Maternal intimate partner violence (IPV) exposure has been linked to negative parenting outcomes. Studies suggest that parenting stress is an intermediary between IPV exposure and parenting, though past work has relied on small, clinically- referred samples. Moreover, it is unclear if parenting is differentially affected by a mother’s recent versus past history of IPV exposure, or whether a mother’s childhood abuse history moderates the associations of IPV with parenting stress and parenting behaviors. The current study examines whether recent IPV, versus past IPV, has stronger associations with parenting stress and parenting behaviors and tests whether maternal abuse history moderates these associations. Using structural equation modeling, we tested relations between IPV (frequency and recency), parenting stress, and parenting behaviors cross-sectionally and longitudinally in a large community sample of IPV-exposed low-income Hispanic and African American mothers of children aged 0–14 years (N = 1159). We found that mothers who reported IPV exposure in the past year reported higher negative and lower positive parenting behaviors than mothers who reported less recent exposure. Further, we found that the frequency and timing of IPV exposure affected parenting indirectly through increased parenting stress. However, a childhood history of abuse did not appear to sensitize women to these effects. These findings suggest that psychological interventions aimed at reducing the subjective experience of parenting stress, as well as increased access to resources that reduce objective childcare burden, are important for promoting resilience among families exposed to violence.

孕产妇亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）暴露已与负面育儿结果联系在一起。研究表明，育儿压力是IPV暴露与育儿之间的中介，尽管过去的工作依赖于临床上提及的小样本。此外，目前尚不清楚母亲的近期和过去受过IPV暴露史的影响对父母的养育有不同的影响，或者母亲的童年虐待史是否能够缓解IPV与父母压力和育儿行为之间的关系。当前的研究检查了与过去的IPV相比，最近的IPV与父母压力和育儿行为之间是否存在更强的关联，并测试了孕产妇虐待史是否能缓解这些关联。使用结构方程模型，我们测试了IPV（频率和新近度），育儿压力，N  = 1159）。我们发现，过去一年报告IPV暴露的母亲比最近报告较少暴露的母亲报告了更高的负养育行为和更低的积极养育行为。此外，我们发现IPV暴露的频率和时间会通过增加育儿压力间接影响育儿。但是，儿童时期的虐待史似乎并未使妇女对这些影响敏感。这些发现表明，旨在减少主观压力的心理干预措施，以及增加获得资源以减少客观育儿负担的心理干预措施，对于增强遭受暴力的家庭的抵御能力至关重要。