Citation

Febres J, Shorey RC, Zucosky-Zapor HC, Brasfield HM, Vitulano M, Elmquist J, Ninnemann A, Labrecque L, Stuart GL. J. Child Fam. Stud. 2014; 23(5): 907-916.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10826-013-9748-8

PMID

25132790

PMCID

PMC4130387

Abstract

It is well established that children in homes where interparental violence is present are at increased risk for psychosocial (i.e., internalizing, externalizing, and attention) difficulties. However, previous studies have provided a limited view on the variety of factors that commonly co-occur in these environments (e.g., other characteristics of the parents and family) and how they may collectively impact children. Knowing this information could have implications for parental interventions aimed at preventing the continuation or initiation of psychosocial problems in children. Thus, the present study simultaneously examined the association between father-perpetrated interparental aggression, father characteristics, and child psychosocial functioning in a sample of 145 men arrested for domestic violence.

RESULTS showed that of all the variables examined, paternal antisocial personality traits and interpersonal hostility were uniquely associated with overall child psychosocial impairment, externalizing problems, and attention problems. Implications for intervention programs are discussed.

Language: en