Does the Use of Childcare Services Reduce the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on the Quality of Life of Children?: Multiple-Group Structural Equation Modeling

Kita, Sachiko; Sato, Iori; Sakka, Mariko; Soejima, Takafumi; Kamibeppu, Kiyoko

doi:10.1007/s11482-020-09847-w

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confidence: 92%

“…Our findings indicated that maternal IPV was significantly associated with children’s adverse health outcomes, which was supported by previous studies ( 13 , 39 , 40 ). A cross-sectional study conducted in Japan has revealed a significant association between maternal IPV and poorer HRQOL in their preschool children ( 13 ). A cohort study conducted in Brazil has also shown that children of mothers with exposure to IPV had increased risk of behavioral and emotional difficulties, compared to those of mothers without experience of IPV ( 39 ).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…A small-scale study conducted in China has shown a significant link between maternal IPV and children’s poorer psychosocial HRQOL ( 12 ). Another cross-sectional study conducted in Japan has also found that children with mothers of IPV exposure tended to have poorer HRQOL ( 13 ).…”

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Association between maternal intimate partner violence and health-related quality of life in their preschool children: The mediating role of maternal parenting styles

Luo

Chen

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundAlthough intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a public health issue around the world, there is a lack of evidence regarding the impact of maternal IPV on preschool children’s health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the association between maternal IPV and HRQOL among Chinese preschool children, as well as the mediating role of maternal parenting styles.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted with 4,243 mother-child dyads who attended preschools. Mothers self-reported their parenting styles and experience of IPV. Children’s HRQOL was collected through mother-proxy report with the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory version 4.0 (PedsQL 4.0). Multivariate linear regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the association between maternal IPV and children’s HRQOL. Mediation models were further applied to explore the possible mediating role of maternal parenting styles.ResultsOf the included mothers, 7.4% had experience of IPV. Compared to children of mothers without any IPV exposure, those of mothers with experience of IPV had significantly lower scores in all HRQOL dimensions and summary scales. After adjustment for covariates, maternal IPV was significantly associated with children’s lower physical health summary score, psychosocial health summary score, and total scale score. Mediation analysis showed that both rejection and overprotection mediated such associations, but not for the emotional warmth.ConclusionOur findings indicated the need to screen maternal IPV supplemented with targeted interventions focusing on parenting styles, in order to mitigate the negative impact of maternal IPV on children’s HRQOL.

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