TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Interparental violence and the mediating role of parental availability in children's trauma related symptoms
JO  - Journal of child and adolescent trauma
A1  - Visser, Margreet
A1  - Schoemaker, Kim
A1  - de Schipper, Clasien
A1  - Lamers-Winkelman, Francien
A1  - Finkenauer, Catrin
SP  - 115
EP  - 125
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1936-1521
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40653-015-0071-y
ID  - ref1
ER  -