In this article, the authors assess the prevalence of child maltreatments, their co-occurrence and associations with household dysfunction in a large population cohort. Information from the 1958 British birth cohort on childhood abuse, neglect and household dysfunction recorded at 45 years and during childhood was used. Prevalence was calculated in three samples: individuals with each measure (n = 9310–15 583); 45-year-old participants (n = 9310); and all surviving to 45 years (n = 17 313) includes imputed data. A cumulative neglect score was derived. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was applied to establish the co-occurrence of maltreatments. In the three samples, 14.2 to 17.1 per cent of participants reported any form of abuse: psychological (10.0–12.5%), physical (6.1–9.0%), sexual (1.6–2.9%) and witnessing abuse (6.0–8.5%). A high neglect score (≥ 3; prevalence 25.9–32.1%) was positively associated with any form of abuse (30% increase/unit). LCA identified 8.2 per cent of participants at risk of both abuse and neglect, and 24.9 per cent at high risk of neglect ‘only’. Measures of household dysfunction were associated with all types of child maltreatment, particularly with abuse and neglect. Approximately one-third of this population sample showed a high risk of child maltreatment; over one in ten reported any form of abuse. Those from dysfunctional family backgrounds were particularly vulnerable to both child abuse and neglect.
Key Practitioner Messages: What Is Known -Child abuse and neglect are common and likely to co-occur.Measures of household dysfunction are associated with child maltreatment.
What This Study Adds -Child maltreatments co-occur in the 1958 cohort: one in three had an increased risk of neglect, and of these 25 per cent were at risk of abuse.Individuals from dysfunctional family backgrounds were at an increased risk of maltreatments in childhood.Dysfunctional family background was more strongly associated with abuse and neglect together than neglect alone.
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In this article, the authors assess the prevalence of child maltreatments, their co-occurrence and associations with household dysfunction in a large population cohort. Information from the 1958 British birth cohort on childhood abuse, neglect and household dysfunction recorded at 45 years and during childhood was used. Prevalence was calculated in three samples: individuals with each measure (n = 9310–15 583); 45-year-old participants (n = 9310); and all surviving to 45 years (n = 17 313) includes imputed data. A cumulative neglect score was derived. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was applied to establish the co-occurrence of maltreatments. In the three samples, 14.2 to 17.1 per cent of participants reported any form of abuse: psychological (10.0–12.5%), physical (6.1–9.0%), sexual (1.6–2.9%) and witnessing abuse (6.0–8.5%). A high neglect score (≥ 3; prevalence 25.9–32.1%) was positively associated with any form of abuse (30% increase/unit). LCA identified 8.2 per cent of participants at risk of both abuse and neglect, and 24.9 per cent at high risk of neglect ‘only’. Measures of household dysfunction were associated with all types of child maltreatment, particularly with abuse and neglect. Approximately one-third of this population sample showed a high risk of child maltreatment; over one in ten reported any form of abuse. Those from dysfunctional family backgrounds were particularly vulnerable to both child abuse and neglect.
Key Practitioner Messages: What Is Known -Child abuse and neglect are common and likely to co-occur.Measures of household dysfunction are associated with child maltreatment.
What This Study Adds -Child maltreatments co-occur in the 1958 cohort: one in three had an increased risk of neglect, and of these 25 per cent were at risk of abuse.Individuals from dysfunctional family backgrounds were at an increased risk of maltreatments in childhood.Dysfunctional family background was more strongly associated with abuse and neglect together than neglect alone.
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Journal of Family Therapy, 35(1), 2013, pp.89-113.
Publisher:
Wiley
The purpose of this Belgian exploratory study was to develop a deeper understanding of the way in which the metaphorical language of therapists evolves in dialogue with a client over the course of a therapeutic session. The article reports on a broader study designed to categorise therapeutic metaphors used by therapists with grounded theory analysis. It then focuses on an intensive micro-analysis of a particular metaphor (the metaphor of a fireman in the family) introduced in a session by a therapist with a role-playing client. The authors use the analysis to consider how the therapist introduced and used metaphor in addressing the client's parentified position in the family and discuss some of the ways in which metaphorical language can be used by therapists to open dialogical space in a session.
