Department of Graduate Social Work, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
Department of Social Work, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
J Community Psychol. 2021 Sep;49(7):2623-2638. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22508. Epub 2021 Jan 19.
This study investigated the potential cumulative effect of maternal exposure to violence both at home and in community on children. This study used the data (N = 2506) from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study. We found that maternal nonphysical victimization, either by witnessing violence in the community or by experiencing psychological domestic violence, had a direct negative effect on children's depression and anxiety. Maternal nonphysical victimization also indirectly elevated child's aggression through mother's use of psychological and physical aggression toward the child. Witnessing community violence by mothers, directly and indirectly, worsened the child's withdrawal behaviors through the mother's psychological aggression toward the child. Mother's direct victimization by community violence and physical domestic violence was not related to child's behavioral outcomes after controlling for other risk factors. This study points to important considerations for devising intervention and prevention for mothers and children. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
本研究调查了母亲在家中和社区中遭受暴力的潜在累积效应对儿童的影响。本研究使用了来自脆弱家庭与儿童福利研究（Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study）的数据（N=2506）。我们发现，母亲无论是在社区目睹暴力还是遭受心理家庭暴力，都会对孩子的抑郁和焦虑产生直接的负面影响。母亲遭受非身体暴力也会通过母亲对孩子使用心理和身体攻击，间接地增加孩子的攻击性。母亲目睹社区暴力会直接和间接地通过母亲对孩子的心理攻击，恶化孩子的退缩行为。在控制了其他风险因素后，母亲直接遭受社区暴力和身体家庭暴力以及孩子的行为结果之间没有关系。本研究为制定针对母亲和儿童的干预和预防措施提供了重要的考虑因素。讨论了研究和实践的意义。
