Maltreating Families: A Look at Siblings

Jean‐Gilles, Michèle; Crittenden, Patricia M.

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“…The co-occurrence with caretaker incapacity is understandable because parents who are physically or mentally ill or disabled by drug abuse are not likely to be able to meet children's needs and thus engage in neglectful behavior. An almost equal co-occurrence with substantial risk (defined as a situation where no clear current allegations exist for the child, but places the child at risk for abuse and/or neglect) is buttressed by the research that has found that maltreatment is seldom isolated to one child (Hamilton-Giachritsis, & Browne, 2006; Hines, Kantor, & Holt, 2006; Jean-Gilles, & Crittenden, 1990). Again, the classification of a child as substantial risk rather than as neglected is often related to the child welfare system's practice of focusing on the child about whom a maltreatment report is made rather than all the children in a family who may be maltreated.…”

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Child neglect: Definition and identification of youth's experiences in official reports of maltreatment

Mennen

Kım

Sang

et al. 2010

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the nature of neglect in child welfare clients, to describe these experiences, to examine its typologies, and to understand how different types of neglect co-occurred with each other and with other types of maltreatment. Methods Case record abstraction was conducted on the child welfare case records of an urban, ethnically-diverse sample of youths (n = 303) identified as maltreated by a very large public child welfare agency. We utilized the Maltreatment Case Record Abstraction Instrument (MCRAI) which was based on the work of Barnett, Manly, and Cicchetti (1993) as modified by English and LONGSCAN (1997). Thirteen items of parental behavior deemed neglectful were coded and organized into 5 subtypes of neglect (care neglect, environmental neglect, medical neglect, educational neglect, supervisory neglect) Results Neglect was present in 71.0% of the sample as compared to the 41.0% classified as neglected by CPS records. Neglect was accompanied by other types of maltreatment in 95% of the cases. Children who were neglected had more reports of maltreatment and experienced a greater number of different types of maltreatment than those who were maltreated, but not neglected. The most common type of neglect was supervisory neglect (72.5%) followed by environmental neglect (61.6%). With the exception of medical neglect, all types of neglect were significantly correlated with each other. Conclusions The abstraction resulted in rich data showing that under a one-word label of neglect, the nature of neglect that the youngsters actually experienced was quite diverse and heterogeneous in its phenomenology. Furthermore, neglect is pervasive for children in the child welfare system and official classifications underestimate its occurrence. Neglect does not happen in isolation; children who are reported as neglected are likely to experience other forms of maltreatment. Practice implications Official classifications should not be used in determining interventions for children and families. Interventions for neglected youngsters should be individualized to address the complexity of children's experiences.

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confidence: 99%

Child neglect: Definition and identification of youth's experiences in official reports of maltreatment

Mennen

Kım

Sang

et al. 2010

Child Abuse & Neglect

169

108

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“…Indeed, professionals who work with abuse victims need to be alert to the likelihood that other young women in the household have been or may be victimized (Jean-Gilles & Crittenden, 1990; Wilson, 2004). Dating violence and sexual abuse prevention programs that target young women according to a sister’s abuse history might be a worthwhile approach (Baker, Tanis & Rice, 2001).…”

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Links between sisters' sexual and dating victimization: The roles of neighborhood crime and parental controls.

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Chien²,

Adams³

et al. 2010

Journal of Family Psychology

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This study examined the extent to which a sister’s prior sexual and dating victimization is a risk factor for young women being similarly victimized and the possible factors underlying a co-occurrence. The sample involved 122 young adult Latina or African American sister pairs (244 women; ages 16–25) who resided in low-income, urban neighborhoods. Results indicated that women whose sisters had been victimized had increased risk of victimization even after controlling for neighborhood crime, parental controls, age and race–ethnicity (odds ratios were 4.0 for unwanted touching, 6.2 for a forced sex act, and 16.7 for dating violence). In high-crime neighborhoods, the presence of two adult parent figures in the home was associated with women’s reduced likelihood of unwanted touching, and mothers’ high monitoring during adolescence was associated with women’s lower risk of dating aggression. Survival analysis results showed that the risk period of a second sister being victimized lasts between 7 and 10 years after a first sister’s victimization. The prevention implications of study findings are discussed.

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“…Interviews were utilized in a limited number of studies (DeVoe & Coulburn Faller, 1999;Hartley, 2001;Jean-Gilles & Crittenden, 1990;Laviola, 1992;Kreklewetz & Piotrowski, 1998). Conceptual studies have also been limited (DiGiorgio-Miller, 1998;Hargett, 1998;Robinson, 2000;Trepper & Barrett, 1986).…”

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Making Sense of Abuse: Case Studies in Sibling Incest

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This case study focused on the process of making sense of abuse in two Latino families experiencing sibling incest. Participants included five male children ranging in age from 8 to 15 that were members of two families dealing with the issue of sibling incest. The purpose of this study was to build understanding of how families experience sibling incest and its role in their families. Clinical data from therapy sessions was analyzed to reveal that families made sense of the incest in different ways including abuse as normal and abuse as a mistake. Central concepts that explained how the families responded to the sibling incest included (1) level of family cohesion, (2) role of secrecy, and (3) view of outside systems. The findings suggest that treatment needs to include an in-depth assessment regarding these issues.

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Maltreating Families: A Look at Siblings

Cited by 36 publications

References 26 publications

Child neglect: Definition and identification of youth's experiences in official reports of maltreatment

Child neglect: Definition and identification of youth's experiences in official reports of maltreatment

Links between sisters' sexual and dating victimization: The roles of neighborhood crime and parental controls.

Making Sense of Abuse: Case Studies in Sibling Incest

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