When Do We See Resilience: The Effects of Parent's History of Maltreatment on Parenting Behaviors and Children's Adjustment

dc.contributor.authorRiser, Diana Katherineen
dc.contributor.committeechairKim-Spoon, Jungmeenen
dc.contributor.committeememberDeater-Deckard, Kirbyen
dc.contributor.committeememberBell, Martha Annen
dc.contributor.committeememberKaestle, Christine E.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:15:11Zen
dc.date.adate2011-06-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:15:11Zen
dc.date.issued2011-06-06en
dc.date.rdate2011-06-27en
dc.date.sdate2011-06-20en
dc.description.abstractPrior research has suggested that children are at a greater risk of maladjustment in cases where a parent has experienced childhood maltreatment. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of parent's childhood maltreatment in its effects on parenting behavior, parent characteristics, and child adjustment. The multiple pathways through which parent's childhood maltreatment can be both directly and indirectly linked to child maladjustment were explored. Further, risk and protective factors, such as early age of becoming a parent or high parent education, which may play a role were examined as both potential moderators and mediators of the relation between parent's childhood maltreatment and children's maladjustment. Overall, several of the hypothesized pathways were supported. In particular, parent depression and parent's socio-demographic factors were found to act as mediators and moderators of the relations between parent's childhood maltreatment and child maladjustment. There was lesser evidence of child maltreatment behaviors and parenting behaviors mediating or moderating the relations between parent's childhood maltreatment and child maladjustment. Recommendations for future research directions as well as directions for intervention and prevention efforts for at-risk families and children will be suggested.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-06202011-163645en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06202011-163645/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/38665en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartRiser_Dissertation.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectintergenerational transmissionen
dc.subjectchild maladjustmenten
dc.subjectchildhood maltreatmenten
dc.subjectparenting behaviorsen
dc.titleWhen Do We See Resilience: The Effects of Parent's History of Maltreatment on Parenting Behaviors and Children's Adjustmenten
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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