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Domestic Violence, Emotional Competence, and Child Adjustment

Katz, Lynn Fainsilber, Hessler, Danielle M., Annest, Amalia·2007·Social Development

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This article examined emotion competence in children exposed to domestic violence (DV). It also examined the hypothesis that children's emotional competence mediates relations between DV and children's later difficulties with peers and behavioral adjustment. DV was assessed when children were at the age of five, emotional competence was assessed at the age of 9.5, and peer quality and behavioral adjustment were obtained at the age of 11. Children from homes with greater DV were less aware of their own emotions and more emotionally dysregulated at the age of 9.5. Emotional awareness mediated the relationship between DV at the age of five and children's friendship closeness and internalizing problems at the age of 11. Emotion dysregulation mediated the relationship between DV at the age of five and children's negative peer group interactions, social problems, and internalizing and externalizing problems at the age of 11. Results are discussed in terms of the impact of DV on children's emotional development and the role that different aspects of emotional competence play in children's socio‐emotional adjustment.

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  • Children who experience domestic violence are often described in academic and professional literature as passive victims, psychologically damaged, socially impaired, inarticulate, cognitively overdetermined and emotionally incompetent.

    “Their emotional worlds are seen as restricted, blu ted, a d the a e des i ed as o ete , emotionally reactive and emotionally incompetent (Callaghan, Fellin, Alexander, Mavrou, & Papathanassiou, 2016;Katz, Hessler, & Annest, 2007;Logan & Graham-Bermann, 1999).”

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Authors
Katz, L. F., Hessler, D. M., & Annest, A.
Affiliations
University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Katz, Lynn Fainsilber
Venue
Social Development
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2007-04-27
Volume
16
Issue
3
Pages
513-538
ISSN
  • 0961-205X (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9507
OpenAlex
W2083349982
Cited by
106
References
98
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Social Development (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Keywords
domestic violence, emotional competence, emotional awareness, emotional dysregulation, child adjustment, peer relationships, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, social-emotional development, mediation

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