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Download full textConnelly, Cynthia D.; Straus, Murray A. – 1990
Young, poorly educated, single mothers from lower socioeconomic groups are commonly identified as being at high risk of engaging in physical abuse. However, the seemingly obvious relationship between adolescent parenting and child maltreatment is not clearly supported by previous empirical research. This study, based on an ecological framework,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Children, Family Size
Wauchope, Barbara A.; Straus, Murray A. – 1987
This study examined the relationship of the age and gender of the child, and the occupational status and gender of the parent, to the incidence and frequency of physical punishment and two levels of physical abuse of children, as measured by the minor, severe, and very severe violence indexes of the Conflict Tactics Scales. The subjects were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blue Collar Occupations, Child Abuse, Corporal Punishment
