Parental cognition, emotions, and behaviors associated with the risk of psychological maltreatment of preschoolers

The main objective of the present study was to explore cognitions, emotions, and parental behaviors that could potentially be associated with an increased risk of psychological maltreatment towards preschoolers by means of a semi-structured interview. During the interview, 45 young mothers and 13 fa...

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Published in:Journal of emotional abuse 2004, Vol.4 (2), p.1-26
Main Authors: MALO, Claire, MOREAU, Jacques, CHAMBERLAND, Claire, LEVEILLE, Sophie, ROY, Catherine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Abuse
Childrearing Practices
Cognition
Emotional Abuse
Emotions
Medical sciences
Parent Child Relations
Preschool Children
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Victimology
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Summary:The main objective of the present study was to explore cognitions, emotions, and parental behaviors that could potentially be associated with an increased risk of psychological maltreatment towards preschoolers by means of a semi-structured interview. During the interview, 45 young mothers and 13 fathers were asked to think of a typical episode with their child that they find difficult to cope with. Parents were then asked to discuss causes, emotions, selfand child's reactions, strategies used to calm themselves, self-evaluation of their reactions during the episode, as well as other related aspects. Content analysis was performed and subsequent categories were submitted to a multiple correspondence analysis procedure. Results show that a cluster of 15 variables for mothers and 5 variables for fathers is associated with the risk of child psychological maltreatment. Globally, these results indicated that some specific cognition, emotions, and parental behaviors could be identified in mother- child and fatherchild disciplinary interactions that may serve as guidelines for the assessment of psychological maltreatment.
ISSN:1092-6798
1540-4714
DOI:10.1300/J135v04n02_01