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An Examination Of The Combined Influences Of Maternal Cognitions, Affect, And Behavior On Child Outcomes: A Model Comparison Approach, Elizabeth A. Heideman
An Examination Of The Combined Influences Of Maternal Cognitions, Affect, And Behavior On Child Outcomes: A Model Comparison Approach, Elizabeth A. Heideman
Dissertations (1934 -)
The primary goal of this study was to better understand the combined influence of maternal affect, cognitions and behavior on child internalizing and externalizing behavior. Specifically, mothers and children completed a series of measures designed to assess parenting stress, parenting efficacy, parenting behavior, and child internalizing and externalizing behavior. Participants were 115 mothers and their school-aged children who participated in an outpatient neuropsychological evaluation. Results suggest that child reported maternal warmth and control were important in influencing the development of internalizing behavior in children. Additionally, maternal parenting stress, warmth and control were found to be important influences in the development …
Children's Understanding Of Intimate Partner Violence, Renee Lynn Deboard-Lucas
Children's Understanding Of Intimate Partner Violence, Renee Lynn Deboard-Lucas
Dissertations (1934 -)
There is a clear connection between exposure to interparental aggression and children's own future episodes of violent behavior. What is significantly less understood is why this pattern develops. The current study used quantitative and semi-structured methods to identify factors that shape children's understanding of intimate partner violence. Understanding violence was defined as including causal knowledge (Why does violence occur?) and beliefs about the acceptability of intimate partner violence. Factors proposed to predict children's causal attributions included mothers' perceived causes of interparental aggression and exposure to different forms of violence, including interparental, parent-child, and neighborhood aggression. Perceived causes of intimate partner …