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Resilience among Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: The Role of Risk and Protective Factors
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Martinez-Torteya, Cecilia; Bogat, G. Anne; von Eye, Alexander; Levendosky, Alytia A. – Child Development, 2009
Individual and family characteristics that predict resilience among children exposed to domestic violence (DV) were examined. Mother-child dyads (n = 190) were assessed when the children were 2, 3, and 4 years of age. DV-exposed children were 3.7 times more likely than nonexposed children to develop internalizing or externalizing problems.…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Mothers, Family Characteristics, Personality Traits
Examining the Relation of Parenting to Children's Coping with Everyday Stress.
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Hardy, Denise F.; And Others – Child Development, 1993
Children, aged 9-10, and their mothers described how they coped with stress, and mothers completed a questionnaire that assessed parenting dimensions. Results indicated that children from families with high levels of maternal support and low levels of family structure used the greatest variety of coping strategies, and children of supportive…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Coping, Family Environment
Coping Socialization in Middle Childhood: Tests of Maternal and Paternal Influences.
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Kliewer, Wendy; And Others – Child Development, 1996
A theoretical model of parental socialization of children's coping behavior was tested with 310 fourth- and fifth-graders. Found that children's coping efforts were associated with family environment, the quality of the parent-child relationship, parents' own coping, and parent coping suggestions. Maternal data were more strongly associated with…
Descriptors: Coping, Family Environment, Fathers, Models
The Antecedents of Menarcheal Age: Heredity, Family Environment, and Stressful Life Events.
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Graber, Julia A.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Considered variations in pubertal timing, specifically age at menarche, and association with various antecedents, including heredity; weight and weight for height; stressful life events; family relations; absence or presence of adult male in household; and psychological adjustment, in 75 premenarcheal adolescent girls. Found complex interactions…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Biological Influences, Coping