@article{ref1,
title="Children's exposure to intimate partner violence: should sexual coercion be considered?",
journal="Journal of family psychology",
year="2015",
author="Jouriles, Ernest N. and McDonald, Renee and Vu, Nicole L. and Sargent, Kelli S.",
volume="30",
number="4",
pages="503-508",
abstract="This study examined whether male-perpetrated sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) directed at a child's mother is associated with children's adjustment problems and if sexual IPV increases risk for children's adjustment problems over and above the risk associated with physical IPV alone. Participants were a community sample of 539 mothers and their children (age 7-10 years). Mothers and children reported on children's externalizing and internalizing problems. Mothers reported on recent male-perpetrated physical and sexual IPV and on their own psychological distress (depressive symptoms, relationship dissatisfaction). Four groups were formed on the basis of mothers' reports of IPV: nonviolent, physical only, sexual only, and sexual + physical. Children in the physical-only, sexual-only, and sexual + physical groups exhibited greater levels of externalizing problems than did children in the nonviolent group. Levels of externalizing problems among children in the physical-only and sexual-only groups did not differ. Including sexual IPV in the conceptualization of children's exposure to IPV may offer a more comprehensive understanding of how children are affected by IPV. (PsycINFO Database Record<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0893-3200",
doi="10.1037/fam0000146",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000146"
}