Gender Role and Gender as Predictors of Behavior Problems in Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence

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• 作者：Kathryn E. Smagur ; G. Anne Bogat ; Alytia A. Levendosky
• 关键词：Gender role ; Gender ; Children ; Behavior problems ; Intimate partner violence
• 刊名：Journal of Family Violence
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：32
• 期：2
• 页码：157-168
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• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Quality of Life Research; Clinical Psychology; Law and Psychology; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general; Psychotherapy and Counseling;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-2851
• 卷排序：32

文摘

Children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) are likely to develop behavior problems, but findings are mixed regarding whether girls and boys are differentially affected. Bem (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31, 634–643, 1975) argued that gender role is an important predictor of mental health, and this relationship may differ for males and females due to societal gender norms. Given the gendered nature of IPV, we examined whether gender role interacted with gender to predict behavior problems in IPV-exposed children (n = 176). Among four-year-old children, gender-typed gender roles were a risk factor for girls but not boys, and androgynous gender roles were protective for both boys and girls on average. However, post hoc analyses indicated the amount of IPV exposure mattered; androgynous girls exposed to chronic IPV had more behavior problems. Results illustrate the importance of societal and family gender norms in determining children’s risk for behavior problems following exposure to IPV.