The mitigating effects of maternal social support and paternal involvement on the intergenerational transmission of violence.

ABSTRACT: Childhood maltreatment is a strong risk factor for subsequent violence, including violent behaviors in young adulthood and offspring maltreatment after becoming a parent. Little is known about the specific circumstances under which supportive relationships may help disrupt this cycle of violence throughout the life course. We conducted two complementary analyses to assess whether maternal social support in early childhood, and also paternal involvement in middle childhood, could prevent the intergenerational transmission of violence, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (n=11,384). We found that higher levels of maternal social support in the postpartum period reduced the odds of offspring maltreatment at ages 0-8 years (OR=0.95, 95% CI 0.93-0.96). When class

SUBMITTER: Tracy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857207 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature