Miriam K Ehrensaft

Chapter · January 1, 2021 Intergenerational transmission of violence is among the most widely cited models for the observed pattern of intimate partner violence (IPV) concentrated across generations of at-risk families. According to this model, which was initially grounded in socia ... Full text Cite

Can a Parenting Intervention to Prevent Early Conduct Problems Interrupt Girls' Risk for Intimate Partner Violence 10 Years Later?

Journal Article Prev Sci · May 2018 This study tests whether a parenting intervention for families of preschoolers at risk for conduct problems can prevent later risk for intimate partner violence (IPV). Ninety-nine preschoolers at familial risk for conduct problems were randomly assigned to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Long-term influence of intimate partner violence and parenting practices on offspring trauma symptoms

Journal Article Psychology of Violence · April 1, 2017 Objective: This study examined the prospective association of parental reports of intimate partner violence (IPV) involvement (perpetration and/or victimization) with offspring trauma symptoms an average of 6 years later and the moderating influence of pos ... Full text Cite

Web-Based Prevention of Parenting Difficulties in Young, Urban Mothers Enrolled in Post-Secondary Education.

Journal Article J Prim Prev · December 2016 Research consistently indicates that young mothers are at elevated risk for adverse social and economic risks. Recent attention has been paid to the value of maternal educational attainment for their children's economic and social outcomes. Pursuit of post ... Full text Link to item Cite

A safety app to respond to dating violence for college women and their friends: the MyPlan study randomized controlled trial protocol.

Journal Article BMC Public Health · September 8, 2015 BACKGROUND: Research demonstrates high rates of physical and sexual victimization of women by intimate partners on college campuses (Black et al. 2001). College women in abusive relationships must weigh complex factors (health, academics, economics, and so ... Full text Link to item Cite

How does child abuse history influence parenting of the next generation?

Journal Article Psychology of Violence · January 1, 2015 Objective: This study examines the prospective association of childhood abuse (physical and/or sexual abuse) with subsequent parenting practices in adulthood. Method: The sample is drawn from the Children in the Community Study, a prospective longitudinal ... Full text Cite

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

Journal Article 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 ho ... Full text Cite

Contribution of family violence to the intergenerational transmission of externalizing behavior.

Journal Article Prev Sci · August 2012 Research finds that early antisocial behavior is a risk for later intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration and victimization, and that children's exposure to their parents' IPV is a risk for subsequent behavior problems. This study tests whether intima ... Full text Link to item Cite

Exposure to intimate partner violence, peer relations, and risk for internalizing behaviors: a prospective longitudinal study.

Journal Article J Interpers Violence · January 2012 The present study examines the quality of peer relations as a mediator between exposure to IPV (intimate partner violence) and internalizing behaviors in a sample of 129 preadolescents and adolescents (ages 10-18), who were interviewed via telephone as par ... Full text Link to item Cite

Direct and indirect transmission of relationship functioning across generations.

Journal Article J Fam Psychol · December 2011 Relationship functioning is assumed to propagate across subsequent generations, but most studies have lacked appropriate methodologies to test this assumption prospectively. In a randomly selected sample of youth (N = 821) followed prospectively for over 2 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improving parenting in families referred for child maltreatment: a randomized controlled trial examining effects of Project Support.

Journal Article J Fam Psychol · June 2010 Project Support is an intervention designed to decrease coercive patterns of aggressive discipline and increase positive parenting. This research evaluates Project Support in a sample of families reported to Children's Protective Services (CPS) for allegat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Early maternal separation and the trajectory of borderline personality disorder symptoms.

Journal Article Dev Psychopathol · 2009 Extended maternal separations before age 5 were evaluated as a predictor of long-term risk for offspring borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms in longitudinal data from a large random community sample. Early separations from mother predicted eleva ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intimate partner violence: Persistence of myths and implications for intervention

Journal Article Children and Youth Services Review · January 1, 2008 Since the issue of intimate partner violence first penetrated the realm of academia and policy some 30 years ago, the public has responded with the creation of hundreds of treatment centers, policy groups, advocacy groups, and public health campaigns [Plec ... Full text Cite

Developmental transitions in youth behavioral opposition and maternal beliefs in social ecological context

Journal Article Journal of Child and Family Studies · August 1, 2007 We investigated age-based changes in mothers' complaints about offspring behavioral opposition, and offspring reports of opposition in a prospective longitudinal design (N = 821). Maternal complaints declined from pre-adolescence to early adulthood, but mo ... Full text Cite

Predicting conflict within romantic relationships during the transition to adulthood

Journal Article Personal Relationships · December 1, 2006 We conducted a retrospective study between 1997 and 2000 with 200 participants in the Children in the Community Study at their mean age of 29 (range: 27-31 years). Participants completed detailed narrative interviews about their transition to adulthood and ... Full text Cite

Development of personality disorder symptoms and the risk for partner violence.

