Journal article
The role of friends, in-laws, and other kin in father-perpetrated child physical abuse
Child welfare, Vol.79(4), pp.373-402
07/01/2000
PMID: 10925765
Abstract
Thirty-five physically abusive fathers were matched with a comparison sample to test multiple systemic explanations for child physical abuse, using an ecological perspective, and to show the relationship between the structure of social ties and the function of those ties. The physically abusive fathers were found to have received significantly fewer emotional and instrumental supports from their friends, in-laws, and other kin than the comparison fathers, and were only weakly linked to members of their social networks - members who might have discouraged the fathers' aggressive impulses or provided additional support to them and to their families.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The role of friends, in-laws, and other kin in father-perpetrated child physical abuse
- Creators
- Carol Coohey
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Child welfare, Vol.79(4), pp.373-402
- PMID
- 10925765
- NLM abbreviation
- Child Welfare
- ISSN
- 0009-4021
- Publisher
- Child Welfare League of America, Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2000
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984307260102771
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