The associations between community violence, television violence, intimate partner violence, parent–child aggression, and aggression in sibling relationships of a sample of preschoolers.

Abstract

Objective: High levels of aggression between siblings have been associated with deleterious short- and long-term effects. The objective of the current study was to examine how different types of violence exposure may be related to this form of aggressive behavior in children. Methods: This study examined 213 mother–child dyads that were exposed to varying levels of community violence and disorder, intimate partner violence, father–child physical aggression, and television (TV) violence. Families were from several Head Start Programs in the Midwest. Results: Main effects of hierarchical linear regression analyses indicated that higher maternal depression and children's greater exposure to violent TV were significantly associated with more aggressive behavior toward a sibling. Further, father–child physical aggression interacted with community violence or disorder exposure to predict to aggression between siblings; that is, community violence was associated with sibling aggression only for children experiencing high levels of aggression from their fathers. Conclusions: These findings illuminate the multiple contextual factors that may be related to aggression between preschool-age children and their siblings in the home. Notably, viewing violent TV programming was significantly associated with sibling aggression even after accounting for family and community violence. This suggests the importance of reducing children's exposure to violence across all domains, rather than solely focusing on one particular mode of violence exposure.

L’exposition à la violence familiale

“…Pour les plus jeunes, l'atténuation de la colère à travers l'interaction entre l'exposition à la violence familiale et le nombre de victimisations dans la dernière année peut dépendre, selon certains auteurs, de la nature des victimisations vécues. Ainsi, le fait d'être exposé à différentes formes de violence pourrait avoir de multiples effets selon la forme qu'elle prend (Miller et al, 2012). Par exemple, comme mentionné précédemment, l'exposition à la violence dans la communauté peut modérer l'impact de l'exposition à la violence conjugale sur certaines conséquences, soit l'anxiété, l'agression et la délinquance (Mrug & Windle, 2010).…”

“…Dans une autre étude, on a aussi constaté que lorsque placés ensemble, les actes de violence d'un père envers son enfant et l'exposition de cet enfant à la violence dans la communauté sont signifi cativement reliés aux actes d'agression de ce jeune envers les membres de sa fratrie. Pourtant, ces deux types de victimisation pris isolément ne sont pas signifi cativement reliés aux gestes de violence physique que l'enfant peut porter sur ses frères et soeurs (Miller et al, 2012). En somme, il s'avère essentiel de tenir compte des interactions entre diverses formes de victimisation, car considérées ensemble, celles-ci peuvent entraîner de nouveaux effets sur les symp-tômes de trauma des jeunes.…”

“Double Crap!” Abuse and Harmed Identity inFifty Shades of Grey

“…[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Despite the high prevalence of IPV and adverse health impacts, underlying societal conditions create the context for such violence to occur, 12 including the normalization and romanticizing of violence in popular culture (e.g., books, music, film). [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] For example, Eminem and Rihanna's music video-Love the Way You Lie 23 -romanticizes physical, sexual, and emotional threats, including an intent to kill (i.e., threats to burn down a house), within a couple's romantic relationship. The increasing inclusion of abuse in music videos [20][21][22] prompted a cautionary policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics 24 about the role that depictions of violence, sexual messages, sexual stereotypes, and substance abuse play in behaviors and attitudes of young viewers.…”

“…Our analysis adds to a growing body of literature noting dangerous violence standards being perpetuated in popular culture. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] Methods All three authors read Fifty Shades of Grey and participated in the analysis. The analysis was led by the first author, an expert in qualitative methods and dynamics of violent couples; 58,59,64 the first author provided training and oversight in the documentation of themes undertaken by all three authors.…”

Sibling Aggression Among Clinic-Referred Children and Adolescents

“…Based on research using community samples, evidence suggests that 70-80% of children have hit a sibling or engaged in at least mild sibling aggression, while approximately 30% of children have been “assaulted” by a sibling (Finkelhor, 2005; Miller, Grabell, Thomas, Bermann, & Graham-Bermann, 2012; Straus, Gelles, & Steinmetz, 1980). Definitions of sibling aggression vary from including only more severe forms of physical aggression such as “beating up” or using a weapon against a sibling, to separately examining rationally-derived subscales of mild and severe sibling aggression, to including all forms of child aggression against a sibling in a single scale (Eriksen & Jensen, 2009; Finkelhor, 2005; Miller et al, 2012). Several studies of sibling aggression exclude verbal aggression, focusing only on physical aggression, despite evidence that verbal aggression within a family is associated with negative child outcomes (Kolko, Kazdin, & Day, 1996; Teicher, Samson, Polcari, & McGreenery, 2006; Vissing, Straus, Gelles, & Harrop, 1991).…”