The purpose of this Belgian exploratory study was to develop a deeper understanding of the way in which the metaphorical language of therapists evolves in dialogue with a client over the course of a therapeutic session. The article reports on a broader study designed to categorise therapeutic metaphors used by therapists with grounded theory analysis. It then focuses on an intensive micro-analysis of a particular metaphor (the metaphor of a fireman in the family) introduced in a session by a therapist with a role-playing client. The authors use the analysis to consider how the therapist introduced and used metaphor in addressing the client's parentified position in the family and discuss some of the ways in which metaphorical language can be used by therapists to open dialogical space in a session.
The author describes life with her child Max, who has Down’s syndrome, from his birth to his debut as a film actor, providing an insight into the world of a family living with Down’s syndrome.
The author describes life with her child Max, who has Down’s syndrome, from his birth to his debut as a film actor, providing an insight into the world of a family living with Down’s syndrome.
HALME Nina, ASTEDT-KURKI Paivi, TARKKA Marja-Terttu
Journal article citation:
Child and Youth Care Forum, 38(3), June 2009, pp.13-119.
Publisher:
Springer
... on other activities and conflicts related to the time spent. Fathers’ family structure was associated with father–child involvement. Divorced fathers and fathers in non-traditional families appreciated interaction with children more compared with fathers in traditional families. The findings can be used to develop the knowledge base on fathers and to further develop practical measures and forms
The purpose of this study was to describe how fathers (n = 263) in Finland spent time with their preschool-age children and to compare it in different family structures. Data were gathered by structured questionnaires. The instrument included five categories of variables for the time spent: the quantity of time, physical activities, fathers’ attitude towards interaction with children, time spent on other activities and conflicts related to the time spent. Fathers’ family structure was associated with father–child involvement. Divorced fathers and fathers in non-traditional families appreciated interaction with children more compared with fathers in traditional families. The findings can be used to develop the knowledge base on fathers and to further develop practical measures and forms of support.
Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
Publication year:
2009
Pagination:
109p.
Place of publication:
London
This report begins with a summary giving the background; key findings; notes on childcare information; advice and assistance - the brokerage service; information about other services, facilities and publications; information on services for disabled children, children with special educational needs and for disabled parents; access to the information service; service delivery; changes made as a result of the extended information duty requirements; and barriers, ending with recommendations and notes on limitations of the research. The main text then pursues these themes in detail.
This report begins with a summary giving the background; key findings; notes on childcare information; advice and assistance - the brokerage service; information about other services, facilities and publications; information on services for disabled children, children with special educational needs and for disabled parents; access to the information service; service delivery; changes made as a result of the extended information duty requirements; and barriers, ending with recommendations and notes on limitations of the research. The main text then pursues these themes in detail.
Subject terms:
information services, parent-child relations, child day care, families;
The refereed journal Marriage and Family Review covers the family unit and the complex issues affecting today’s families. It includes research, theory, and practice articles relevant to a variety of disciplines including: marriage and family studies, sociology, psychology, education, child development, social work, urban and policy studies, anthropology, public health, communication studies,
The refereed journal Marriage and Family Review covers the family unit and the complex issues affecting today’s families. It includes research, theory, and practice articles relevant to a variety of disciplines including: marriage and family studies, sociology, psychology, education, child development, social work, urban and policy studies, anthropology, public health, communication studies, and nursing. Topics include social issues relevant to marriage, family life, family diversity, parent-child relations, intervention, and social policy which are explored from disciplinary, multidisciplinary, and/or interdisciplinary perspectives. Coverage on Social Care Online from this journal is limited to relevant systematic reviews only.
Subject terms:
marriage, parent-child relations, families, family relations;
Custodial sentences are often as punishing for prisoners' families as they are for the prisoners. The author reports on how some prisons are allowing inmates to organise activity days with their children and partners.
