A number of studies have now investigated how
CSA affects parenting abilities including parenting stress, though to date no systematic review has been conducted looking specifically at CSA and later parenting stress.
Not exact matches
CSA may increase the risk of experiencing depression, which then
affects the experience of
parenting, or in turn
CSA may cause difficulties in
parenting which then may give rise to feelings of depression.
Two of the 14 studies did not find any association between
CSA and
parenting stress and the remaining five studies suggest other variables may
affect the relationship between
CSA and
parenting stress, such as locus of control and current stressors.
It is also important to determine if any mediating variables are indicated in the relationship between
CSA and
parenting stress, as mediators explain the underlying mechanisms via which one variable
affects another.
Results therefore can not be generalised to men which highlights a gap in understanding how
CSA may
affect parenting stress for fathers.
Seven studies indicated a degree of direct association between experiencing
CSA and later
parenting stress, two studies found no association and five studies suggest that other variables such as locus of control and current stressors may
affect the relationship between
CSA and
parenting stress.