This study examined the intergenerational transmission of maltreatment by using multiple measurements for retrospective history of maltreatment. Furthermore, social learning theory, attachment...Show moreThis study examined the intergenerational transmission of maltreatment by using multiple measurements for retrospective history of maltreatment. Furthermore, social learning theory, attachment theory, and family stress model were examined as an explanation for intergenerational transmission of maltreatment. This study compared 24 mothers who were in treatment because of maltreating behaviours, to 18 control group mothers who did not maltreat their own children. Results showed that mothers who currently maltreat their own children were more likely to have a history of child maltreatment than mothers from the control group. This significant result was only found when history of maltreatment was measured using a questionnaire (CTQ-SF). The same trends, although nonsignificant, were found when history of maltreatment was measured using an interview (AAI) or a combined measurement of interview and questionnaire. This study did not find support for type-specific patterns and the moderating role of continuity of unemployment. The findings of this study support the hypothesis for the intergenerational transmission of maltreatment. However, no support was found for the social learning theory or the family stress model. Attachment theory might be a better explanation for intergenerational transmission of maltreatment. Further research on attachment theory is needed to confirm this.Show less
This thesis gives an insight in the consisentcy between children who had been witnessing domestic violence and children who had been maltreated in an other way. Analyses had been done based on data...Show moreThis thesis gives an insight in the consisentcy between children who had been witnessing domestic violence and children who had been maltreated in an other way. Analyses had been done based on data provided by the Tweede Nederlandse Prevalentiestudie naar Mishandeling van Kinderen en Jeugdigen (NPM-2010). It appeared that more then half of the children who had witnessed domestic violence suffered from at least one other form of maltreatment. No differences were found in the nine characteristics that had been tested in their distributions for children who had witnessed domestic violence compared with children who had maltreated in another form. With this study is confirmed that witnessing domestic violence does not significantly deviates from other maltreatmentforms.Show less
