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This paper extends previous work to develop cognitive modeling for agent-based simulation of child maltreatment (CM). The developed model is inspired from parental efficacy, parenting stress, and the theory of planned behavior. It provides an explanatory, process-oriented model of CM and incorporates causality relationship and feedback loops from different factors in the social ecology in order for simulating the dynamics of CM. We describe the model and present simulation results to demonstrate the features of this model.
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Hu, X., Puddy, R. (2011). Cognitive Modeling for Agent-Based Simulation of Child Maltreatment. In: Salerno, J., Yang, S.J., Nau, D., Chai, SK. (eds) Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction. SBP 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6589. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19656-0_22
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