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Child maltreatment in the “Children of the nineties”
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Objective To identify and validate factors within the parental background affecting risk of child maltreatment.Method A nested case-control study based on the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children ("Children of the Nineties"), a cohort of children born in Avon in 1991 through 1992. Data on the childhood and psychiatric histories of the parents, along with other data on the social and family environments, have been collected through postal questionnaires from early antenatal booking onwards.Results Out of 14,138 participating children, 162 have been identified as having been maltreated. Using logistic regression analysis, significant risk factors within the mothers' backgrounds were age < 20; lower educational achievement; history of sexual abuse; child guidance or psychiatry; absence of her father during childhood; and a previous history of psychiatric illness. Significant factors in the fathers' backgrounds were age < 20; lower educational achievement; having been in care during childhood; and a history of psychiatric illness. Significant factors on univariate, but not multivariate analysis included a parental history of childhood physical abuse; divorce or separation of the mother's parents; a maternal history of having been in care, or separated from her mother; parental alcohol or drug abuse; and a maternal history of depression.Conclusions This study, the first of its kind in the UK, supports the findings of others that parental age, educational achievement, and a history of psychiatric illness are of prime importance in an understanding of child maltreatment. With the exception of maternal sexual abuse, a history of abuse in childhood is not significant once adjusted for other background factors. The study suggests that psychodynamic models are inadequate to explain child maltreatment, and wider models incorporating other ecological domains are needed.
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“For example, evidence suggests that maltreated children are likely to have family histories of mental illness (9)”
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“Maltreated children are also likely to experience other environmental risks for mental health problems, such as socioeconomic disadvantage (9) and bullying victimization (12).”
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- Authors
- Sidebotham, P., & Golding, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Sidebotham, Peter
- Venue
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-09
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1177-1200
- ISSN
- 0145-2134 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1637306181
- Cited by
- 284
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child Abuse & Neglect (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Keywords
- child abuse, risk factors, parental background, parental age, parental education, parental mental illness, child sexual abuse, parental separation, maternal depression, psychodynamic model, ecological model, family environment, parental divorce
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Mental Disorders, Child, Child Abuse, Family Relations, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Maternal Behavior, Parent-Child Relations, Paternal Behavior, Pregnancy, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Logistic Models, Case-Control Studies, Intergenerational Relations
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