Behavioral observations of parenting in battered women

The current study assessed observational data of parenting in 95 battered w omen and their school-aged children's behavioral adjustment and analyzed th em within an ecological framework. Results indicated that maternal experien ce of psychological and physical abuse predicts maternal warmth, but nor ma ternal authority-control, over and above ontogenic and exosystemic factors. In addition, maternal experience of psychological abuse and maternal autho rity-control predicted children's observed behavior, over and above child c haracteristics. An ecological framework for understanding the effects of do mestic violence on parenting was supported.