Association of Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence With Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Early Childhood Socioemotional Development Among Mothers and Children in Rural Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Approximately 1 in 4 women experience intimate partner violence (IPV) or nonpartner sexual violence during their lifetime. Mothers exposed to IPV are more likely to experience depressive symptoms and to discipline their children harshly, which may affect their children's socioemotional development; however, there is limited evidence on these outcomes.

Objective

To examine the association between IPV, maternal depressive symptoms, harsh child discipline, and child stimulation with child socioemotional development.

Design, setting, and participants

This study used cross-sectional follow-up data collected from February 19 to October 10, 2014, from a birth cohort of children aged 18 to 36 months who were enrolled in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlle

SUBMITTER: Ramos de Oliveira CV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9857043 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature