TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Parenting Control in Contexts of Political Violence: Testing Bi-directional Relations between Violence Exposure and Control in Post-Accord Belfast
JO  - Parenting: science and practice
A1  - Merrilees, Christine E.
A1  - Cummings, E. Mark
A1  - Goeke-Morey, Marcie C.
A1  - Schermerhorn, Alice C.
A1  - Shirlow, Peter
A1  - Cairns, Ed
SP  - 308
EP  - 325
VL  - 11
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The goal of the present study is to examine bi-directional relations between youth exposure to sectarian and nonsectarian antisocial behavior and mothers' efforts to control youth's exposure to community violence in Belfast, Northern Ireland. <br><br>DESIGN: Mother-child dyads (N=773) were interviewed in their homes twice over 2 years regarding youth's exposure to sectarian (SAB) and nonsectarian (NAB) community antisocial behavior and mothers' use of control strategies, including behavioral and psychological control. <br><br>RESULTS: Youth's exposure to NAB was related to increases in mothers' use of both behavioral and psychological control strategies over time, controlling for earlier levels of these constructs. Reflecting bi-directional relations, mothers' behavioral control strategies were associated with youth's reduced exposure to both NAB and SAB over time, whereas psychological control was not related to reduced exposure. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Only nonsectarian community violence was associated longitudinally with mothers' increased use of control strategies, and only behavioral control strategies were effective in reducing youth's exposure to community antisocial behavior, including both sectarian and nonsectarian antisocial behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1529-5192
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2011.613726
ID  - ref1
ER  -