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Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
Gepubliceerd in: Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 1/2009

01-03-2009

Children and Violence: The Role of Children’s Regulation in the Marital Aggression–Child Adjustment Link

Auteurs: E. Mark Cummings, Mona El-Sheikh, Chrystyna D. Kouros, Joseph A. Buckhalt

Gepubliceerd in: Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review | Uitgave 1/2009

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Abstract

Exposure to marital psychological and physical abuse has been established as a risk factor for children’s socio-emotional, behavioral, and cognitive problems. Understanding the processes by which children develop symptoms of psychopathology and deficits in cognitive functioning in the context of marital aggression is imperative for developing efficient and effective treatment programs for children and families, and has far-reaching mental health implications. The present paper outlines our research program, Child Regulation and Exposure to Marital Aggression, which focuses on children’s emotional and physiological reactivity and regulation as pathways in the marital aggression–child development link. Findings from our research program, which highlight the importance of children’s regulatory processes for understanding children’s adjustment in contexts of intimate partner violence, are presented, and future directions in this line of inquiry are outlined.
vorige artikel Children’s Exposure to Violence
volgende artikel Children and Political Violence from a Social Ecological Perspective: Implications from Research on Children and Families in Northern Ireland
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Metagegevens
Titel
Children and Violence: The Role of Children’s Regulation in the Marital Aggression–Child Adjustment Link
Auteurs
E. Mark Cummings
Mona El-Sheikh
Chrystyna D. Kouros
Joseph A. Buckhalt
Publicatiedatum
01-03-2009
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review / Uitgave 1/2009
Print ISSN: 1096-4037
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2827
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-009-0042-7

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