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Intimate partner violence indirectly dysregulates child diurnal adrenocortical functioning through positive parenting
Author(s) -
Hibel Leah C.,
Nuttall Amy K.,
Valentino Kristin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of developmental neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.761
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1873-474X
pISSN - 0736-5748
DOI - 10.1002/jdn.10002
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , bedtime , domestic violence , positive parenting , mediation , autonomy , cortisol awakening response , saliva , clinical psychology , poison control , hydrocortisone , injury prevention , medicine , intervention (counseling) , endocrinology , environmental health , psychiatry , political science , law
Data were drawn from an ongoing study of preschoolers ( N = 221). Mothers self‐reported experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) and parenting practices, and collected three saliva samples (waking, midday, and bedtime) on themselves and their child on 2 consecutive days. Saliva samples were later assayed for cortisol. Bootstrapped mediation analyses revealed IPV to indirectly impact child diurnal cortisol through positive parenting. Specifically, greater exposure to IPV was associated with reduced positive parenting and subsequently heightened child waking cortisol levels. IPV did not indirectly impact child diurnal cortisol via autonomy supporting parenting or maternal diurnal cortisol. These findings suggest a possible pathway by which mother's experience of IPV indirectly influences child physiological regulation via maternal positive parenting.