ArticleJournal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)2017
Childhood abuse and later marital outcomes: Do partner characteristics moderate the association?
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- Post-traumatic stress disorder, trauma and parenting stress: an individual participant data meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Pooled it
- Partner Effects of Childhood Maltreatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
- Between Struggle and Strength: A Rapid Review of Dual-Trauma Couples.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Review
- Prospective Analysis of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adults' Physical Intimate Partner Violence Victimization.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- Emerging Adults' Adverse Life Events and Psychological Functioning: A Comparison Based on Intergenerational Trajectories of Child Maltreatment.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2023Article
- Perceived social support partially mediates the association between childhood abuse and pain-related characteristics.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Romantic Relationships: The Role of Compassionate Goals.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Early-Life Adversities and Recalcitrant Smoking in Midlife: An Examination of Gender and Life-Course Pathways.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2020Article
- Trajectories of Marital Satisfaction in Diverse Newlywed Couples.Social psychological and personality science · 2020Article
- Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Couple Satisfaction: Examining the Mediating Role of Mindfulness.Mindfulness · 2020Article
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Abstract
Although people with a history of child abuse are known to be at elevated risk for later difficulties in relationships, there is debate over whether these effects are enduring and relatively immutable or are moderated by characteristics and behaviors of the partner. To reconcile these competing perspectives, we conducted a longitudinal study of 414 newlywed couples living in low-income neighborhoods, testing whether the association between abuse history and relationship satisfaction is dependent on the partners' aggression, depression, substance abuse, observed communication, and other demographic risk factors. Spouses who had been abused as children (25% of husbands, 31% of wives) reported more symptoms of depression and substance abuse and, among husbands, displayed more negative communication. Spouses with a history of child abuse were also less satisfied with their marriage, even as newlyweds; abused wives also declined in satisfaction over time compared to those without this history. However, interactions between abuse history and all of the proposed moderators were not significant, indicating that partner and relationship characteristics failed to strengthen or weaken the association between abuse history and relationship satisfaction. Childhood experiences of abuse appear to have lasting and broad effects on individual and relational outcomes, and these effects are neither heightened nor mitigated by the partner's characteristics or behaviors. (PsycINFO Database Record
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