Interparental coercive control and child and family outcomes : A systematic review
Journal article
Xyrakis, Nakiya, Aquilina, Benjamin, McNiece, Ella, Tran, Thomas, Waddell, Connor, Suomi, Aino and Pasalich, Dave. (2022). Interparental coercive control and child and family outcomes : A systematic review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse. pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221139243
Authors | Xyrakis, Nakiya, Aquilina, Benjamin, McNiece, Ella, Tran, Thomas, Waddell, Connor, Suomi, Aino and Pasalich, Dave |
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Abstract | Coercive control (CC) is a core facet of intimate partner violence (IPV) and involves asserting power, dominance, and control over another person. Although the adverse impacts of childhood exposure to interparental IPV have been well documented, the outcomes of childhood exposure to interparental CC have not been systematically examined. This study aimed to address this gap by reviewing available empirical evidence on interparental CC and child and family outcomes. Articles were identified by searching electronic databases using keywords relating to CC, children and parents, and child wellbeing outcomes. The final review included 51 studies that reported on adverse outcomes pertaining to parenting and family relationships (k = 29), child internalizing and externalizing problems (k = 7), social-emotional development (k = 5), and physical/health development (k = 17). Specifically, studies reported that CC was associated with increased parental psychopathology, poorer family functioning, harsher parenting and higher levels of child abuse, strained parent–child relationships, children used as tools and co-victims of CC, increased risk of child internalizing and externalizing problems, limited socializing opportunities, increased bullying, poorer perinatal outcomes, limited access to healthcare, and increased risk of child mortality. Evidence identified CC as a unique contributor to adverse child wellbeing outcomes, independent of exposure to IPV more broadly. Results indicated that the impacts of childhood exposure to CC are complex, far reaching, and, in some cases, devastating. The limitations of the findings, as well as implications for practice, policy, and research are discussed. |
Keywords | coercive control; interparental coercive control; children exposed to coercive control; domestic violence; violence exposure; children exposed to domestic violence; battered women; child abuse |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Trauma, Violence, and Abuse |
Journal citation | pp. 1-19 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
ISSN | 1552-8324 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221139243 |
PubMed ID | 36573654 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85145072485 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-19 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 27 Dec 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 18 May 2023 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8z092/interparental-coercive-control-and-child-and-family-outcomes-a-systematic-review
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