RT Article
T1 Prospective associations between early childhood intimate partner violence exposure and middle childhood internalizing and externalizing psychopathology
JF Child maltreatment
VO 28
IS 2
SP 232
OP 242
A1 Lee, Amy Hyoeun
A2 Mirhashem, Rebecca
A2 Bernard, Kristin
A2 Dozier, Mary
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1841509728
AB Co-occurring adversities are common for young children with child protective services (CPS) involvement, with high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) exposure in this population. Despite extensive research linking childhood IPV exposure to later psychopathology, fewer studies have examined the prospective associations between IPV exposure and psychopathology using a dimensional approach. Here, we conducted secondary analyses of data from a randomized controlled trial of a parenting intervention for CPS-involved children, examining the associations between early childhood IPV exposure (i.e., threat), co-occurring deprivation, and middle childhood internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Adversity variables were coded from data collected when children were infants (N = 249, Mage = 7.97 months) through 48-month assessments; internalizing and externalizing psychopathology were modeled as latent variables reflecting the mean of data from yearly assessments between ages 8 to 10. Results of our structural equation model demonstrated that, accounting for the effects of co-occurring deprivation, IPV exposure was significantly associated with both internalizing, ? = .38, p = .001, and externalizing, ? = .26, p = .019, symptoms. Results suggest links between early childhood IPV exposure (i.e., threat) and later psychopathology. Findings support screening and intervention efforts to mitigate the developmental sequelae of IPV exposure among CPS-involved children.
K1 Child Protective Services
K1 Early Childhood
K1 Externalizing
K1 Internalizing
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
DO 10.1177/10775595221100722