Despite the commonly held
belief that there is a high degree of intergenerational continuity in
maltreatment, studies to date suggest a mixed pattern of findings. One reason
for the variance in findings may be related to the measurement approach used,
which includes a range of self-report and official indicators of maltreatment
and both cross-sectional and longitudinal designs.
This study attempted to shed
light on the phenomenon of intergenerational continuity of maltreatment by
examining multiple indicators of perpetration of maltreatment in young adults
and multiple risk factors across different levels within an individual’s social
ecology. The sample included 166 women who had been placed in out-of-home care
as adolescents (>85% had a substantiated maltreatment incident) and followed
into young adulthood, and included three waves of adolescent data and six waves
of young adult data collected across 10 years.
The participants were originally
recruited during adolescence as part of a randomized controlled trial examining
the efficacy of the Treatment Foster Care Oregon intervention. Analyses
revealed weak to modest associations between the three indicators of
perpetration of maltreatment in young adulthood, i.e., official child welfare
records, self-reported child welfare system involvement, and self-reported
maltreatment (r =
.03–.51). Further, different patterns of prediction emerged as a function of
the measurement approach. Adolescent delinquency was a significant predictor of
subsequent self-reported child welfare contact, and young adult partner risk
was a significant predictor of perpetration of maltreatment as indexed by both
official child welfare records and self-reported child welfare contact. In
addition, women who were originally assigned to the intervention condition
reported perpetrating less maltreatment during young adulthood.
Implications
for measurement and interventions related to reducing the risk for
intergenerational transmission of risk are discussed.
Full article at: http://goo.gl/JXehc5
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Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Leslie Leve, Prevention Science Institute, 6217 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-6217; direct inquiries regarding clinical aspects of Treatment Foster Care Oregon and its implementation to Patricia Chamberlain, Oregon Social Learning Center, 10 Shelton McMurphey Boulevard, Eugene, OR 97401. Email: ude.nogerou@evel or ; Email: gro.clso@cittap.
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