms partially mediate the link between a mothers psychological IPV victimization and later self-reported parenting stress. Findings from this study highlight the importance of including maternal psychopathology and other stress and support variables when assessing parenting outcomes among women with histories of IPV.
Key Words: domestic violence intimate partner violence parenting stress relationship violence
Violence Against Women, Vol. 15, No. 11,
1380-1401 (2009) |
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