@article{323de40aaac64ed0b7422dade605f7b2,
title = "Intimate Partner Violence, Parenting, and Children{\textquoteright}s Representations of Caregivers",
abstract = "Children{\textquoteright}s representational models of self and relationship quality with caregivers in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV) were investigated using family drawings created by children in their first-grade year. The present study examines the mediating role of mothers{\textquoteright} and fathers{\textquoteright} sensitive parenting behaviors in the relations between IPV and children{\textquoteright}s representations of relationship quality with mothers and fathers. The sample (N = 947) is drawn from a longitudinal study of rural poverty exploring the ways in which child, family, and contextual factors shape development over time. Results of analyses indicate significant associations between IPV, sensitive parenting, and children{\textquoteright}s representation of relationship quality with mothers and fathers. There was a significant indirect effect from IPV on children{\textquoteright}s representation of relationship quality with fathers through paternal parenting behaviors. The findings from this study suggest that exposure to violence may affect how children view their family relationships and that fathers{\textquoteright} parenting behavior is a key mediating process. Implications of the findings and directions for future study are proposed.",
keywords = "children{\textquoteright}s representations, intimate partner violence, maternal parenting, paternal parenting",
author = "Zvara, {Bharathi J.} and Roger Mills-Koonce and Feagans, {Lynne Vernon} and Martha Cox and Clancy Blair and Peg Burchinal and Linda Burton and Keith Crnic and Ann Crouter and Patricia Garrett-Peters and Mark Greenberg and Stephanie Lanza and Emily Werner and Michael Willoughby",
note = "Funding Information: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6254-7920 Zvara Bharathi J. 1 Mills-Koonce Roger 2 Feagans Lynne Vernon Cox Martha Blair Clancy Burchinal Peg Burton Linda Crnic Keith Crouter Ann Garrett-Peters Patricia Greenberg Mark Lanza Stephanie Werner Emily Willoughby Michael and the Family Life Project Key Contributors * 1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA 2 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA Bharathi J. Zvara, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#3270 Davie Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270, USA. Email: zvara@email.unc.edu * The Family Life Project (FLP) Key Investigators include Lynne Vernon Feagans, The University of North Carolina; Martha Cox, The University of North Carolina; Clancy Blair, New York University; Peg Burchinal, The University of North Carolina; Linda Burton, Duke University; Keith Crnic, The Arizona State University; Ann Crouter, The Pennsylvania State University; Patricia Garrett-Peters, The University of North Carolina; Mark Greenberg, The Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Lanza, The Pennsylvania State University; Roger Mills-Koonce, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Emily Werner, The Pennsylvania State University and Michael Willoughby, The University of North Carolina. 11 2019 0886260519888527 {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2019 2019 SAGE Publications Children{\textquoteright}s representational models of self and relationship quality with caregivers in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV) were investigated using family drawings created by children in their first-grade year. The present study examines the mediating role of mothers{\textquoteright} and fathers{\textquoteright} sensitive parenting behaviors in the relations between IPV and children{\textquoteright}s representations of relationship quality with mothers and fathers. The sample ( N = 947) is drawn from a longitudinal study of rural poverty exploring the ways in which child, family, and contextual factors shape development over time. Results of analyses indicate significant associations between IPV, sensitive parenting, and children{\textquoteright}s representation of relationship quality with mothers and fathers. There was a significant indirect effect from IPV on children{\textquoteright}s representation of relationship quality with fathers through paternal parenting behaviors. The findings from this study suggest that exposure to violence may affect how children view their family relationships and that fathers{\textquoteright} parenting behavior is a key mediating process. Implications of the findings and directions for future study are proposed. intimate partner violence children{\textquoteright}s representations maternal parenting paternal parenting Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development https://doi.org/10.13039/100009633 PO1-HD-39667 edited-state corrected-proof Author{\textquoteright}s Note Roger Mills-Koonce is also affiliated with The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Support for this research was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (PO1-HD-39667), with co-funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. ORCID iD Bharathi J. Zvara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6254-7920 Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2019.",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1177/0886260519888527",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "36",
pages = "NP11756--NP11779",
journal = "Journal of Interpersonal Violence",
issn = "0886-2605",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "21-22",
}