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Parental Intimate Partner Violence, Parenting Practices, and Adolescent Peer Bullying: A Prospective Study

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Knous-Westfall, HM; Ehrensaft, MK; Watson MacDonell, K; Cohen, P
Published in: Journal of Child and Family Studies
October 1, 2012

Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been recognized as a major public health concern, with millions of children exposed to parental violence each year. Childhood exposure to parental violence has been linked to both maladaptive parenting practices and a host of adjustment difficulties in the exposed children. The Children in the Community Study followed a representative sample of youth, their parents, and their own offspring for over 25 years, in seven separate assessments. The current study examined the association between reports of IPV and parenting practices among original study members (Generation 2; N = 396) and their adolescent offspring's (Generation 3; N = 129, M age = 12. 8 (2. 4), range = 10-18) reports of overt and relational bullying and victimization behaviors on average 6-7 years later. Results indicate that parental reports of any IPV predicted higher offspring overt peer victimization, while severe IPV predicted higher offspring relational peer bullying and overt peer victimization. For female offspring, any IPV predicted higher relational peer victimization and for male offspring, severe IPV predicted higher overt peer bullying. Parenting practices did not significantly mediate the association between IPV and peer bullying or victimization. Implications for prevention and directions for future research are discussed. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

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Journal of Child and Family Studies

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1062-1024

Publication Date

October 1, 2012

Volume

21

Issue

5

Start / End Page

754 / 766

Related Subject Headings

  • Family Studies
  • 52 Psychology
  • 2004 Linguistics
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
 

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Knous-Westfall, H. M., Ehrensaft, M. K., Watson MacDonell, K., & Cohen, P. (2012). Parental Intimate Partner Violence, Parenting Practices, and Adolescent Peer Bullying: A Prospective Study. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 21(5), 754–766. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-011-9528-2
Knous-Westfall, H. M., M. K. Ehrensaft, K. Watson MacDonell, and P. Cohen. “Parental Intimate Partner Violence, Parenting Practices, and Adolescent Peer Bullying: A Prospective Study.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 21, no. 5 (October 1, 2012): 754–66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-011-9528-2.
Knous-Westfall HM, Ehrensaft MK, Watson MacDonell K, Cohen P. Parental Intimate Partner Violence, Parenting Practices, and Adolescent Peer Bullying: A Prospective Study. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2012 Oct 1;21(5):754–66.
Knous-Westfall, H. M., et al. “Parental Intimate Partner Violence, Parenting Practices, and Adolescent Peer Bullying: A Prospective Study.” Journal of Child and Family Studies, vol. 21, no. 5, Oct. 2012, pp. 754–66. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s10826-011-9528-2.
Knous-Westfall HM, Ehrensaft MK, Watson MacDonell K, Cohen P. Parental Intimate Partner Violence, Parenting Practices, and Adolescent Peer Bullying: A Prospective Study. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2012 Oct 1;21(5):754–766.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Child and Family Studies

DOI

ISSN

1062-1024

Publication Date

October 1, 2012

Volume

21

Issue

5

Start / End Page

754 / 766

Related Subject Headings

  • Family Studies
  • 52 Psychology
  • 2004 Linguistics
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services