Journal article
Battered mothers who physically abuse their children
Journal of interpersonal violence, Vol.19(8), pp.943-952
08/2004
DOI: 10.1177/0886260504266886
PMID: 15231031
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to understand why some battered mothers physically abuse their children. Mothers who were battered and physically abused their children (the co-occurrence group) were compared with mothers who were neither battered nor physically abused, who were only battered, and who only abused (N = 184). The mothers in the co-occurrence group were more likely than the mothers who did not physically abuse their children to have been severely assaulted by their own mothers as children, have had poorer quality relationships with and receive less support from their mothers, have more stressors, and have known their partners for less time. These differences were not found between the mothers in the co-occurrence and abuse-only groups. In the multivariate analysis, having been assaulted by one's own mother as a child--not being battered by one's partner--was the most potent predictor for whether a mother physically abused her child.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Battered mothers who physically abuse their children
- Creators
- Carol Coohey - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of interpersonal violence, Vol.19(8), pp.943-952
- DOI
- 10.1177/0886260504266886
- PMID
- 15231031
- NLM abbreviation
- J Interpers Violence
- ISSN
- 0886-2605
- eISSN
- 1552-6518
- Grant note
- F31-MH10340-01 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2004
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984307256202771
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