Using Latent Class Analysis to Identify Profiles of Elder Abuse Perpetrators

DeLiema, Marguerite; Yonashiro-Cho, Jeanine; Gassoumis, Zachary D.; Yon, Yongjie; Conrad, Kendon J.

doi:10.1093/geronb/gbx023

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“…To create the videos of truth/lie statements, we recruited 20 middle-aged adults (ages 40–59 years; 50% women) because the majority of fraud against the elderly is perpetrated by middle-aged adults (Burnett, Xia, Suchting, & Dyer, 2017; DeLiema, Yonashiro-Cho, Gassoumis, Yon, & Conrad, 2017). Participants (hereafter referred to as suspects ) were asked to lie or tell the truth about their agreement on six controversial topical issues (legalizing marijuana, euthanasia, labor unions, abortion, cloning of human cells, and government healthcare).…”

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A comparison of the effectiveness of two types of deceit detection training methods in older adults

Stanley

Webster

2019

Cogn. Research

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Background In general, people are poor at detecting deception. Older adults are even worse than young adults at detecting deceit, which might make them uniquely vulnerable to certain types of financial fraud. One reason for poor deceit detection abilities is that lay theories of cues to deception are not valid. This study compared the effectiveness of two training methods to improve deceit detection among older adults: valid facial cues versus valid verbal cues to deception. Approximately 150 older adults were randomly assigned to facial training, verbal training, or a control condition. Participants completed a pre-test deceit detection task, their assigned training, and a post-test deceit detection task. Results Both training groups significantly improved at recognizing their respectively trained cues after training. However, the facial cue training group were less accurate at detecting deception post-test compared to pre-test and the control group exhibited improved accuracy of deceit detection from pre-test to post-test. Conclusions These results are consistent with the body of literature on deception suggesting people hover around chance accuracy, even after training. Older adults’ facial and verbal cue recognition can be improved with training, but these improvements did not translate into more accurate deceit detection, and actually hampered performance in the facial condition. Older adults showed the most benefit from sheer practice at detecting deception (in the control condition), perhaps because this condition encouraged implicit rather than explicit judgments of deception.

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A comparison of the effectiveness of two types of deceit detection training methods in older adults

Stanley

Webster

2019

Cogn. Research

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“…Findings suggest that child abuse is indeed a risk factor for the perpetration of elder mistreatment and that ambivalent and sometimes hostile feeling about the parent–child relationship is a possible explanation. Obligatory family ties, even under strained circumstances, contribute to adult children’s prominence in the lives of their parents ( Connidis & McMullin, 2002 ) and set the stage for abusive encounters ( DeLiema et al, 2018 ). For example, rejection in everyday life, traumatic events and statements, and threat of being denied emotional or instrumental support can lead to acts of mistreatment within adult child–parent relationships and underscores the potentially long-lasting consequences of childhood abuse.…”

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“…It may also be the case that adults who experienced childhood abuse choose to re-enact with their aging parents the same or similar behaviors they experienced or witnessed when they were young ( Korbin et al, 1995 ). While the mechanisms by which childhood trauma perpetuates parental mistreatment later in life have yet to be empirically documented, shifts over time in interdependence, independence, and dependence within the parent–child dyad may contribute to feelings of ill will on the part of adult children, and thus, compromise already fragile parent–child relationships ( DeLiema et al, 2018 ; Kong, 2018 ; Liu et al, 2018 ). More generally, findings point to the stress-induced effects of violence and related forms of trauma in childhood and the emotional impacts of child maltreatment on later perpetration of violence, including abuse directed at older adult parents.…”

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A Prospective Study on Child Abuse and Elder Mistreatment: Assessing Direct Effects and Associations With Depression and Substance Use Problems During Adolescence and Middle Adulthood

Herrenkohl

Roberto

Fedina

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Innovation in Aging

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Background and Objectives We examined the prospective association between 2 measures of child abuse, one based on official child welfare records and the other based on parent self-reports, and the perpetration of elder mistreatment by an adult child. We also examined measures of adolescent and adult depression and substance use problems as predictors of elder mistreatment. Research Design and Methods Data are from a prospective study that began in the 1970s with a sample of children aged 18 months to 6 years of age. Analyses draw on data collected when child participants were in preschool and elementary school, when they were adolescents, and as adults at midlife (at ages 36 and 46, on average). Results are from bivariate correlations and multivariable path models in which variables from different life stages were entered in steps to assess their prediction of elder mistreatment. Results All variables were significantly correlated with elder mistreatment. In a final path model, parent self-reports of physical child abuse remained a significant, unique predictor of elder mistreatment. Adolescent and adult substance use problems were also statistically significant. Discussion and Implications Few longitudinal studies have tracked patterns of abuse over time and relationships. Findings suggest that child abuse is a risk factor for the perpetration of elder mistreatment by an adult child. Substance use problems may also increase the risk for the perpetration of elder mistreatment. Further longitudinal research is needed to replicate and extend these findings in order to advance prevention and intervention programs and policies.

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“…This seems a promising area for inter-disciplinary and co-produced study. As elsewhere, little is known about people who commit offences or are complicit in abuse and neglect (DeLiema et al , 2018); or about reducing risks and resolving conflicting family dynamics. As Norrie et al (2018) have noted, the perspectives of “obstructers” who forbid access to a vulnerable adult or thwart a private conversation remain under-explored.…”

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Protecting vulnerable adults in Singapore: the creation of the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018

Manthorpe

Chen

2020

JAP

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the development and content of the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018 (hereafter “the Act”) in Singapore. It reports the parliamentary processes and deliberations. Design/methodology/approach A synthesis of publicly available research, policy documents, parliamentary debate, media reports and commentary. Findings The paper sets the Act’s development and aims in Singapore’s social and legal contexts. It notes the interface with other legislation and the focus of the Act on community and family abuse and neglect. Research limitations/implications The paper suggests some areas for research including how the Act is used and its impact and also points to areas where the Act does not apply. Practical implications The paper outlines new professional powers and responsibilities and the role of government and community-based organisations. Originality/value This paper provides an early account of the genesis and aims of the new legislation, its powers and administration. Also, international comparisons are drawn.

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Using Latent Class Analysis to Identify Profiles of Elder Abuse Perpetrators

Abstract: This is the first quantitative study to identify and characterize abuser subtypes. Tailored interventions are needed to reduce problem behaviors and enhance strengths specific to each abuser profile.

Cited by 45 publications

References 30 publications

A comparison of the effectiveness of two types of deceit detection training methods in older adults

A comparison of the effectiveness of two types of deceit detection training methods in older adults

A Prospective Study on Child Abuse and Elder Mistreatment: Assessing Direct Effects and Associations With Depression and Substance Use Problems During Adolescence and Middle Adulthood

Protecting vulnerable adults in Singapore: the creation of the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018

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