Early exposure to parent-perpetrated intimate partner violence predicts hypervigilant error monitoring

Early exposure to parent-perpetrated intimate partner violence predicts hypervigilant error monitoring

Early exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) places children at risk for ongoing emotional difficulties, including problems with self-regulation and high levels of internalizing symptoms. However, the impact of IPV exposure on children's error monitoring remains unknown. The present study...

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Published in:International journal of psychophysiology Vol. 173; pp. 58 - 68
Main Authors: Palmwood, Erin N., Valadez, Emilio A., Zajac, Lindsay A., Griffith, Alyssa M., Simons, Robert F., Dozier, Mary
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-03-2022
Subjects:
Child
EEG
ERN
Female
Humans
Intimate partner violence
Intimate Partner Violence - psychology
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Parent-child relationships
Parents
ERN
Parent-child relationships
Pe
Intimate partner violence
EEG
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Summary:Early exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) places children at risk for ongoing emotional difficulties, including problems with self-regulation and high levels of internalizing symptoms. However, the impact of IPV exposure on children's error monitoring remains unknown. The present study utilized electroencephalography (EEG) to examine the impact of exposure to IPV in infancy on error monitoring in middle childhood. Results indicated that parents' perpetration of IPV against their romantic partners when children were under 24 months of age predicted hypervigilant error monitoring in children at age 8 (N = 30, 16 female), as indexed by error-related neural activity (ERN and Pe difference amplitudes), above and beyond the effects of general adversity exposure and parental responsiveness. There was no association between partner perpetration of IPV and children's error monitoring. Results illustrate the harmful effects of early exposure to parent-perpetrated IPV on error monitoring and highlight the importance of targeting children's and parents' cognitive and emotional responses to error commission in psychotherapy. •Examined relationship between early childhood IPV exposure and middle childhood error monitoring•Greater exposure to parent-perpetrated IPV predicted larger ERN and Pe amplitudes.•Partner-perpetrated IPV was unrelated to error-related brain activity.•Early exposure to parent-perpetrated IPV is a distinct predictor of dysregulated error monitoring.
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ISSN:0167-8760
1872-7697
DOI:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.01.006