Violence by children against mothers in relation to violence between parents and corporal punishment by parents
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2003
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Journal of Comparative Family Studies
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Children hitting mothers is a type of violence that has largely been ignored in research on violence against women. It is sometimes mentioned in clinical studies of battered women within the conceptual framework of a son following the battering example of the father. This pattern might also apply to children in the general population because many of them also have the example of a father who physically assaults their mother. Consistent with that hypothesis, a study of a general popuIation sample by Cornell and Gelles found that sons were more likely to hit mothers who were victims of partner violence. The objective of this research is to further investigate child-to-parent violence (CPV), especially violence against mothers, and whether violence by fathers against mothers is associated with an increased probability of children hitting their mother. We will first present data on the percent of children who physically attack mothers and fathers and how this differs for boys and by girls, and for children of different ages. Then the relation of CPV to two aspects of violence by parents will be presented: violence between parents, and violence by parents against children in the form of corporal punishment and also more severe violence against children. The extent to which CPV is unique to the victimization of women will be investigated by examining both child-to-mother and child-to-father violence. (Author Abstract)
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child abuse, physical abuse, child witness, domestic violence, research
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Ulman, A., & Straus, M. A. (2003). Violence by children against mothers in relation to violence between parents and corporal punishment by parents. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 41-60.