Family Violence, Trauma and Social Learning Theory

Abbassi, Amir; Aslinia, Shahab Dean

doi:10.1080/15566382.2010.12033863

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“…Indeed, various studies have shown that children who witness violence or aggression, even in the context of a research experiment, later model this type of behaviour (see review by Pingley, 2017). It is suggested that when children observe family violence, they may internalise beliefs and patterns of behaviour and thus develop a greater propensity toward abusing others in the future (Abbassi & Aslinia, 2010). Exhibiting such aggressive antisocial behaviour can negatively influence trajectories of prosociality and instead predict decreases in altruistic, prosocial behaviour over time (Obsuth, Eisner, Malti, & Ribeaud, 2015).…”

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Early trauma and associations with altruistic attitudes and behaviours among young adults

Prior

Carvalheiro

Lawler

et al. 2021

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Background: Childhood and adolescent traumas are exceptionally prevalent worldwide. Despite their high prevalence and substantial impact, little research has investigated the rates and specific types of early trauma by gender. It is also unknown whether the types of early trauma are differentially associated with heightened or hindered prosocial attitudes and behaviours. Objective: To address this gap, this study aims to explore the rates of different types of early trauma (i.e., abuse: sexual, physical, and emotional; neglect: physical and emotional) among young Australian adults and investigate whether these differ according to participant gender (female, male and transgender/gender diverse). The study will also examine the associations between the different types of early trauma and current altruistic attitudes and behaviours (including the affective, behavioural and cognitive altruism domains), among a young adult Australian cohort. Methods: Cross-sectional data was collected from 511 young Australians aged 18-20 years using an online self-report survey. Results: Multiple regression analyses revealed that transgender/gender diverse individuals were over 3-times more likely to experience all types of maltreatment than females and over 3-times more likely to experience emotional and sexual abuse and emotional neglect than males. Experiencing one or more trauma types was negatively associated with the cognitive domain of altruism, experiencing physical neglect was associated with the affective domain, and having a family member involved in domestic violence was associated with the behavioural domain, after controlling for gender. Conclusions: Findings show how early traumatic experiences can influence individuals' attitudes and behaviours during the pivotal developmental period of young adulthood.

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Early trauma and associations with altruistic attitudes and behaviours among young adults

Prior

Carvalheiro

Lawler

et al. 2021

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…The relationship between childhood exposure to violence and perpetrating aggressive behaviors later in life has been explained by the cycle of violence theory (Widom, 1989a), which is also commonly referred to as the intergenerational transmission of family violence theory (Abbassi & Aslinia, 2010;Schwartz et al, 2006). According to this perspective, children learn how to behave both by experiencing how others treat them and observing how their parents behave toward each other.…”

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The Influence of Early Strain on Later Strain, Stress Responses, and Aggression by Police Officers

Kurtz

Zavala

Melander

2014

Criminal Justice Review

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Research has established policing as one of the most stressful occupations and that work-induced strain can lead to various criminal and negative outcomes. This study extends existing literature in criminology and criminal justice by applying general strain theory to police stress. This study examines the influence of prior strain—namely, child abuse and interparental violence—on officer critical incident strain, psychological–physiological stress responses, and officer-on-officer aggression. Data analyzed the stress responses of 1,104 police officers from the Police Stress and Domestic Violence in Police Families in Baltimore, Maryland, and results show that prior strain events influence respondents in three key ways. First, those reporting exposure to childhood strain had higher work-related strain scores. Second, youthful strain events and work-related critical incident strain are associated with increased stress. Finally, child abuse exposure and critical incident strain increases the odds of officer-on-officer violence among participants. The sample offers several important implications for strain theory because it includes only adult respondents and offers some degree of control for serious adolescent delinquency.

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“…Similar findings were also available among studies that were focusing on school-age adolescents in Hong Kong [ 23 ] and Macau [ 24 ], two Special Administrative Regions of China. Additionally, some studies have delineated several explanatory mechanisms by which family violence is linked to youth violence, including genetic connection between violent parents and violent children, brain injury caused by physical abuse, and violence-induced traumas that are disruptive to the development of brain and skills such as emotional regulation [ 25 , 26 ]. Despite the abundance of studies investigating the violence and violent victimization among youth in mainland China, most studies considered the overlap between violence and violent victimization resulted from victim lifestyle [ 23 , 27 ].…”

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The Interrelationship between Family Violence, Adolescent Violence, and Adolescent Violent Victimization: An Application and Extension of the Cultural Spillover Theory in China

Xia¹,

Li²,

Liu³

2018

IJERPH

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The current study is the first study to emphasize family systems, violent norms, and violent peer association as three domains of the social environment that influence both adolescent violent offending and victimization among Chinese adolescents using a longitudinal sample. Under the framework of cultural spillover theory, the purpose of the current study was to explore how these three factors influenced adolescent violent offending and victimization. A total of 1192 middle and high school students were randomly selected from one of the largest cities in Southwest China. Structural equation model analysis was applied to investigate the direct and indirect effect of violence in the family system on violent offending and victimization. The results indicated that violent offending and victimization overlapped among Chinese adolescents. Violent peer association and acceptance of the violence norm fully mediated the effect of violence in the family system on violent offending, and partially mediated the effect of violence in the family system on violent victimization. In conclusion, adolescents who had experienced violence in their family system were more likely to be exposed to violent peer influences and to accept violent norms, which increased the likelihood of violence perpetration and victimization later in their life.

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Family Violence, Trauma and Social Learning Theory

Cited by 20 publications

References 36 publications

Early trauma and associations with altruistic attitudes and behaviours among young adults

Early trauma and associations with altruistic attitudes and behaviours among young adults

The Influence of Early Strain on Later Strain, Stress Responses, and Aggression by Police Officers

The Interrelationship between Family Violence, Adolescent Violence, and Adolescent Violent Victimization: An Application and Extension of the Cultural Spillover Theory in China

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