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Domestic Violence and Longitudinal Associations With Children’s Physiological Regulation Abilities

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Rigterink, Tami, Fainsilber Katz, Lynn, Hessler, Danielle M.·2010·Journal of Interpersonal Violence

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The present study examined the impact of domestic violence (DV) on children’s emotion regulation abilities measured via baseline vagal tone (VT). Specifically, the authors examined the relationship between DV exposure and children’s regulatory functioning over time, investigating whether DV exposure was related to the trajectory of children’s physiological regulatory abilities from the preschool period to middle childhood. Covariates, including marital dissatisfaction and conduct-problem status, along with potential gender differences, were examined. Though all children increased in baseline VT from Time 1 to Time 2, children exposed to DV displayed less increase in baseline VT over time as compared to nonexposed children. Results in terms of the long-term outcomes of DV on children and implications for interventions were taken into consideration and discussed in the article.

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  • Witnessing marital discord is associated with reduced increase of parasympathetic tone at baseline during middle childhood years.

    “(c) reduced increase of parasympathetic tone at baseline during middle childhood years 4 (Rigterink et al., 2010).”

    From A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON THE IMPACT OF EXPOSURE TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH (2014) · cites this paper as Rigterink et al., 2010

    The Abstract reports a smaller increase in baseline vagal tone from preschool to middle childhood among children exposed to domestic violence. But the Discussion says marital distress did not significantly affect that trajectory and that exposure to a discordant marriage was not driving the outcome. The source distinguishes domestic violence from marital discord rather than attributing the finding to discord generally. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Children exposed to domestic violence may suffer post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms.

    “Internalization problems, depression, post-traumatic stress disorders symptoms, and externalization symptoms such as aggressive behaviors and even lower levels of IQ are of most important reported complications of domestic violence in children.”

    From Psychological complications of the children exposed to domestic violence: a systematic review (2023) · cites this paper as Rigterink et al. 2010

    The Abstract reports increased internalizing and externalizing problems among children exposed to domestic violence. The “DV and ER” section discusses PTSD in maltreated children, but does not say that children exposed to domestic violence have PTSD symptoms; its DV-specific findings concern physiological responses. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Rigterink, T., Fainsilber Katz, L., & Hessler, D. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Washington (US)
  • University of Washington, Seattle
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
Rigterink, Tami
Venue
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Published
2010-06-28
Volume
25
Issue
9
Pages
1669-1683
ISSN
  • 0886-2605 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-6518
OpenAlex
W2121305597
Cited by
57
References
43
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH049141, R01-MH49141)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
domestic violence, children exposed to domestic violence, vagal tone, physiological regulation, emotion regulation, developmental trajectories, marital dissatisfaction, conduct problems, gender differences
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Physiological, Child, Child Behavior, Child Behavior Disorders, Child, Preschool, Emotions, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Vagus Nerve, Domestic Violence, Autonomic Pathways

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