Factors mediating child abuse as a response to stress

Justice, Blair; Calvert, Anita; Justice, Rita

doi:10.1016/0145-2134(85)90033-x

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“…As to the stress factor, stressful life circumstances are now known to contribute significantly to abuse (see Sternberg, 1997). Parents who physically abuse their children report higher stress levels (Justice, Calvert, & Justice, 1985). Thus, the stress factor may explain the frequently observed escalation from physical punishment to physical abuse.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Brems and Sohl (1995) reported that individuals who scored higher on a measure of empathy were less likely to endorse physical punishment as an appropriate choice of intervention. Parents who physically abuse their children report higher stress levels (Justice et al, 1985). With regard to the stress factor, stressful life circumstances are now known to contribute significantly to abuse (see Sternberg, 1997).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A new typology of fathering: defining and associated variables

Paquette

Bolté

Turcotte

et al. 2000

Inf. Child Develop.

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Our goal was to identify different types of parenting based on self-report measures of fathers' involvement and parental attitudes. The present investigation studied 468 two-parent, FrenchCanadian families with at least one child between 0 and 6 years of age, living in a disadvantaged environment. The study, conducted on a sample of fathers, revealed the presence of the three basic types of parenting identified by Baumrind (authoritarian, authoritative and permissive), and also of a new type of parenting (stimulative parenting). The fathers in this latter group provide more emotional support to children and are more stimulating, as is evidenced by the greater psychological presence of children in the father's cognitions and by the fact that they more frequently introduce their children to new activities. These fathers are characterized by more secure social relationships. The father's parental stress level was found to be the most important variable discriminating between different types of fathering. Authoritarian and authoritative fathers are more at risk of maltreating their children because their more favourable attitude towards the use of physical punishment is combined with greater parental stress, less parental involvement of mothers, and a larger number of children in the home. Authoritarian fathers are even more at risk of maltreating their children because of more difficult family socioeconomic conditions, particularly lower levels of maternal education and income. Copyright

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A new typology of fathering: defining and associated variables

Paquette

Bolté

Turcotte

et al. 2000

Inf. Child Develop.

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“…It is likely that more tangible resources (money, supplies) are provided by the male partner when he is the infant's biological father, in part a result of legal pressures to pay child support. Tangible resources provided by the father may indirectly decrease infant injuries and abuse in that a lower level of financial strain may ease some of the tensions that might otherwise lead to poor parenting practices and poor impulse control in the young mothers (Browne, 1986; Justice, Calvert, & Justice, 1985). 8…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predictors and correlates of continuing involvement with the baby's father among adolescent mothers.

Cutrona¹,

Hessling²,

Bacon³

et al. 1998

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…They reported that the greater the violence, the less there was of any supports, and that meeting friends without the abusing partner were more helpful encounters. A second study by Justice and Calvert (1985) of 23 abusing couples assessed social supports with an unpublished support inventory. Justice and Calvert (1985) reported that persons from abusing families and with limited social support were more likely to be abusive themselves as adults in the face of high life stress.…”

Section: Batteringmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A second study by Justice and Calvert (1985) of 23 abusing couples assessed social supports with an unpublished support inventory. Justice and Calvert (1985) reported that persons from abusing families and with limited social support were more likely to be abusive themselves as adults in the face of high life stress. Donato and Bowker (1984), Bowker and Maurer (1986), and Schinke, Schilling, Barth, Gilchrist, and Maxwell (1986) have each assessed social supports within a treatment context.…”

Section: Batteringmentioning

confidence: 99%