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- Title
Conflict Appraisals and Trauma Symptoms in Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence.
- Authors
Cochran, Kara A.; Bogat, G. Anne; Levendosky, Alytia A.; Martinez-Torteya, Cecilia
- Abstract
Children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) are at risk for posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and alterations in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis functioning. The current study investigated children's threat and self-blame appraisals about parental conflict as potential mechanisms leading to these adverse outcomes. Parent-child relationships were also examined. The sample consisted of 119 10-year-olds and their mothers who were recruited from the community as part of a larger study of IPV. Children's reports of IPV directed at their mother in the past year were not associated with PTSS; however, IPV exposure was associated with attenuated cortisol output in response to a social stressor. IPV exposure was also associated with greater threat appraisals and poorer quality parent-child relationships. These results provide further evidence that witnessing IPV is threatening for children, has negative consequences for parent-child relationships, and can impact children's HPA axis functioning.
- Subjects
INTIMATE partner violence; MARITAL conflict; EMOTIONAL trauma; SYMPTOMS; POST-traumatic stress; HYPOTHALAMIC-pituitary-adrenal axis; BLAMING the victim; ADVERSE childhood experiences; ENDOCRINE glands; MOTHERS; HYPOTHALAMUS; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
Violence & Victims, 2022, Vol 37, Issue 2, p244
- ISSN
0886-6708
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1891/VV-D-20-00115