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Centro Interamericano de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Ciencias Afines
2012
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- The origin of maltreatment: An exploratory study on the intergenerational transmission of child abuse typologies RAQUEL V. OLIVEIRA JOÃO MAROCO LÚCIA G. PAIS Psicología Children Aggressors Maltreatment Intergenerational Maltreatment types The way child maltreatment has been seen and dealt with has changed over time. Nowadays, it is a phenomenon of great importance and social recognition, being the target of many studies, and having led to the creation and implementation of several protection measures. The intergenerational transmission of maltreatment is one of the main causes for current child abuse and neglect. In this way, our objective was to assess whether a trans - mission of abuse typologies occurred, in the cases where an intergenerational transmission of mal - treatment is observed. Thus, we developed an exploratory study using a convenience sample of 10 child aggressors, who had been victims of abuse during their own childhood, from the district. All participants fulfilled the inclusion criteria and had similar socio-economic background. The partic - ipants gave their informed consent to participate in this study. For data collection we used a semi-structured interview, developed specifically for this study, and a socio-demographic questionnaire that enabled a characterization of the sample. All the interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. The data produced was then analyzed using as used content analysis, to study the textual data collected with the interviews, and principal components analysis. Fisher’s test was used to determine the association between suffered and inflicted types of abuse (p < .005 was considered significant). Based on our data analysis we observed that in seven cases there was an intergenerational trans - mission of Physical Abuse, in two cases of Psychological Abuse and in another two cases of Neglect. In four cases different types of abuse, than those suffered, arose. In five cases, several types of abuse were inflicted concomitantly. However, there was no statistically significant relation between the types of abuse suffered and those inflicted. Furthermore, 813 recording units (r.u. - which are basic codification units) were obtained in the content analysis, throughout the seven pre-categories (21 categories, 10 subcategories). The content analysis’ categories Family Environment and Intra-family Relation - ships, were the ones with the highest number of r.u., and also the most disparate, when compared with the remaining categories (Family Environ - ment = 218 r.u., Intra-family Relationships = 151 r.u.); being followed by Physical Abuse (87 r.u.) and Feelings towards the Perpetrator (58 r.u.). In opposition, the cate gories with the lowest number of r.u. were Sexual Abuse (1 r.u.) and Aggressor as Recognized Iden tification Figure (4 r.u.). Moreover, we also found differences between the participants who inflict Physical Abuse and those who are negligent, as Physical Abuse is transmitted in most cases while negligence is not. Differences were also found in the quality of the family environment, outside-family relationships and self-recognition as aggressors. A relation be - tween excusing / exonerating the aggressor and feeling self-gu 2012 artículo científico 0325-8203 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=18026361001 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=180 Interdisciplinaria application/pdf Centro Interamericano de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Ciencias Afines Interdisciplinaria (Argentina) Num.2 Vol.29