Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12771
Abstract
Child abuse potential refers to characteristics and practices closely linked to child abuse. Past investigations document that the number of risk factors parents experience is a correlate of child abuse potential. The purpose of this investigation was to test a model with multiple domains of risk including cumulative socio-contextual risk, parenting locus of control, children’s externalizing behavior problems, social support, and child abuse potential. Using self-report data from eighty-seven mothers of children between the ages of 1–5 years old, bivariate correlations and linear regression analyses revealed that cumulative socio-contextual risk was positively associated with child abuse potential and that this association remained statistically significant when controlling for parenting locus of control and child externalizing behavior problems. Additionally, social support moderated the association between cumulative risk and child abuse potential.
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Riley, Moira R.; McGoron, Lucy; and Scaramella, Laura V., "Cumulative Socio-contextual Risk and Child Abuse Potential in Parents of Young Children: Can Social Support Buffer the Impact?" (2020). Children, Family & Elder Services Publications. 1.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/chsr-cfes-publications/1
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This is the author's Accepted Manuscript. The version of record can be found here: McGoron, L, Riley, MR, Scaramella, LV. Cumulative socio-contextual risk and child abuse potential in parents of young children: Can social support buffer the impact? Child & Family Social Work. 2020; 25: 865– 874. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12771
Accepted Manuscript also available in PMC: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7567129/