NCJ Number
231464
Journal
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma Volume: 19 Issue: 3 Dated: April-May 2010 Pages: 323-346
Date Published
April 2010
Length
24 pages
Annotation
This study examined the impact of childhood sexual abuse and adulthood intimate partner violence on the parenting experiences in a sample of mothers receiving pubic assistance benefits in Illinois.
Abstract
This study examined the role of intimate partner victimization in mediating the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and adulthood parenting in a community sample of mothers reliant on public assistance (N = 483). Baron and Kenny's (1986) method for establishing mediation was used to address this question. A recent history of intimate partner violence mediated the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and psychological aggression; however, a lifetime history of intimate partner violence did not. Depressive symptomatology was found to mediate the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and parental warmth. The impact of childhood sexual abuse on corporal punishment was indirect through its association with childhood physical abuse and witnessing domestic violence. Implications for research, theory development, and practice are provided. Tables and references (Published Abstract)