Breaking the Intergenerational Transmission of Child Abuse: Beyond the Mother-Child Relationship

Langeland, Willie; Dijkstra, Sietske

doi:10.1002/car.2380040104

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Breaking the Intergenerational Transmission of Child Abuse: Beyond the Mother-Child Relationship

Langeland, Willie, Dijkstra, Sietske·1995·Child Abuse Review

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Abstract Studies comparing abusive and non‐abusive parents who were abused as children are reviewed to determine protective factors that may lead to a break in the transmission pattern. Non‐abusers have several factors in common. For instance: they have extensive emotional and social support from significant others. they are aware of what happened to them as children and are openly angry about their abuse. and many of them received (psycho)therapy as adolescents or young adults. Discovering protective factors by which some parents overcome a family pattern of abuse is valuable in guiding both prevention and intervention efforts. A brief discussion of the influence of methodological variations of different studies on reported transmission rates precedes the review. Furthermore. attention is given to the underrepresentation of (abusive) fathers in theory as well as in research on child abuse. The effects of undervaluation of gender differences are discussed in terms of their importance in the occurrence and (breaks in the) transmission of child abuse.

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Authors: Langeland, W., & Dijkstra, S.
Affiliations: University of Amsterdam (NL)
Corresponding author: Langeland, Willie
ORCID: Langeland, Willie
Venue: Child Abuse Review
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1995-03
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Pages: 4-13
ISSN: 0952-9136 (ISSN-L)
1099-0852
DOI: 10.1002/car.2380040104
OpenAlex: W2049040278
Cited by: 68
References: 51
Citations by year: 2025: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2
FWCI: 0.99
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 4002 d)
Locations: Child Abuse Review (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
Keywords: child abuse, protective factors, abusive parents, mother-child relationship, socioemotional support, psychotherapy, abuse prevention, intervention, fathers, gender differences, methodological variability

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