scholarly journals Assessing Mothers’ Automatic Affective and Discipline Reactions to Child Behavior in Relation to Child Abuse Risk: A Dual-Processing Investigation

Assessment ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 107319112110201
Author(s):  
Christina M. Rodriguez ◽  
Paul J. Silvia ◽  
Shawna J. Lee ◽  
Andrew Grogan-Kaylor
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Dual Processing ◽  
Child Aggression ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Child Abuse Risk ◽  
Clinical Consequences ◽  
Processing Measure ◽  
Response Task ◽  
Abuse Risk ◽  
Parent Child

Given the scope and adverse clinical consequences of child abuse, assessment of salient etiological factors can lend critical insights needed for abuse prevention. Increasingly, dual-processing models have been applied to aggression, which postulate that parallel automatic and conscious processes can evoke aggressive behavior, implicating both affective and cognitive elements in both routes. Using two samples of mothers ( n = 110 and n = 195), the current investigation considered evidence of the reliability and convergent, concurrent, and construct validity of the new Automatic Parent Emotion Analog Response task relevant to parent–child aggression, contrasted with a self-reported conscious processing measure. Findings provide evidence that affective reactions of both anger and worry relate to child abuse risk and inclination to respond aggressively, and demonstrate how mothers’ automatic reactions relate to both perceived child misbehavior and child dangerous behavior. Current results lend psychometric support for automatic processing in parent–child aggression consistent with other dual-processing theories of aggression.

scholarly journals Assessing Mothers' Automatic Affective and Discipline Reactions to Child Behavior in Relation to Child Abuse Risk: A Dual-Processing investigation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Rodriguez ◽  
Paul Silvia ◽  
Shawna J. Lee ◽  
Andrew Grogan-Kaylor
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Dual Processing ◽  
Child Aggression ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Child Abuse Risk ◽  
Clinical Consequences ◽  
Processing Measure ◽  
Conscious Processes ◽  
Abuse Risk ◽  
Parent Child

Given the scope and adverse clinical consequences of child abuse, assessment of salient etiological factors can lend critical insights needed for abuse prevention. Increasingly, dual-processing models have been applied to aggression which postulate that parallel automatic and conscious processes can evoke aggressive behavior, implicating both affective and cognitive elements in both routes. Using two samples of mothers (n=110 and n=195), the current investigation considered evidence of the reliability and convergent, concurrent, and construct validity of the new Automatic Parent Emotion Analog Response (APEAR) task relevant to parent-child aggression, contrasted with a self-reported conscious processing measure. Findings provide evidence that affective reactions of both anger and worry relate to child abuse risk and inclination to respond aggressively, and demonstrate how mothers’ automatic reactions relate to both perceived child misbehavior and child dangerous behavior. Current results lend psychometric support for automatic processing in parent-child aggression consistent with other dual-processing theories of aggression.

scholarly journals Prediction of Child Abuse Risk from Emergency Department Use

2009 ◽  
Vol 154 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-277.e1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Guenther ◽  
Stacey Knight ◽  
Lenora M. Olson ◽  
J. Michael Dean ◽  
Heather T. Keenan
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Emergency Department Use ◽  
Child Abuse Risk ◽  
Abuse Risk

scholarly journals Parent–Child Aggression: Association With Child Abuse Potential and Parenting Styles

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 728-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina M. Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Abuse Potential ◽  
Psychological Aggression ◽  
Child Abuse Potential ◽  
Child Aggression ◽  
Permissive Parenting ◽  
Physical Maltreatment ◽  
Parent Child

The present investigation predicted that greater use of corporal punishment as well as physical maltreatment would be associated with child abuse potential and selected parenting styles. Three independent studies were examined, two with community samples and a third with a clinical at-risk sample of parents. Parents across all studies anonymously completed the Child Abuse Potential Inventory, the Parent–Child Conflict Tactics Scale to assess physical discipline and maltreatment, as well as the Parenting Scale to measure dysfunctional parenting styles. Findings support that overall parent–child aggression, as well as physical maltreatment behaviors specifically, were associated with child abuse potential. Parent–child aggression was also related to dysfunctional parenting styles, particularly an overreactive, authoritarian parenting style. Permissive parenting was also identified as potentially associated with physical maltreatment, although the findings regarding such lax parenting styles are less clear. Intriguing findings emerged regarding the connection of psychological aggression to both child abuse potential and dysfunctional parenting style. Child abuse potential was also associated with dysfunctional parenting style, particularly harsh, overreactive approaches. Recommendations for future study with at-risk samples and additional research on permissive parenting and psychological aggression are discussed.

scholarly journals Risk of Child Abuse and Its Predictors in Mothers with Children Under 5 Years Old

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
Homa Tohidi Noroodi ◽  
◽  
Leila Mirhadyan ◽  
Homa Mosaffa Khomami ◽  
Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leili4 ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Child Abuse Risk ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Abuse Risk ◽  
Children Under 5

Introduction: Child abuse as a public health problem has adverse consequences for children’s physical and mental health. Even mothers may be responsible for child abuse, so it is essential to identify high-risk cases and take preventive measures. Objective: This study aimed to determine the potential risk of child abuse and its predictors of risk among mothers with children under 5 years old referred to comprehensive health service centers in Rasht City, Iran, in 2019. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted on 450 mothers of children under 5 years old referred to the comprehensive health service centers in Rasht. The study data were collected by Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory form (AAPI-2 form A). The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, stepwise multiple linear regression, and the Friedman test to investigate the relationship between subscales. Results: The samples were mothers with a mean±SD age of 30.6±5.2 years. Mostly had diploma (41.78%), were housewife (79.33%) and all of them were married. The total mean±SD of score obtained for the child abuse risk was 3.18±0.56. Most mothers (87.31%) had moderate to severe level of child abuse risk. Based on multiple linear regression test, education (β=0.161, 95%CI; 0.076-0.247, P =0.001), being an employee (β=0.223, 95%CI; 0.059-0.387, P=0.008), family income (β=0.092, 95% CI; 0.006-0.179, P=0.037), spouse’s education (β=0.128, 95% CI; 0.046-0.209, P=0.002), and addiction status of spouse (β=0.236, 95% CI; 0.006-0.466, P=0.044) were predictors of child abuse risk among the studied variables, respectively. Conclusion: The results showed that most samples had a moderate risk of child abuse. It reveals the necessity to assess the attitudes of mothers about parenting, which predicts the potential of child abuse to some extent and can provide a basis of educational interventions for mothers to prevent child abuse.

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