Violence against pregnant women can increase the risk of child abuse: A longitudinal study

Chan, Ko Ling; Brownridge, Douglas A.; Fong, Daniel Yee Tak; Tiwari, Agnes; Leung, Wing Cheong; Ho, Pak Chung

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.12.003

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“…Women who have experienced violence tend to have a more negative attitude toward pregnancy and more difficulty in bonding with their unborn child than pregnant women who have not experienced violence [140]. After the birth women with a prior history of experiencing violence during pregnancy may have difficulty in establishing a close relationship with their infant which can increase the potential risk of child neglect and abuse by the mother [141], particularly if additional psychosocial risk factors are also present [142]. The previous sections have demonstrated that women who continued to smoke during pregnancy, who had an unhealthy or unbalanced diet, or who gained an excessive amount of weight, usually also had symptoms of depression and/or anxiety [38,39,41].…”

Section: Correlates Of Depression and Anxiety In Pregnancymentioning

confidence: 99%

Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy – A Review

Ulrich

Petermann

2016

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!In recent decades, the understanding of the short and longer term effects of health-damaging behaviors and mental health problems in pregnant women and the underlying mechanisms of these behaviors and illnesses has significantly increased. In contrast, little is known about the factors affecting individual pregnant women which contribute to health-damaging behaviors and mental illness. The aim of this paper was therefore to summarize the current state of research into the consequences of nicotine and alcohol consumption, malnutrition, excessive weight gain or obesity, and impaired mental health (depression and anxiety) during pregnancy. In addition, the characteristics of pregnant women which increase their risk of developing such behaviors or mental disorders are described. A better knowledge of these risks should make it easier for clinicians to identify cases at risk early on and put measures of support in place. A review of the literature has shown that certain characteristics of pregnant women (e.g. her relationship with her partner, a previous history of mental illness prior to pregnancy) are associated with various healthdamaging behaviors as well as with impaired mental health. Affected women often show an accumulated psychosocial stress which was already present prior to the pregnancy and which may persist even after the birth of the child. Zusammenfassung Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy -A ReviewAuswirkungen und mögliche Prädiktoren gesundheitsschädigender Verhaltensweisen und psychischer Beeinträchtigungen in der Schwangerschaft -ein Überblick

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Section: Correlates Of Depression and Anxiety In Pregnancymentioning

confidence: 99%

Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy – A Review

Ulrich

Petermann

2016

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“…IPV also has negative consequences on a woman's ability to parent her children as well as negative consequences on the quality of the mother–infant relationship and a mother's perceptions of her infant, all of which may contribute to poor infant socioemotional well‐being. Higher parenting stress, increased use of less effective parenting practices (e.g., diversion, spanking, permissiveness), and decreased use of effective parenting practices (e.g., positive reinforcement, physical affection, sensitivity) are common parenting consequences of IPV for mothers (Holden, Stein, Ritchie, Harris, & Jouriles, ; Levendosky, Leahy, Bogat, Davidson, & von Eye, ; Postmus, Huang, & Mathisen‐Stylianou, ; Rea & Rossman, ; Ritchie & Holden, ), as is increased child abuse potential (Casanueva & Martin, ; Chan et al., ). Moreover, mothers in relationships characterized by higher conflict or violence are more likely to have distorted and negative views of their infants before and after birth (Huth‐Bocks, Levendosky, Theran, & Bogat, ; Sokolowski, Hans, Bernstein, & Cox, ).…”

Section: Risk Factors For Poor Socioemotional Development In Infants:mentioning

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Intimate Partner Violence and Infant Socioemotional Development: The Moderating Effects of Maternal Trauma Symptoms

Ahlfs-Dunn

Huth‐Bocks

2014

Infant Ment. Health J.

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on infant regulatory difficulties at 3 months of age and infant socioemotional problems at 12 months of age. Maternal trauma symptoms were explored as potential moderators of these associations. Participants included 120 primarily low-income, ethnically diverse women and their infants. Results revealed that infants whose mothers experienced IPV during pregnancy did not have significantly more regulatory difficulties at 3 months than did infants whose mothers did not experience prenatal IPV. However, infants whose mothers experienced IPV during the first year after birth displayed significantly more socioemotional problems at 12 months, as evidenced by both maternal report and observational data. Furthermore, maternal posttraumatic stress avoidance symptoms served as a moderator of the association between prenatal IPV and infant regulatory difficulties at 3 months whereas maternal posttraumatic stress hyperarousal and reexperiencing symptoms served as moderators of the association between IPV during the first year after birth and infant socioemotional problems at 12 months. The findings highlight the detrimental impact that IPV can have on very young children and the importance of maternal trauma symptoms as a context for understanding the effect of IPV on young children's functioning.

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“…Conducting a longitudinal follow-up study of Chinese women who had experienced intimate partner violence during pregnancy, the researchers found that such violence predicted subsequent physical abuse of children but not subsequent neglect of children. The odds of subsequent abuse were about twice as high as those for non-abused women (Chan et al 2012).…”

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confidence: 83%

“…In another study, the researchers used a different measure of relationship quality-intimate partner violence during pregnancy-to determine if there was a link to subsequent child maltreatment by a man (Chan et al 2012). Conducting a longitudinal follow-up study of Chinese women who had experienced intimate partner violence during pregnancy, the researchers found that such violence predicted subsequent physical abuse of children but not subsequent neglect of children.…”

Section: Example #1-children Living With Unrelated Adultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Evolution of Violence

Shackelford¹,

Hansen²

2014

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Violence against pregnant women can increase the risk of child abuse: A longitudinal study

Cited by 47 publications

References 48 publications

Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy – A Review

Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy – A Review

Intimate Partner Violence and Infant Socioemotional Development: The Moderating Effects of Maternal Trauma Symptoms

The Evolution of Violence

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