Interparental violence and children's attentional bias: The mediating effect of parental harsh discipline in China

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107296

Shuya Yang , Yuan Liu , Meifang Wang , Jinxia Zhao

{"title":"Interparental violence and children's attentional bias: The mediating effect of parental harsh discipline in China","authors":"Shuya Yang , Yuan Liu , Meifang Wang , Jinxia Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107296","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>It is a well-established fact that experiences of interparental violence (IPV) affect children's attentional bias. However, existing research has solely investigated the relations between IPV and children's attentional bias toward either negative (ANI) or positive information (API); little research has examined the distinct associations between IPV and such two types of attentional bias simultaneously. Moreover, parental harsh discipline may mediate above associations, but few studies have investigated this issue to date.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study examined the associations between IPV and children's attentional bias (including API and ANI) in the same model and the mediating roles of fathers' and mothers' harsh discipline—specifically, psychological aggression (PA) and corporal punishment (CP) in China.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>A total of 505 Chinese elementary school students (<em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 9.82 years; 51 % girls) and their parents participated in this study.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Participants were asked to complete paper questionnaires measuring IPV, parental harsh discipline and children's attentional bias. Structural equation models were employed to test the mediating roles of parental harsh discipline in the associations between IPV and children's attentional bias.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>IPV was positively related to children's ANI, while was negatively related to children's API. Additionally, IPV was related to higher level of ANI through the PA of fathers but lower level of API through that of mothers. Moreover, IPV was related to higher level of API through mothers' CP.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>These findings suggest the linkage between IPV and children's attentional bias varies with the valence of information—positive or negative—and is differentially mediated by the harsh discipline of fathers and mothers within the Chinese cultural context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 107296"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Child Abuse & Neglect","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145213425000511","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"FAMILY STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Background

It is a well-established fact that experiences of interparental violence (IPV) affect children's attentional bias. However, existing research has solely investigated the relations between IPV and children's attentional bias toward either negative (ANI) or positive information (API); little research has examined the distinct associations between IPV and such two types of attentional bias simultaneously. Moreover, parental harsh discipline may mediate above associations, but few studies have investigated this issue to date.

Objective

This study examined the associations between IPV and children's attentional bias (including API and ANI) in the same model and the mediating roles of fathers' and mothers' harsh discipline—specifically, psychological aggression (PA) and corporal punishment (CP) in China.

Participants and setting

A total of 505 Chinese elementary school students (M_age = 9.82 years; 51 % girls) and their parents participated in this study.

Methods

Participants were asked to complete paper questionnaires measuring IPV, parental harsh discipline and children's attentional bias. Structural equation models were employed to test the mediating roles of parental harsh discipline in the associations between IPV and children's attentional bias.

Results

IPV was positively related to children's ANI, while was negatively related to children's API. Additionally, IPV was related to higher level of ANI through the PA of fathers but lower level of API through that of mothers. Moreover, IPV was related to higher level of API through mothers' CP.

Conclusions

These findings suggest the linkage between IPV and children's attentional bias varies with the valence of information—positive or negative—and is differentially mediated by the harsh discipline of fathers and mothers within the Chinese cultural context.

查看原文本刊更多论文

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Child Abuse & Neglect Multiple-

CiteScore

7.40

自引率

10.40%

发文量

397

期刊介绍： Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.