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Risk Factors Associated with Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment

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Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment

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This chapter is devoted to exploring the risk factors associated with ITCM. Relying on empirical studies about child maltreatment and ITCM, this chapter highlights several risk factors of ITCM, including individual characteristics related to the parents (e.g., substance abuse, mental health, and early parenting) and child (e.g., disability), family circumstances (e.g., family structure, parenting skills, and intimate partner violence), and contextual factors (e.g., poverty, neighborhoods). This chapter discusses the complexity of risk and co-occurring factors and the challenges associated with the relationship between the factors and ITCM.

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