Department of Communication and Social Psychology, University of Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig, 03690 Alicante, Spain.
Department of Social Work and Social Services, University of Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig, 03690 Alicante, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Feb 11;17(4):1134. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041134.
Exposure to violence perpetrated on a mother by her intimate partner (IPV or intimate partner violence) has an impact on the psychosocial adjustment of her children. In addition, the violence suffered by mothers could affect parental competences.
Through the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), this work analyzes the psychosocial adjustment in children between 6 and 17 years old who live with their mothers in shelters after having experienced IPV situations. It also explores the association between mothers' parenting competences and children's adjustment in shelters.
The evaluation shows a negative correlation between the quality of mothers' care of their children during their stay in shelters and the rate of children's behavioral problems, so that the better the parental competences of mothers, the lower the rate of behavioral problems presented by children.
As a result of IPV, mother-child relationships can be affected. Children exposed to IPV may exhibit more externalizing behavior problems and their mothers may have difficulty demonstrating competent parenting behaviors while living in a shelter. Work should be aimed at reestablishing parenting competences in mothers and the quality of mother-child interactions while they remain in the shelters, in an effort to mitigate the psychosocial consequences of IPV for their children.
母亲遭受亲密伴侣(IPV 或亲密伴侣暴力)的暴力行为会对其子女的社会心理适应产生影响。此外,母亲所遭受的暴力可能会影响父母的能力。
本研究通过儿童行为检查表(CBCL),分析了在经历过 IPV 情况后居住在庇护所的 6 至 17 岁儿童的社会心理适应情况。它还探讨了母亲育儿能力与庇护所中儿童适应之间的关系。
评估显示,母亲在庇护所期间照顾孩子的质量与儿童行为问题的发生率之间呈负相关,即母亲的育儿能力越高,儿童出现行为问题的比例越低。
由于 IPV,母子关系可能会受到影响。遭受 IPV 的儿童可能会表现出更多的外化行为问题,而他们的母亲在庇护所生活时可能难以表现出有能力的育儿行为。应致力于在母亲和子女在庇护所期间重新建立育儿能力和母子互动的质量,以减轻 IPV 对其子女的社会心理后果。