The Influence of Childhood Trauma and Family Functioning on Internet Addiction in Adolescents: A Chain-Mediated Model Analysis.

Authors

Hu, M., Xu, L., Zhu, W., Zhang, T., Wang, Q., Ai, Z., & Zhao, X.

Type
Journal Article
Year published
2022
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Abstract

Mothers with violence exposure and complex psychosocial needs often struggle with parenting. Psychosocial interventions without a targeted parenting component have been shown to improve parenting outcomes. Violence exposure can attenuate treatment response for some psychosocial interventions. We investigate whether a history of violence exposure would have a long-term influence on parenting attitudes (e.g., parenting-related enjoyment, competency, stress) among mothers with depressive symptoms after receiving psychosocial interventions without a parenting component, and whether changes in parenting attitudes are moderated by the interaction between violence exposure and treatment type. Our study is a secondary analysis of a larger, comparative effectiveness trial where participants were randomly assigned to either the enhanced screening and referral (ESR) or personalized support for progress (PSP) group, both psychosocial interventions without a parenting-specific component delivered in community health settings (N = 132). We assessed parenting attitudes, violence exposure, depressive symptoms, and demographic characteristics in a subsample of mothers’ 6-month postintervention. Moderation effects were significant for the interaction between violence exposure and treatment type for the PSP group only; here, violence-exposed PSP mothers had less positive postintervention parenting attitudes compared to both violence-exposed ESR mothers and nonviolence-exposed PSP mothers. Within treatment groups, parenting attitudes among violence-exposed mothers in the PSP group were significantly less positive than parenting attitudes among nonviolence-exposed mothers; no significant mean differences by violence exposure were found for mothers in the ESR group. Future research is needed to explore the effects of different psychosocial interventions on parenting attitudes over time among violence-exposed, mothers with depressive symptoms.