School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Australia; Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Australia.
Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Australia; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences, CQU University, Brisbane, Australia.
Child Abuse Negl. 2021 Aug;118:105105. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105105. Epub 2021 May 26.
Maltreatment victimization history is an established risk factor for child maltreatment across generations. However, many parents with a victimization history do not maltreat, and many parents with no victimization history do have victimized children.
To understand differences in demographic and maltreatment risk factors across the following intergenerational patterns of maltreatment: cycle maintainers, cycle breakers, cycle initiators, and a comparison group (no maltreatment).
Data were drawn from a large population-based cohort in Queensland, Australia and included 32,574 biological parents and their children. Maltreatment experiences as a victim or person responsible for harm towards a child were obtained from the Queensland Child Protection System.
Multinomial regression was completed with the full sample to compare the three maltreatment groups with the comparison group. Logistic regressions were conducted on all pairwise combinations of maltreatment groups. Models accounted for several demographic and maltreatment factors.
Compared with breakers, maintainers were more likely to be Indigenous (OR = 1.86), never married (OR = 0.34), younger at first birth (OR = 0.87), have ≥3 children (OR = 1.99), be younger at first-and older at last-maltreatment victimization (ORs = 0.97 and 1.07, respectively), and experience a higher frequency of victimization (OR = 1.05). Amongst maltreaters, males were significantly more likely to be initiators while females were more likely to be maintainers (OR = .62). There were few other differences between initiators and maintainers.
Meaningful differences among the three maltreatment groups were revealed suggesting that research should focus on the intergenerational discontinuity of maltreatment.
虐待受害史是代际间儿童虐待的一个既定风险因素。然而，许多有受害史的父母不会虐待儿童，而许多没有受害史的父母却有受虐待的孩子。
了解在以下代际虐待模式中，在人口统计学和虐待风险因素方面存在的差异：循环维持者、循环打破者、循环发起者和对照组（无虐待）。
数据来自澳大利亚昆士兰州的一个大型基于人群的队列，包括 32574 名亲生父母及其子女。从昆士兰儿童保护系统获得了作为受害者或对儿童造成伤害的责任人的虐待经历。
对全样本进行多项回归，以比较三个虐待组与对照组。对所有两两组合的虐待组进行逻辑回归。模型考虑了几个人口统计学和虐待因素。
与打破者相比，维持者更有可能是土著人（OR=1.86）、从未结婚（OR=0.34）、首次生育年龄较小（OR=0.87）、有≥3个孩子（OR=1.99）、首次和最后一次受害年龄较小（ORs=0.97 和 1.07），并且受害频率更高（OR=1.05）。在虐待者中，男性更有可能成为发起者，而女性更有可能成为维持者（OR=0.62）。发起者和维持者之间几乎没有其他差异。
三个虐待组之间存在显著差异，这表明研究应重点关注虐待的代际不连续性。
