Article
The Impact of Community Violence, Personal Victimization, and Paternal Support on Maternal Harsh Parenting
Journal of Community Psychology
(2017)
Abstract
This study investigates the association between exposure to violence in community and maternal harsh parenting practice. Using three waves of data (N = 2,840) from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing (FFCW) study, results show that witnessing violence in community is associated with mother’s report of both psychological and physical aggression against children, and its relationship to maternal use of spanking was approaching statistical significance. Direct victimization in community was marginally associated with more psychological aggression. Domestic violence in the form of psychological abuse of mother was predictive of all three types of maternal harsh parenting practices. Paternal support to mother did not significantly mediate the association between maternal exposure to violence in community and maternal harsh parenting. This study highlights a more prominent role of non-physical victimization than physical victimization, either in the community or home environment, on maternal harsh parenting practice. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
Keywords
- community violence,
- paternal support,
- maternal harsh parenting
Disciplines
Publication Date
2017
DOI
10.1002/jcop.21854
Citation Information
Wan-Yi Chen and Yookyong Lee. "The Impact of Community Violence, Personal Victimization, and Paternal Support on Maternal Harsh Parenting" Journal of Community Psychology (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wan-yi_chen/20/