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

Amy M. Claridge; Cassandra G. Lettenberger-Klein; Heather M. Farineau; Armeda Stevenson Wojciak; Lenore M. McWey

doi:10.1007/s10896-014-9604-7

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

Amy M. Claridge
, Cassandra G. Lettenberger-Klein
, Heather M. Farineau
, Armeda Stevenson Wojciak
, Lenore M. McWey

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	473-482
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Family Violence
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-014-9604-7
State	Published - Jul 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Abuse
Adolescents
At-risk families
Maternal mental health
Parent-child relationship

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