LIVING IN ABUSIVE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
LIVING IN ABUSIVE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Summary/Abstract: The research was performed on 402 fathers and 438 mothers with the goal to test how parental experience of being verbally abused by spouse affects child's mood instability. In fathers' sample 592 children of different age, birth order and sex were included while in mother's sample 640 children of different age, birth order and sex were included. Three sets of variables: independent (experience of being verbally abused by spouse), control (child's gender, child's birth order, child's age and parental exeperience of being physically abused by spouse) and dependent variable (child's mood instability) were defined. ANOVA and ANCOVA statistical procedure was used to analyze data. According to the obtained results mother's experience of being verbally abused by spouse did not affect child's mood instability after control variables were introduced in the analysis. In contrast to these, the results for the father's experience of being verbally abused by spouse produced different effects. After statistical control was performed, the father's experience of being verbally abused by spouse did affect child's mood instability. Explanation of the results is offered in accordance with the existing theories and previous research data.

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