Citation

Jobe-Shields L, Moreland AD, Hanson RF, Amstadter A, Saunders BE, Kilpatrick DG. J. Child Adolesc. Trauma 2018; 11(2): 129-139.

Affiliation

National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s40653-015-0057-9

PMID

29963218

PMCID

PMC6022840

Abstract

This study examined the relations between witnessed parental violence (PV) and child physical abuse (CPA) over a one-year period among a nationally representative sample of 2,514 adolescents, ages 12-18. History of witnessed PV (Wave 1) prospectively predicted new experiences (controlling for abuse history) and first experiences of CPA reported at Wave 2. Conversely, history of CPA predicted new experiences of PV, but not first experiences. For adolescents who reported witnessed PV and CPA, witnessed PV preceded CPA in 70% of cases. Most common configuration was single-perpetrator of violence. Additional perpetrator and sequencing configurations are reported. Study findings addressed several limitations in the literature by including use of adolescent report, longitudinal design, inclusion of perpetrator identity, and a nationally representative sample.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescence; child physical abuse; family violence; witnessed parental violence