Browsing by Subject "Emotional and behavioral problems"

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    The association between maternal exposure to intimate partner violence and emotional and behavioral problems in Spanish children and adolescents
    (2016) López Soler, Concepción; Alcántara López, María Vicenta; Castro Sáez, Maravillas; Sánchez Meca, Julio; Fernández Fernández, María Visitación; Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación; Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Psicología y Logopedia
    This correlational cross-sectional study was designed to investigate whether the intimate partner violence (IPV) suffered by mothers (physical and psychological maltreatment), the neglect suffered by children and the maltreatment (physical and psychological) directly suffered by children are statistically associated with an increase in the probability of the child's suffering psychopathological problems. The sample consisted of 189 Spanish children aged 6 to 17 and their mothers, recruited from Centres of Specialized Assistance for Women Victims of IPV. The results of a canonical correlation analysis showed that the most significant problems suffered by the children were both externalizing and internalizing ones, confirming that the effects of abuse in children are not of a specific type