Perceived Quality of Life and Health Complaints in Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
2014 (English)In: Journal of family Violence, ISSN 0885-7482, E-ISSN 1573-2851, Vol. 29, no 6, p. 681-692Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Abstract [en]
Children 9 to 13 years old exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) reported on their violence exposure, attachment to both parents, temperament (negative emotionality and emotion regulation), perceived quality of life, and health complaints. Half of the children perceived their quality of life as good and did not have recurrent health complaints. When controlling for socioeconomic status, health complaints were associated with higher IPV exposure and negative emotionality, whereas quality of life was associated with attachment security, higher capacity for emotion regulation, and lower negative emotionality. These results underscore the importance of increasing and supporting the capacity of children exposed to IPV to handle and express their emotions, as well as making school nurses and other primary care practitioners more attentive to IPV as a possible background factor in children's health complaints.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2014. Vol. 29, no 6, p. 681-692
Keywords [en]
Intimate partner violence, Subjective health, Health complaints, Quality of life, Well-being, Attachment, Negative emotionality, Emotion regulation
National Category
Psychology Medical and Health Sciences
Research subject
Psychology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-41512DOI: 10.1007/s10896-014-9622-5ISI: 000340524400009OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-41512DiVA, id: diva2:923150
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