Understanding the initiation of child abuse and the mechanism of intergenerational transmission of child abuse.
Cases of child abuse are still widespread in today’s world. Although the number is declining due to measures that have been taken by the government and the society, more can be done to minimize the prevalence of child abuse and its transmission to the next generation. Family and childr...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48840 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Cases of child abuse are still widespread in today’s world. Although the number is declining
due to measures that have been taken by the government and the society, more can be done to
minimize the prevalence of child abuse and its transmission to the next generation. Family
and children are inevitably affected when the impacts of past traumas are not being addressed.
The ones affected the most are the children of abuse survivors, through the means of
intergenerational transmission of child abuse (ITCA). The purpose of this literature review is
to provide a critical assessment of recent research on the initiation of child abuse and the
mechanism of ITCA, especially for the past 10 years. Although the mechanism of ITCA and
its related issues have been studied extensively as early as in the 1970s, there are a lot of
inconsistencies and mixed findings because of the complexity of the subject matter. The
progress in recent research would help to enhance our understanding of ITCA and other
intergenerational processes such as antisocial behaviour and parenting practices which can be
used to improve the current system we have on the prevention, identification, intervention
and treatment of child abuse. This literature has been organized into several sections:
prevalence of child abuse; types of child abuse; theoretical frameworks; risk and protective
factors; developmental outcomes; limitations and implications. |
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