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Cycle of Abuse

Research suggests about one-third of all individuals who were abused or neglected as children will subject their children to maltreatment. This cycle of abuse can occur when children who either experienced maltreatment or witnessed violence between their parents or caregivers learn violent behavior and learn to consider it appropriate.

Child Abuse and Physical Punishment
Englander (2007)
In Understanding Violence (3rd Ed.)
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Explores child, parental, and situational factors associated with child abuse, and the interactive role of physical punishment and other parental behaviors on the development of aggression later in life.

Developmental Traumatology: The Psychobiological Development of Maltreated Children and Its Implications for Research, Treatment, and Policy
De Bellis
Development and Psychopathology, 13(3), 2001
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Using mental health and posttraumatic stress disorder criteria, this model includes psychological parameters for assessing risk of intergenerational abuse and sequelae of abuse in children.

The Effects of Child Sexual Abuse in Later Family Life: Mental Health, Parenting and Adjustment of Offspring
Roberts, O'Connor, Dunn, & Golding
Child Abuse and Neglect, 28(5), 2004
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Investigates the link between child sexual abuse, later mental health, family organization, parenting behaviors, and adjustment in offspring.

The Effects of Sexual Abuse as a Child on the Risk of Mothers Physically Abusing Their Children: A Path Analysis Using Systems Theory
Mapp
Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 30(11), 2006
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Assesses the potential path from sexual abuse as a child to the current risk of physical abuse by mothers, concluding that the ability of the mother to resolve the childhood trauma has the greatest impact on the risk of physical abuse.

Intergenerational Transmission of Abuse: A Two-Generational Prospective Study of an At-Risk Sample
Pears & Capaldi
Child Abuse and Neglect, 25(11), 2001
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Model examining the association between a parent's history of abuse and a parent's own abusive behavior.

The Joint Contribution of Experiencing and Witnessing Violence During Childhood on Child Abuse in the Parent Role
Cunningham
Violence and Victims, 18(6), 2003
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Examines adult respondents' abuse of children as a consequence of their own childhood experiences.

Mothers' Abusive Childhood Predicts Child Abuse
Haapasalo & Aaltonen
Child Abuse Review, 8(4), 1999
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Investigates intergenerational transmission of abuse by comparing the self reports of mothers involved with child protective services (CPS) and those with no CPS contact.

The Relationships of Dissociation and Effective Family Environment With the Intergenerational Cycle of Child Abuse
Narang & Contreras
Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 28(6), 2005
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Tests a model that may explain how physically abused children become physically abusive parents.

Sexual Abuse as a Factor in Child Maltreatment by Adolescent Mothers of Preschool Aged Children
Spieker, Bensley, McMahon, Fung, & Ossiander
Development and Psychopathology, 8(3), 1996
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Investigates a history of sexual abuse as a predictor of child maltreatment by adolescent mothers.

 

 

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