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Intergenerational continuity in child maltreatment: mediating mechanisms and implications for prevention.

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Berlin, LJ; Appleyard, K; Dodge, KA
Published in: Child Dev
2011

In the interest of improving child maltreatment prevention, this prospective, longitudinal, community-based study of 499 mothers and their infants examined (a) direct associations between mothers' experiences of childhood maltreatment and their offspring's maltreatment, and (b) mothers' mental health problems, social isolation, and social information processing patterns (hostile attributions and aggressive response biases) as mediators of these associations. Mothers' childhood physical abuse--but not neglect--directly predicted offspring victimization. This association was mediated by mothers' social isolation and aggressive response biases. Findings are discussed in terms of specific implications for child maltreatment prevention.

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Child Dev

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1467-8624

Publication Date

2011

Volume

82

Issue

1

Start / End Page

162 / 176

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Social Isolation
  • Risk Factors
  • Prospective Studies
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Intergenerational Relations
  • Infant
  • Humans
 

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Berlin, L. J., Appleyard, K., & Dodge, K. A. (2011). Intergenerational continuity in child maltreatment: mediating mechanisms and implications for prevention. Child Dev, 82(1), 162–176. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01547.x
Berlin, Lisa J., Karen Appleyard, and Kenneth A. Dodge. “Intergenerational continuity in child maltreatment: mediating mechanisms and implications for prevention.Child Dev 82, no. 1 (2011): 162–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01547.x.
Berlin, Lisa J., et al. “Intergenerational continuity in child maltreatment: mediating mechanisms and implications for prevention.Child Dev, vol. 82, no. 1, 2011, pp. 162–76. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01547.x.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child Dev

DOI

EISSN

1467-8624

Publication Date

2011

Volume

82

Issue

1

Start / End Page

162 / 176

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Social Isolation
  • Risk Factors
  • Prospective Studies
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Intergenerational Relations
  • Infant
  • Humans