A life course perspective of victimization, child welfare involvement, cumulative stress and mental health for mothers on probation and parole.

摘要: Abstract Women involved in the criminal justice system experience multiple forms of adversity over their lifetimes. These events may include childhood abuse, involvement child welfare as children, intimate partner violence victimization during adulthood, and punitive interactions with mothers. Community supervision (e.g. probation or parole) entails particular stressors, such obtaining basic needs employment. A majority women under community also depression anxiety. The current study used Stress Process Model to investigate associations between adulthood stressors (including involvement), recent stressful life events, symptoms anxiety for mothers (n = 348) on parole. All had experienced some form and/or victimization. Structural equation modeling was conducted examine how victimization, a mother were associated Results indicated direct indirect relationships from mental health navigated For example, adverse experiences elevated via higher levels experiences. findings highlight abuse factors system, implications theory, practice, research.