APS

2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024

Parent-Child Concordance on IPV Witness Status Predicts Children's Psychopathology

San Francisco, CA · May 2024

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Lauren Bailey
    UNCW
  • Kaitlyn Lynch
    University of North Carolina-Wilmington
  • Brittanie Moore
    University of North Carolina-Wilmington
  • Sydney Broadway
    University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Logan Greene
    University of North Carolina WIlmington
  • Hanson Truong
    University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Brandon Harris
    University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Maddie Joyner
    University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Caroline Clements
    University of North Carolina-Wilmington

Abstract

Over 4 million U.S. children witness IPV annually. We assessed the impact of parent-child agreement on witness status on psychopathology in child witnesses. Parents of concordant witnesses reported more internalizing psychopathology than parents of concordant non-witnesses and discordant witnesses. Study results were discussed in terms of research and clinical implications.

Childhood Adversity

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