Cooper Daniel K, Erolin Kara S, Wieling Elizabeth, Durtschi Jared, Aguilar Elizabeth, Higuera Maria Oriana Diaspro, Garcia-Huidobro Diego
Methodology Center and Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, the Pennsylvania State University.
Department of Family Therapy, Nova Southeastern University.
Child Youth Care Forum. 2020 Dec;49(6):915-940. doi: 10.1007/s10566-020-09564-3. Epub 2020 Jul 22.
Family violence has been shown to have a dramatic impact on individual and family life in the United States and other countries. Numerous studies have assessed the influence that exposure to violence can have on family dynamics and parent-child relationships. However, less is known about the association between family violence and parent-child relationships with Mexican families.
Guided by social interaction learning theory, the purpose of this study was to explore the role of exposure to family violence on PTSD and mother-child interaction patterns.
Eighty-seven mother-child dyads from Mexico completed assessments for exposure to family violence, PTSD, and observational tasks were analyzed to assess prosocial parent-child interactions (i.e., positive communication and problem solving). We conducted an actor-partner independence model (APIM) to examine the association between exposure to family violence, PTSD and mother-child relationship dynamics.
As expected, higher exposure to family violence was linked to higher PTSD symptoms for mothers. Unexpectedly, higher maternal PTSD symptoms were associated with better communication during dyadic interaction tasks with their children.
The present study suggests that individuals from certain cultures (i.e., Mexico) may respond differently to experiencing family violence. The use of multiple measurement methods to assess the relational effects of trauma on family dynamics can advance the scientific understanding of trauma affected families.
家庭暴力已被证明在美国和其他国家对个人及家庭生活产生巨大影响。众多研究评估了接触暴力对家庭动态和亲子关系的影响。然而，对于墨西哥家庭中家庭暴力与亲子关系之间的关联，我们所知甚少。
在社会互动学习理论的指导下，本研究旨在探讨接触家庭暴力对创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）及母子互动模式的作用。
来自墨西哥的87对母子完成了家庭暴力接触情况、创伤后应激障碍的评估，并对观察任务进行分析以评估亲社会的亲子互动（即积极沟通和解决问题）。我们采用了行为者-伙伴独立性模型（APIM）来检验家庭暴力接触、创伤后应激障碍与母子关系动态之间的关联。
正如预期的那样，母亲接触家庭暴力程度越高，其创伤后应激障碍症状越严重。出乎意料的是，母亲创伤后应激障碍症状越严重，在与孩子的二元互动任务中沟通越好。
本研究表明，来自特定文化（即墨西哥）的个体对经历家庭暴力的反应可能不同。使用多种测量方法来评估创伤对家庭动态的关系影响，可以增进对受创伤家庭的科学理解。