Custodial sentences are often as punishing for prisoners' families as they are for the prisoners. The author reports on how some prisons are allowing inmates to organise activity days with their children and partners.
Qualitative Social Work, 5(2), June 2006, pp.237-260.
Publisher:
Sage
Qualitative researchers use the term triangulation to describe the use of multiple strategies to study the same phenomenon. Although it is endorsed in social work research textbooks and contested in the literature, qualitative social work researchers are left on their own to determine how to ‘do’ triangulation. This article discusses triangulation, including recent debates around the concept. It describes two methods of data triangulation and illustrates them with examples from the study of mothers and daughters coping with a daughter’s religious intensification. From the first method, a comparative analysis of mother-daughter dyads, the authors identify and provide examples of five types of triangulated data: (1) same story, same meaning; (2) same story, different interpretations; (3) missing pieces; (4) unique information; and (5) illuminating. The second method, triangulation within groups and between groups, makes visible perspectives that are common and distinct to mothers and daughters as members of different cultural groups. The article discusses the advantages of systematic data triangulation for qualitative research and draws implications for social work research and practice.
Qualitative researchers use the term triangulation to describe the use of multiple strategies to study the same phenomenon. Although it is endorsed in social work research textbooks and contested in the literature, qualitative social work researchers are left on their own to determine how to ‘do’ triangulation. This article discusses triangulation, including recent debates around the concept. It describes two methods of data triangulation and illustrates them with examples from the study of mothers and daughters coping with a daughter’s religious intensification. From the first method, a comparative analysis of mother-daughter dyads, the authors identify and provide examples of five types of triangulated data: (1) same story, same meaning; (2) same story, different interpretations; (3) missing pieces; (4) unique information; and (5) illuminating. The second method, triangulation within groups and between groups, makes visible perspectives that are common and distinct to mothers and daughters as members of different cultural groups. The article discusses the advantages of systematic data triangulation for qualitative research and draws implications for social work research and practice.
Smith College Studies in Social Work, 75(2), 2005, pp.103-120.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
Demographic trends have created a situation in which relationships between family members endure over long periods of time, sometimes in ways that are as yet undefined by psychological theories. Clinical social workers are called upon to help these families. This paper examines how these relationships are affected in middle-class families when elders become frail and need care, and families
Demographic trends have created a situation in which relationships between family members endure over long periods of time, sometimes in ways that are as yet undefined by psychological theories. Clinical social workers are called upon to help these families. This paper examines how these relationships are affected in middle-class families when elders become frail and need care, and families become “stuck.” Current literature about adult and later life development as well as clinical examples will be cited to illuminate this discussion. The paper will define the developmental tasks that mid-life adults and elders must traverse to manage the demands care giving poses. Optimally, reciprocity and intergenerational understanding can result from careful clinical management of this life crisis within particular populations that are not burdened by concerns about financial survival. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(3), March 2005, pp.291-308.
Publisher:
Elsevier
A qualitative study of parents receiving child protective services (CPS) was conducted to understand their experience with CPS involvement. Sixty-one parents from two CPS agencies in Ontario, Canada, participated in semistructured interviews lasting 1.5 to 2 h. A grounded theory approach was used to find emergent themes in the rich data, which included the role of formal and informal supports in parents' lives. The findings indicate that social service organizations, places of belonging in the community, friends, and family are critical factors in mitigating the difficult life circumstances of parents involved with CPS.
A qualitative study of parents receiving child protective services (CPS) was conducted to understand their experience with CPS involvement. Sixty-one parents from two CPS agencies in Ontario, Canada, participated in semistructured interviews lasting 1.5 to 2 h. A grounded theory approach was used to find emergent themes in the rich data, which included the role of formal and informal supports in parents' lives. The findings indicate that social service organizations, places of belonging in the community, friends, and family are critical factors in mitigating the difficult life circumstances of parents involved with CPS.