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Intimate Partner Violence, Maternal Gatekeeping, and Child Conduct Problems
Author(s) -
Zvara Bharathi J.,
Roger MillsKoonce W.,
Cox Martha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/fare.12221
Subject(s) - gatekeeping , coparenting , psychology , domestic violence , developmental psychology , poverty , fragile families and child wellbeing study , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , social psychology , medicine , political science , environmental health , law
We examined the mediating role of parenting behavior on the relationship between intimate partner violence and child conduct problems, as well as the moderating role of maternal gatekeeping to these associations. The sample ( N = 395) is from a longitudinal study of rural poverty in the eastern United States exploring the ways in which child, family, and contextual factors shape child development over time. Study findings indicate that a father's harsh–intrusive parenting behavior may be a key mediating pathway linking intimate partner violence and child conduct problems. Study findings further provide evidence for problematic outcomes for children when mothers encourage fathers with high levels of harsh–intrusive parenting to interact with their children.