Childhood Maltreatment and Parenting Alliance: Can We Get Along if You Regulate My Emotions?
Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study investigated the effect of childhood maltreatment history on parenting alliance and examined whether emotion regulation mediates this link. I further examined whether emotion co-regulation could buffer individuals with childhood abuse history and their co-parenting partner against poor parenting alliance. This model was tested using mothers and fathers recruited from the community and from intervention programs addressing family violence. Consistent with my predictions, child maltreatment history was negatively associated with self-reported and partner-reported parenting alliance. However, contrary to my hypotheses emotion regulation abilities did not mediate this relationship. Furthermore, perceived partner emotion co-regulation abilities did not act as a buffer for maltreated individuals, as perceived partner co-regulation predicted better parenting alliance regardless of maltreatment severity. These findings highlight the associations between child maltreatment and subsequent co-parenting outcomes, and suggest that clinicians consider the positive influence of emotion co-regulation on co-parenting functioning for maltreated individuals and their co-parenting partners.
Source: TSpace (University of Toronto)
Author: Leyla Javam
Language: English
Topic: Child Abuse and Trauma
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2896141949