Breaking the cycle of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence: The effects of student gender and caring relationships with teachers

Citation

Vaughan-Jensen, J.; Smith, D. M.; Blake, J. J.; Keith, V. M.; & Willson, V. K. (2018). Breaking the cycle of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence: The effects of student gender and caring relationships with teachers. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma.

Abstract

The prevalence of child maltreatment and its association with future violence makes identifying ways to intervene with victims and prevent subsequent violence increasingly important. Child maltreatment is any form of child abuse or child neglect resulting in actual or potential harm to a child’s health, survival, development or dignity. Self-reported data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were used to further understanding of a commonly described cycle of interpersonal violence where the experience of childhood maltreatment predicts victimization and perpetration of youth violence in adolescence and intimate partner violence in adulthood. Using a nationally representative sample, we examine how both gender and the experience of caring relationships with teachers could affect the cycle. Physical abuse was associated with youth violence victimization and perpetration, and neglect was associated with youth violence victimization. Youth violence victimization was related to IPV perpetration and victimization. For males, youth violence perpetration was associated with only IPV victimization, while for females, youth violence perpetration was associated with IPV perpetration and victimization. For males with low perceptions of having a caring teacher, youth violence victimization and perpetration were strongly correlated. Implications are discussed. © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis.

URL

https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2018.1522407

Keyword(s)

Child maltreatment intimate partner violence perpetrators teacher relationships victimization youth violence

Notes

Export Date: 22 October 2018 Article in Press

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Author(s)

Vaughan-Jensen, J.
Smith, D. M.
Blake, J. J.
Keith, V. M.
Willson, V. K.

Year Published

2018

DOI

10.1080/10926771.2018.1522407

Reference ID

8499