Intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment using a multi-informant multi-generation family design.

ABSTRACT: In the current study a three-generational design was used to investigate intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment (ITCM) using multiple sources of information on child maltreatment: mothers, fathers and children. A total of 395 individuals from 63 families reported on maltreatment. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to combine data from mother, father and child about maltreatment that the child had experienced. This established components reflecting the convergent as well as the unique reports of father, mother and child on the occurrence of maltreatment. Next, we tested ITCM using the multi-informant approach and compared the results to those of two more common approaches: ITCM based on one reporter and ITCM based on different reporters from each generation. Results o

SUBMITTER: Buisman RSM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7067458 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature