@article{ref1,
title="Interparental violence and the mediating role of parental availability in children's trauma related symptoms",
journal="Journal of child and adolescent trauma",
year="2016",
author="Visser, Margreet and Schoemaker, Kim and de Schipper, Clasien and Lamers-Winkelman, Francien and Finkenauer, Catrin",
volume="9",
number="2",
pages="115-125",
abstract="This cross-sectional study examined the hypothesis that parental psychopathology in Interparental Violence (IPV) families crosses over to children, because parental psychopathology spills over to parental functioning. In a high-risk sample of IPV exposed families, we tested whether parental psychopathology spills over to parental availability, which, in turn, shows a crossover effect to children's trauma-related symptoms. The study population consisted of 78 IPV exposed children (4-12 years), and their 65 custodial parents referred to outpatient Children's Trauma Centers in the Netherlands for intervention. Consistent with our hypotheses, parental psychopathology was negatively related to parental availability, suggesting a spillover effect. Although parental psychopathology was not associated with children's trauma-related symptoms directly, we found evidence for the predicted indirect, crossover effects. We found an indirect crossover effect from parental psychopathology to children's trauma-related anxiety, depression, and anger, through the spillover effect of parental availability. Clinical implications for treatment and study limitations are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1936-1521",
doi="10.1007/s40653-015-0071-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40653-015-0071-y"
}