TY - JOUR
T1 - Pathways from Early Family Violence to Adolescent Reactive Aggression and Violence Victimization
AU - Perry, Kristin J.
AU - Ostrov, Jamie M.
AU - Shisler, Shannon
AU - Eiden, Rina D.
AU - Nickerson, Amanda B.
AU - Godleski, Stephanie A.
AU - Schuetze, Pamela
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the families who participated in this study and the research staff responsible for data collection and coding of observational assessments. Special thanks to Dr. Claire Coles for collaboration on the larger study, Dr. Amol Lele for collaboration on data collection at the Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, and Dr. Michael Ray for his collaboration on data collection at Sisters of Charity Hospital of Buffalo. We would also like to thank Julia Kiefer and Phoebe Lippe for reference checking. Research reported in this paper was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health under award number R01DA013190 and R01DA041231. Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Funding Information:
The authors thank the families who participated in this study and the research staff responsible for data collection and coding of observational assessments. Special thanks to Dr. Claire Coles for collaboration on the larger study, Dr. Amol Lele for collaboration on data collection at the Women and Children?s Hospital of Buffalo, and Dr. Michael Ray for his collaboration on data collection at Sisters of Charity Hospital of Buffalo. We would also like to thank Julia Kiefer and Phoebe Lippe for reference checking. Research reported in this paper was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health under award number R01DA013190 and R01DA041231.
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PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - The current study examined how early childhood (EC) family violence and risk (i.e., maternal aggression, sibling aggression, environmental risk) predicted early adolescent (EA) reactive physical and relational aggression and violence victimization through middle childhood (MC) parenting (i.e., guilt induction, power assertive discipline). Mother-infant dyads (N = 216; 72% African American) were recruited as part of a larger longitudinal study on prenatal cocaine and other substance exposure. Observations, interviews, and maternal and child self-report measures were collected from dyads in early childhood (1 to 36 months), middle childhood (84 months), and early adolescence (12 to 15 years). A cascading path model was specified where current variables were regressed on variables from the preceding time point. Primary results showed that environmental risk and EC child physical aggression predicted higher levels of MC caregiver power assertive discipline, which subsequently predicted lower levels of EA reactive relational aggression. Maternal substance use in pregnancy and the child’s continuous placement with biological caregivers predicted higher levels of reactive physical aggression in EA. Finally, MC physical aggression and EA reactive relational aggression predicted higher levels of EA violence victimization. There were a series of direct paths from early childhood family violence and demographic factors to reactive aggression and violence victimization. The current study underscores the importance of evaluating multiple facets of family violence and risk when evaluating aggressive behavior and victimization.
AB - The current study examined how early childhood (EC) family violence and risk (i.e., maternal aggression, sibling aggression, environmental risk) predicted early adolescent (EA) reactive physical and relational aggression and violence victimization through middle childhood (MC) parenting (i.e., guilt induction, power assertive discipline). Mother-infant dyads (N = 216; 72% African American) were recruited as part of a larger longitudinal study on prenatal cocaine and other substance exposure. Observations, interviews, and maternal and child self-report measures were collected from dyads in early childhood (1 to 36 months), middle childhood (84 months), and early adolescence (12 to 15 years). A cascading path model was specified where current variables were regressed on variables from the preceding time point. Primary results showed that environmental risk and EC child physical aggression predicted higher levels of MC caregiver power assertive discipline, which subsequently predicted lower levels of EA reactive relational aggression. Maternal substance use in pregnancy and the child’s continuous placement with biological caregivers predicted higher levels of reactive physical aggression in EA. Finally, MC physical aggression and EA reactive relational aggression predicted higher levels of EA violence victimization. There were a series of direct paths from early childhood family violence and demographic factors to reactive aggression and violence victimization. The current study underscores the importance of evaluating multiple facets of family violence and risk when evaluating aggressive behavior and victimization.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10896-019-00109-4
DO - 10.1007/s10896-019-00109-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 33737764
AN - SCOPUS:85077638376
VL - 36
SP - 75
EP - 86
JO - Journal of Fluorescence
JF - Journal of Fluorescence
SN - 1053-0509
IS - 1
ER -