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Abstract: This thesis examined intimate partner violence (IPV), parenting stress, mothers' perceptions of social support, and children's emotion regulation in a sample that may be at risk for IPV. It also investigated whether the Healthy Families Massachusetts (HFM) home visiting program moderated relations between mothers' perceptions of social support and child emotion regulation, as social ... read moresupport has been shown to be a valuable protective factor against IPV. A non-significant trend suggested that sexual coercion positively predicted child emotion dysregulation, though parenting stress and social support did not moderate the relations between IPV and child emotion regulation. In addition, a non-significant trend found that the home visiting program moderated relations between mothers' perceptions of social support and child emotion dysregulation, suggesting that HFM's home visiting services may be valuable in promoting social support for the mother. These findings suggest resilience in the presence of adversity among young families experiencing IPV. Future studies might examine factors behind resilience, such as how strengths within the mother (self-advocacy skills, positive parenting, and healthy coping mechanisms) might buffer negative effects of IPV, and how home visiting programs promote these strengths.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2018.
Submitted to the Dept. of Child Development.
Advisor: M. Easterbrooks.
Committee: Ellen Pinderhughes, and Rachel Cohen.
Keyword: Social research.read less
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