Maternal History of Victimization and Adolescent Behaviors: Protective Function of Relationship Quality among At-Risk Mother-Adolescent Dyads

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Family and Consumer Sciences

Publication Date

6-6-2014

Abstract

This study examined the protective function of mother-adolescent relationship quality in mediating the association between maternal history of violent victimization and adolescent behavior problems. Participants included a subsample of 191 mother-adolescent dyads from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN) who were at highest risk of child maltreatment. Results revealed that 78.5% of the mothers reported a history of victimization, which was significantly associated with maternal mental health issues and both adolescent internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Bootstrapping analyses revealed that mother-adolescent relationship quality significantly mediated the relationship between maternal history of victimization and adolescent behaviors.

Comments

This article was originally published in Journal of Family Violence. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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Journal

Journal of Family Violence

Rights

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

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