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Citation |
Cummings JG, Pepler DJ, Moore TE. J. Fam. Violence 1999; 14(2): 133-156. |
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Affiliation |
Lamarsh Research Centre on Violence and Conflict Resolution, York University, Downsview, Ontario, Canada; Glendon College Department of Psychology;, York University;, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;, M4N 3M6 |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 1999, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group) |
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unavailable |
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Abstract |
Family aggression patterns and behavior problems of children, aged 6-12, recruited from shelters for battered women (shelter group) were contrasted with three comparison groups of currently nonviolent families: two-parent, single-mother, and homeless. Girls who had been exposed to recent interparental wife abuse were predicted to show more internalizing and externalizing behavior problems than similarly exposed boys, based on recent literature. Homeless and shelter mothers reported the highest rates of parent-child aggression. Shelter girls obtained significantly higher total, internalizing and externalizing behavior problem ratings than shelter boys, and than two-parent and single-mother girls. Shelter boys obtained significantly higher internalizing ratings than two-parent boys. Shelter and homeless children were rated as having equivalent levels of behaviour problems. Across all groups, mothers' psychological adjustment was a better predictor of daughters' adjustment than that of sons. The study concluded that the assumption that preadolescent girls have greater immunity to psychosocial risk is unfounded. |