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Journal of Family Violence, 1989
This study explores the relationship between mothers" approval of corporal punishment and the deg... more This study explores the relationship between mothers" approval of corporal punishment and the degree to which they themselves were subjected to violence as children. Considered as additional contributing factors are: (1) whether the mothers as children were punished by their own parents, (2) whether they perceived such punishment as unfair, and (3) the degree of parental nurture they experienced as children. The sample consisted of 330 new mothers whose mother and father both lived in the home when they were 14 years of age. Respondents were interviewed at home one to two months following their infants" discharge from the hospital. After controlling for race and income, no relationship was found between approval of corporal punishment and the violence to which mothers were subjected as children. However, significant associations were found between such approval and: (1) whether mothers were punished by their parents, and (2) maternal (but not paternal) nurture. Perceptions that parental punishment was unfair failed to contribute to such approval. Altogether, parental factors in mothers" childhoods, excluding race and income, accounted for 8.9~o of the variance in approval of corporal punishment.
Child Abuse & Neglect, 1997
Objective: The purpose of this research was to determine whether risk factors for a maltreatment ... more Objective: The purpose of this research was to determine whether risk factors for a maltreatment report in the first year of life, especially the interaction of life event stress and social support, persist into the second and third years of lilt. Method: Predominantly low income mothers who had been interviewed shortly after the birth of infants in a longitudinal cohort were re-interviewed around the infants' first birthdays, and reports to North Carolina's Central Regisn-y of Chiht Abuse and Neglect were tracked for substantiated maltreatment reports. Results: Variables significantly associated with a substantiated maltreatment report in the second or third }ear of lili: (p, .01) were first year maltreatment reports and participation in Medicaid. Three interactions between a stressful iili~ event indicator variable and a social support indicator variable were significant predictors of snbstantiated second or third year reports (p < .05). Conclusions: Even in the presence of significant risk factors from the first year of life, lile event stress can increase the risk of a substantiated maltreatment report in the second or third years of life. but social support may moderate Ihe effl:ct of life events. © 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd
Child Abuse & Neglect, 1995
The purposes of this research were to identify risk factors for reported child abuse or neglect a... more The purposes of this research were to identify risk factors for reported child abuse or neglect and to examine the roles of stress and social support in the etiology of child maltreatment. Mothers of newborn infants with biomedical and sociodemographic risk factors were recruited from community and regional hospitals and local health departments in 42 counties of North and South Carolina selected for geographic distribution and for large numbers of such newborns.
Journal of Family Violence, 1989
This study explores the relationship between mothers" approval of corporal punishment and the deg... more This study explores the relationship between mothers" approval of corporal punishment and the degree to which they themselves were subjected to violence as children. Considered as additional contributing factors are: (1) whether the mothers as children were punished by their own parents, (2) whether they perceived such punishment as unfair, and (3) the degree of parental nurture they experienced as children. The sample consisted of 330 new mothers whose mother and father both lived in the home when they were 14 years of age. Respondents were interviewed at home one to two months following their infants" discharge from the hospital. After controlling for race and income, no relationship was found between approval of corporal punishment and the violence to which mothers were subjected as children. However, significant associations were found between such approval and: (1) whether mothers were punished by their parents, and (2) maternal (but not paternal) nurture. Perceptions that parental punishment was unfair failed to contribute to such approval. Altogether, parental factors in mothers" childhoods, excluding race and income, accounted for 8.9~o of the variance in approval of corporal punishment.
Child Abuse & Neglect, 1997
Objective: The purpose of this research was to determine whether risk factors for a maltreatment ... more Objective: The purpose of this research was to determine whether risk factors for a maltreatment report in the first year of life, especially the interaction of life event stress and social support, persist into the second and third years of lilt. Method: Predominantly low income mothers who had been interviewed shortly after the birth of infants in a longitudinal cohort were re-interviewed around the infants' first birthdays, and reports to North Carolina's Central Regisn-y of Chiht Abuse and Neglect were tracked for substantiated maltreatment reports. Results: Variables significantly associated with a substantiated maltreatment report in the second or third }ear of lili: (p, .01) were first year maltreatment reports and participation in Medicaid. Three interactions between a stressful iili~ event indicator variable and a social support indicator variable were significant predictors of snbstantiated second or third year reports (p < .05). Conclusions: Even in the presence of significant risk factors from the first year of life, lile event stress can increase the risk of a substantiated maltreatment report in the second or third years of life. but social support may moderate Ihe effl:ct of life events. © 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd
Child Abuse & Neglect, 1995
The purposes of this research were to identify risk factors for reported child abuse or neglect a... more The purposes of this research were to identify risk factors for reported child abuse or neglect and to examine the roles of stress and social support in the etiology of child maltreatment. Mothers of newborn infants with biomedical and sociodemographic risk factors were recruited from community and regional hospitals and local health departments in 42 counties of North and South Carolina selected for geographic distribution and for large numbers of such newborns.