Intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment in South Australia, 1986–2017: a retrospective cohort study

Armfield, Jason M.; Gnanamanickam, Emmanuel; Johnston, David W.; Preen, David B.; Brown, Derek S.; Nguyen, Ha; Segal, Leonie

doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00024-4

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“…As an instrument to assess perceived capacity was developed for this study, reliability and validity need to be examined. The data did not provide information regarding maternal adverse childhood experiences16 and partner relationship quality,43 44 which are also risk or protective factors for child maltreatment. Use of physical punishment was based on self-reported frequency, which may have led to an underestimation of its prevalence.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Association between maternal perceived capacity in life and physical punishment of teenage children: a longitudinal analysis of a population-based cohort in Tokyo, Japan

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ObjectivesPerceived capacity denotes a subjective sense of having resources to cope with strains and hardships, and hence maternal perceived capacity may be protective against risk factors for child maltreatment. This study investigated the longitudinal association between maternal perceived capacity in life and child maltreatment.DesignThis population-based longitudinal study used self-reported questionnaires from the Tokyo Teen Cohort study (TTC), a large community-based cohort study conducted in Japan between 2014 and 2019.SettingMother–child pairs were randomly recruited from the resident registries of three municipalities in Tokyo, Japan.MethodsA total of 2515 mothers participated. Mothers’ perceived capacity in life was evaluated using the self-reported TTC wave 2 survey when their children were 12 years old. Mothers rated the extent to which they had capacity in terms of time, finance, physical well-being, mental well-being and life in general. Physical punishment, which is linked to more severe childhood maltreatment, was assessed using a question about the use of physical punishment at the wave 3 survey when children were 14 years old.ResultsAfter controlling for baseline covariates (including maternal social support, age, marital status, annual household income, educational attainment, child’s age, gender, sibling and birth order, and behavioural difficulties), higher perceived capacity in finance (OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.90 to 0.99, p=0.026) and mental well-being (OR 0.93, 95% CI 0.88 to 0.98, p=0.005) were associated with less frequent use of physical punishment with 14-year-old children.ConclusionsMaternal perceived capacity in finance and mental well-being may decrease the risk of frequent use of physical punishment at the 2-year follow-up. Child maltreatment prevention strategies should aim to empower mothers and promote their perceived capacity in financial management and mental health.

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“…Adverse childhood experiences, such as exposure to maltreatment and household dysfunction, are well-established risk factors for child maltreatment in mothers 16. However, the impact of adversity could be mitigated by the person’s psychological resilience 17.…”

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Association between maternal perceived capacity in life and physical punishment of teenage children: a longitudinal analysis of a population-based cohort in Tokyo, Japan

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“…Most importantly, early interventions need to take place to achieve the greatest effect. This view is endorsed in a recent study of intergenerational child abuse by Armfield et al (2021) who recommend that where high risk of child abuse is present, interventions for children and families need to involve effective trauma-based programmes, provided early in life, before sequelae develop. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK recommends attachment-based intervention and child-parent psychotherapy as evidencebased approaches which should be readily available and routinely offered to all parents and carers of children under five years of age who have experienced any one of a range of childhood maltreatments (NICE, 2017).…”

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Adverse childhood experiences and potential pathways to filicide perpetration: A systematic search and review

2022

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Filicides, where children are killed by their parents or stepparents, are uncommon occurrences, which are committed by both paternal and maternal perpetrators. The aim of this paper is to explore to what extent the antecedents of filicides can be traced back to one of the factors identified within the literature the adverse childhood experiences of the perpetratorsand what this might mean for the way that services seek to intervene to safeguard and support children in precarious situations. Systematic searches were used to retrieve relevant articles in six electronic databases: AMED, CINAHL, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Medline (PubMed), PsycINFO and SCOPUS. Key findings were that numerous studies reported significant levels of complex, multiple and sustained experiences of childhood adversity for many perpetrators, and that various potential pathways to filicide perpetration may emanate from such experiences. This review suggests that evidence-based interventions should be made readily available early in life to persons experiencing adverse childhood experiences, together with supportive services to those who become parents and carers. Such support may help prevent the compounding of adversity over time, thereby reducing the potential for risk of harm and possible tragic outcomes for their dependent children. K E Y W O R D S adverse childhood experiences, filicide, intervention, perpetrators, systematic review Key Practitioner Messages • Evidence-based interventions should be made readily available early in life to persons experiencing adverse childhood experiences, together with supportive services to those who become parents and carers. • Interventions need to provide early help to children whilst also incorporating a long-term view of support. • Attention to planning and co-ordination issues between varied services and practitioners can help overcome fragmentation, duplication and gaps in services.

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“…The police must be consulted if the young woman is under 16 years of age (Department of Health & Human Services, 2020). Research has shown that care leavers are very likely to experience child protection involvement with their own children-though there is debate about whether surveillance bias or a higher risk for children of care leavers is the cause (Armfield et al, 2021;Wall-Wieler et al, 2018). Putnam-Hornstein et al (2013) found that a cohort of teen mothers in Los Angeles County were twice as likely to be reported to child protection authorities if they had had reports made to child protection about themselves as children.…”

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“…Early parenting amongst care leavers presents a high risk of poverty and child protection involvement. Recent research also points to high risks of child maltreatment in families where parents were themselves maltreated as a child (Armfield et al, 2021;Wall-Wieler et al, 2018). The popular adage 'It takes a village to raise a child' suggests that care leavers, many of whom have few supportive relationships, may be lacking in the supports that other young or older parents can rely on through family, social and community networks.…”

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Where Is the Village? Care Leaver Early Parenting, Social Isolation and Surveillance Bias

Purtell

Mendes

Saunders

2021

Int. Journal on Child Malt.

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Young people transitioning from out-of-home care (termed care leavers) are known to be a relatively vulnerable group. One example is their over-representation in early pregnancy and parenting. This paper presents findings from a study of care leaver early parenting in the Australian state of Victoria. Sixteen service provider staff working with care leavers who had become young parents were asked, via focus groups and interviews, for their perspectives on the factors that influence the high prevalence of early parenting amongst care leavers, and the key support services that are available and necessary to assist both care leavers and their children. Service providers raised multiple issues common to the existing leaving care literature concerning the lack of support provided to young people being exited from state care as potentially leading to both early parenting and parenting challenges. Service providers also expressed concern about what many studies of care leaver early parenting have termed 'surveillance bias'. There was a clear consensus that young people transitioning from care face unique challenges and social isolation due to their difficult experiences pre-care, in-care and post-care. Those experiences place them at risk of disadvantages that impede their ability to demonstrate the practical, physical and financial means to safely raise children. At the same time, they are under greater scrutiny than other parents by being known to child protection already. Service providers argued in favour of greater support for young care leaver parents to prevent their children's engagement with child protection systems. Keywords Out-of-home care • Young people • Early pregnancy and parenting

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Intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment in South Australia, 1986–2017: a retrospective cohort study

Cited by 39 publications

References 29 publications

Association between maternal perceived capacity in life and physical punishment of teenage children: a longitudinal analysis of a population-based cohort in Tokyo, Japan

Association between maternal perceived capacity in life and physical punishment of teenage children: a longitudinal analysis of a population-based cohort in Tokyo, Japan

Adverse childhood experiences and potential pathways to filicide perpetration: A systematic search and review

Where Is the Village? Care Leaver Early Parenting, Social Isolation and Surveillance Bias

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