Intimate partner violence (IPV) between parents is associated with poorer child language development. This study aimed to examine pathways from IPV and maternal depressive symptoms in children's 1st year to language skills at 10 years. Pathways were examined via IPV, maternal depressive symptoms, and maternal involvement in home learning activities (e.g., reading, storytelling) at age 4. A secondary aim was to examine whether these pathways differed by child gender. Data were drawn from 1,507 mothers and their firstborn children participating in a community-based prospective longitudinal study. At child age 1 and 4 years, mothers reported IPV using the Composite Abuse Scale (CAS) and completed a depression scale. At child age 10 years, mothers completed the Children's Communication Checklist (2nd edition) Short Form and 4 pragmatic subscales, and children completed a receptive vocabulary test. Results provided some evidence that maternal depressive symptoms at 4 years postpartum may be an important mechanism by which exposure to IPV and maternal depressive symptoms in the child's 1st year is associated with poorer language at age 10. These pathways remained evident after accounting for social disadvantage, number of siblings, and concurrent IPV exposure at 10 years. There was little evidence that the pathways were mediated by maternal involvement or differed by gender. Implications for speech pathology, health, and education professionals concern identifying and supporting the language needs of children in family contexts where IPV is present. Intervention strategies for families affected by IPV such as supporting maternal mental health and the mother-child relationship could be extended to support child language development. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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亲密伴侣暴力、母亲抑郁和 10 岁儿童语言能力的途径。

父母之间的亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）与较差的儿童语言发展有关。本研究旨在检查从儿童 1 岁的 IPV 和母亲抑郁症状到 10 岁的语言技能的途径。通过 IPV、母亲抑郁症状和母亲在 4 岁时参与家庭学习活动（例如阅读、讲故事）来检查通路。次要目的是检查这些通路是否因儿童性别而异。数据来自参与基于社区的前瞻性纵向研究的 1,507 名母亲及其长子。在孩子 1 岁和 4 岁时，母亲使用综合虐待量表 (CAS) 报告 IPV，并完成了抑郁量表。在孩子 10 岁时，母亲完成了儿童的 s 交流检查表（第 2 版）简表和 4 个语用分量表，儿童完成了接受性词汇测试。结果提供了一些证据，表明产后 4 年的母亲抑郁症状可能是儿童 1 岁时暴露于 IPV 和母亲抑郁症状与 10 岁时语言较差相关的一个重要机制。这些途径在考虑到社会劣势后仍然很明显，兄弟姐妹的数量，以及 10 年同时暴露于 IPV 的情况。几乎没有证据表明这些途径是由母体参与介导或因性别而异。对言语病理学、健康和教育专业人员的影响涉及在存在 IPV 的家庭环境中识别和支持儿童的语言需求。可以扩展针对受 IPV 影响的家庭的干预策略，例如支持孕产妇心理健康和母子关系，以支持儿童语言发展。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。