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Self-Esteem of Young Adults Experiencing Interparental Violence and Child Physical Maltreatment: Parental and Peer Relationships as Mediators
April Chiung-Tao Shen, PhD*
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: acshen{at}ntu.edu.tw.
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This study examined the joint impact of experiencing both interparental violence and child physical maltreatment on young adults’ self-esteem. It also tested the hypothesis of parental and peer relationship qualities as mediators in the relationship between childhood histories of family violence and adult selfesteem. Data were collected from a national probability sample of 1,924 college students in Taiwan. Research results demonstrated that experiencing both interparental violence and physical maltreatment during childhood have long-term and detrimental impact on adult self-esteem. This impact was statistically independent of other potential confounding factors. Moreover, participants experiencing dual violence during childhood reported lower self-esteem than those experiencing only one type of family violence or none at all. Male participants who experienced dual violence reported lower self-esteem than female participants who experienced dual violence. Further analyses revealed that parental and peer relationship qualities mediated the joint impact of interparental violence and physical maltreatment on adult self-esteem.
First published on May 7, 2008, doi:10.1177/0886260508317188
Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2009;24:770.
A more recent version of this article appeared on May 1, 2009
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