Protection against antisocial behavior in children exposed to physically abusive discipline

Children’s Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Early Delinquency

“…Research on this topic tends to disregard or minimize the Bincredible resilience^of children exposed to IPV, and the buffering effects of their support systems and coping skills (O'Brien, Cohen, Pooley, and Taylor 2013;Stark 2009). Indeed, many protective factors have been shown to positively mediate the effects of children's exposure to IPV-including positive parenting (Levendosky, Huth-Bocks, Shapiro, and Semel 2003), positive self-image and self-esteem (Bolger and Patterson 2001), having a positive relationship with at least one caring and nonabusive adult (Lynskey & Fergusson 1997), having parents and peers who disapprove of antisocial behavior (Herrenkohl et al 2005), easy child temperament, involvement in a religious community, and cognitive ability (Buckner, Mezzacappa, and Beardslee 2003). Research has found that these and other protective factors are typically associated with less negative behavioral outcomes among children who have witnessed IPV.…”

9 Executive Function and Intelligence in the Development of Antisocial Behavior

“…Academic underachievement has been linked to further problem behavior (Vaillancourt, Brittain, McDougall, & Duku, 2013), though the likelihood of CAB is more likely to be increased in those who already had aggression, impulsivity, or hyperactivity problems prior to school entry (e.g., Broidy et al, 2003). Conversely, sound school achievement has protective effects, especially for children at high risk of CAB, such as those who have been physically abused (Herrenkohl, Tajima, Whitney, & Huang, 2005;Lösel & Farrington, 2012).…”

Future Orientation of Adolescents in Foster Care: Relationship to Trauma, Mental Health, and HIV Risk Behaviors

“…Although many researchers have attempted to measure future orientation using single proxy variables such as optimism or planning (Herrenkohl et al, 2005;Jurich & Hughes, 1991;Somers & Gizzi, 2001;Vera, Shin, Montgomery, Mildner, & Speight, 2004), many argue that future orientation is a multidimensional construct with a cognitive domain and an affective domain (Nurmi, 1989;Seginer, 1988;Trommsdorff, Lamm, & Schmidt, 1978). An early study on future orientation defined the construct as consisting of both attitudes and judgments about one's future (Trommsdorff et al, 1978).…”

“…Because future orientation is associated with cognitions, mental health, and behaviors in the general adolescent population (Herrenkohl et al, 2005;Jurich & Hughes, 1991;Peters et al, 2005;Robbins & Bryan, 2004;Somers & Gizzi, 2001;Wills et al, 2001), the present study examined how future orientation functions in foster care adolescents. The idea that future orientation may prove to be a salient factor in foster care adolescents' mental health and behavior is described by Holman and Silver (1998), who demonstrated that individuals who experience trauma often develop a past-focused temporal orientation.…”