Factors mitigating the harmful effects of intimate partner violence on adolescents' depressive symptoms-A longitudinal birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preventing parental intimate partner violence (IPV) or mitigating its negative effects early in the lifecourse is likely to improve population mental health. However, prevention of IPV is highly challenging and we know very little about how the mental health of children exposed to IPV can be improved. This study assessed the extent to which positive experiences were associated with depressive symptoms among children with and without experience of IPV.

Method

This study used data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a population-based birth cohort. After excluding those without information on depressive symptoms at age 18, the final sample comprised 4490 participants. Parental intimate partner violence (physical or emotional cruelty reported by

SUBMITTER: Gondek D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10241470 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature