Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Mothers' Parenting Practices for Urban, Low-Income Adolescents

• NCJ Number: 240496
• Journal: Journal of Family Violence Volume: 27 Issue: 6 Dated: August 2012 Pages: 573-583
• Author(s): Kantahyanee W. Murray; Megan H. Bair-Merritt; Kathleen Roche; Tina L. Cheng
• Date Published: August 2012
• Length: 11 pages
• Grant Number(s): T32HP10004
• Sponsoring Agency: Health Resources and Services Admin (HRSA)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined whether depression and social support mediated the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and parenting practices.

Abstract

This study examined whether depression and social support mediated the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and parenting practices. Participants were 1,057 female primary caregiver-young adolescent pairs. (Sample included greater than 90 percent biological mothers; hereafter, female primary caregivers are referred to as mother). Findings indicated that IPV was associated positively with mothers' use of physical punishment and negatively with mothers' involvement in their children's education. Although depression and social support were not found to mediate the relationship between IPV and parenting practices, study findings suggest that IPV directly and negatively impacted mothers' parenting practices. In sum, findings point to the important role that IPV may play in explaining parenting practices for mothers living in high-risk urban environments. Abstract published by arrangement with Springer.