Parents Who Physically Abuse: Current Status and Future Directions

Rodriguez, Christina M.; Pu, Doris F.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62122-7_183-1

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“…Overall, the current findings reinforce the proposition that emotion be fully integrated into SIP models (e.g., Lemerise & Arsenio, 2000;Milner, 2000;Rodriguez & Pu, 2020). Anger played a pronounced role in all three models of abuse risk during the pandemic.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

Applying Socio-Emotional Information Processing Theory to Explain Child Abuse Risk: Emerging Patterns from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rodriguez¹,

Lee²,

Ward³

2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted profound effects on parents, which may translate into elevated child abuse risk. Prior literature demonstrates that Social Information Processing theory is a useful framework for understanding the cognitive processes that can contribute to parental abuse risk, but the model has not adequately integrated affective processes that may coincide with such cognitions. Given that parents are experiencing intense emotions during the pandemic, the current study sought to examine how socio-emotional processes might account for abuse risk during the pandemic (perceived pandemic-related increases in harsh parenting, reported physical and psychological aggression, and child abuse potential). A sample of 304 mothers participated in an online study, reporting on their abuse risk as well as a number of socio-emotional processes. Greater approval of physical discipline and weaker anger regulation abilities were directly or indirectly related to measures of abuse risk during the pandemic, with maternal justification to use parent-child aggression to ensure obedience consistently relating to all indicators of abuse risk during the pandemic. Socio-emotional processes that include anger appear particularly relevant during the heightened period of strain induced by the pandemic. By studying multiple factors simultaneously, the current findings can inform child abuse prevention efforts.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

Applying Socio-Emotional Information Processing Theory to Explain Child Abuse Risk: Emerging Patterns from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rodriguez¹,

Lee²,

Ward³

2021

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“…Another interpretation is that the children of mothers in the high anhedonia group were actually in a more negative mood than the children of mothers in the control group because their children affected their mood. One child-side risk factor for maltreatment is the child's developmental issues, such as a di cult temperament (Rodriguez & Pu, 2020). Experimental studies show that infants with di cult temperaments are perceived as less cute (Parsons et al, 2013), and female adults are less motivated to care for young children who exhibit challenging behaviors (Takamatsu et al, 2023).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mothers with anxious attachment styles self-report low positive emotions and greater uctuations in positive mood during daily parenting (Somers et al, 2020). Psychopathology that impairs emotion regulation reduces motivation to nurture children (Rodriguez & Pu, 2020). Across cultures, postpartum depression reduces the quality of mother-child interaction, the mother's sensitivity to the child's needs, and the odds of using safety measures for the child (for review, see Field, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Anhedonia and Daily Emotional Experiences Among Mothers of Preschool Children: An Experiential Sampling Study

Takamatsu

2024

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Positive emotions induced by child cuteness are critical components of the human parenting system. However, anhedonia, which is characterized by reduced subjective experiences of pleasure, may undermine parenting experiences by reducing responses to child cuteness. Using the experiential sampling method, the current research examined associations among parental anhedonia, responses to child cuteness, and daily parenting experiences. Eighty-two mothers of preschool children participated in the 5-day survey and reported momentary positive and negative emotions and parental experiences. They also completed an end-of-day survey in which they rated the interaction quality with their child and perceived fatigue. The results showed that compared to the control, mothers with high anhedonia reported dampened cuteness in child and elevated negative emotions (anxiety and frustration). In addition, they were more likely to report their child’s mood more negative relative to the control. At the end of day, the high anhedonia group reported lower interaction quality. Self-rated fatigue did not differ among groups. These results suggest that anhedonia undermines parenting experiences by diminishing cuteness-induced positive emotions while amplifying negative emotions.

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“…As previously pointed out by others, understanding the SIP biases of aggressive individuals "has emerged as a key factor (in understanding aggression) … largely because these biases serve as proximal links between individuals' experiences and their in-themoment (aggressive) responses" (Lansford et al, 2014, p. 561). For example, with respect to CPA, SIP biases (e.g., inappropriate child-related expectations, beliefs that children have hostile intentions; strong disciplinary attitudes) of physically abusive and at-risk for CPA caretakers are believed to mediate between other individual risk factors (e.g., childhood history of abuse, psychopathology, parenting stress) and risk factors from other ecological levels (e.g., family and environment factors) and harsh caretaker behaviors, including CPA (e.g., Azar et al, 2016;Beckerman et al, 2018;Hiraoka et al, 2014;Miller & Azar, 2019;Rodriguez & Pu, 2020;Rodriguez et al, 2019;Russa et al, 2014).…”

Section: Cpa Conceptual Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%