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Child abuse by mothers' boyfriends: Why the overrepresentation?
Abstract
This study showed that although mothers' boyfriends perform relatively little child care, they are responsible for substantially more child abuse than other nonparental caregivers. Using data drawn from interviews with single mothers and records of child abuse substantiated through child protection investigation, mothers' boyfriends' overrepresentation in child abuse was traced to five conditions: (a) the location of their child care in single parent families; (b) their gender; (c) the absence of genetic relationship between mothers' boyfriends and their partner's children; (d) mothers' boyfriends' perceived illegitimacy as caregivers and family members; and (e) mothers' boyfriends' rivalry with their partner's children. The limitations of these findings and implications for future research are discussed.
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“By the same token, caregiver-child conflict may lead to a harsh disciplinary response involving PP (Margolin, 1992), which may increase in frequency and severity, placing the child at risk for injury or death.”
From Child abuse-related homicides precipitated by caregiver use of harsh physical punishment (2023) · cites this paper as Margolin, 1992
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“By the same token, caregiver-child conflict may lead to a harsh disciplinary response involving PP (Margolin, 1992), which may increase in frequency and severity, placing the child at risk for injury or death.”
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- Authors
- Margolin, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Iowa (US)
- Corresponding author
- Margolin, Leslie
- ORCID
- Margolin, Leslie
- Venue
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1992-07
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 541-551
- ISSN
- 0145-2134 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2061587152
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 1.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child Abuse & Neglect (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Keywords
- child abuse, single mothers, single-parent families, child care, illegitimacy, genetic relatedness, child protection investigations, overrepresentation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Child, Child Abuse, Child, Preschool, Family, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Middle Aged, Single Parent, Caregivers
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