Journal Article J Abnorm Psychol · August 2006 In a community sample (N = 543) followed over 20 years, the authors studied associations among childhood family violence exposure, personality disorder (PD) symptoms, and adult partner violence. PD symptoms (DSM-III-R Clusters A, B, and C) in early adultho ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is domestic violence followed by an increased risk of psychiatric disorders among women but not among men? A longitudinal cohort study.

Journal Article Am J Psychiatry · May 2006 OBJECTIVE: The association between violence between intimate partners and psychiatric disorders is assumed to reflect a causal link. This assumption is now questioned because several longitudinal studies have documented that adolescents with psychiatric di ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations of parental personality disorders and axis I disorders with childrearing behavior.

Journal Article Psychiatry · 2006 Data from the Children in the Community Study, a community-based longitudinal investigation, were used to investigate the associations of parental anxiety, depressive, substance use, and personality disorders with parental child rearing behavior. Comprehen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interpersonal relationships and sex differences in the development of conduct problems.

Journal Article Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev · March 2005 This article investigates the role of interpersonal relationships in shaping sex differences in the manifestation, etiology, and developmental course of conduct problems and their treatment needs. The review examines whether: (1) Girls' conduct problems ar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinically abusive relationships in an unselected birth cohort: men's and women's participation and developmental antecedents.

Journal Article J Abnorm Psychol · May 2004 In an unselected birth cohort (N=980, age 24-26 years), individuals in abusive relationships causing injury and/or official intervention (9% prevalence) were compared with participants reporting physical abuse without clinical consequences and with control ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intergenerational transmission of partner violence: a 20-year prospective study.

Journal Article J Consult Clin Psychol · August 2003 An unselected sample of 543 children was followed over 20 years to test the independent effects of parenting, exposure to domestic violence between parents (ETDV), maltreatment, adolescent disruptive behavior disorders, and emerging adult substance abuse d ... Full text Link to item Cite

Maternal antisocial behavior, parenting practices, and behavior problems in boys at risk for antisocial behavior

Journal Article Journal of Child and Family Studies · March 1, 2003 We investigated the independent contributions of maternal history of antisocial behavior and parenting practices to the worsening course of sons' behavior problems in a sample of young urban boys at risk for antisocial behavior. Mothers reported on boys' b ... Full text Cite

Can questionnaire reports correctly classify relationship distress and partner physical abuse?

Journal Article J Fam Psychol · June 2001 Relationship adjustment (e.g., Dyadic Adjustment Scale; DAS) and physical aggression (e.g., Conflict Tactics Scale) measures are used both as screening tools and as the sole criterion for classification. This study created face valid diagnostic interviews ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is partner aggression related to appraisals of coercive control by a partner?

Journal Article Journal of Family Violence · September 1, 1999 Research and clinical reports on men who are aggressive towards their intimate partners find that these men tend to behave in highly controlling ways towards such partners (e.g., restricting their social interactions, monitoring of activities, and reducing ... Full text Cite

Feeling controlled in marriage: A phenomenon specific to physically aggressive couples?

Journal Article Journal of Family Psychology · March 1, 1999 Spouses in maritally happy nonaggressive (H; n = 21), distressed nonaggressive (DNA; n = 16), and distressed aggressive (DA; n = 20) marriages were interviewed about their perceptions of their spouse as controlling. Four areas of spousal control were asses ... Full text Cite

What's love got to do with it?: Perceptions of marital positivity in H-to-W aggressive, distressed, and happy marriages

Journal Article Journal of Family Violence · January 1, 1998 Husbands' and wives' perceptions of positive relationship behaviors and interactions (e.g., caring gestures, reasons for staying married, frequency of positive communication) were assessed in a sample of maritally happy (H), maritally distressed but non-ag ... Full text Cite

Evaluating domestic partner abuse in a family practice clinic.

Journal Article Fam Med · 1997 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Although national surveys indicate that approximately 2 million women are victims of severe physical aggression by their partners each year, these women are underidentified by physicians. The assessment by medical personnel of pa ... Link to item Cite

Spouses' reasons for not reporting existing marital aggression as a marital problem

Journal Article Journal of Family Psychology · January 1, 1996 Questionnaires and clinical interviews reveal that over 60% of couples seeking marital therapy experience physical violence in their relationship. However, fewer than 10% of these couples spontaneously report or identify the violence as a presenting proble ... Full text Cite

Communication patterns in patients with erectile dysfunction and their partners.

Journal Article Int J Impot Res · March 1994 Patients with erectile dysfunction (ED) and their partners (n = 18) were compared on perceived distress caused by the ED, attribution of responsibility for the ED and marital communication. Comparisons were also made between couples in whom the ED was orga ... Link to item Cite