Transcript Social Causes of Physical Abuse

SOCIAL CAUSES OF
PHYSICAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN
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SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AS A CAUSE OF
PHYSICAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND PARTNERS
* Examples of Serious Mental Illness
Schizophrenia, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder
* Percent of with serious mental illness who physically abuse
2% to max of 10% depending on the study
* Similar to studies of other kinds of violence
Homicides: 4.3% by the mentally ill (Dept of Justice Study)
Public misled by sensational cases that make headlines
* Studies of mental hospital patients
A much larger percent are violent: 20% violent
Selection effect - Mental hospital patients
Mentally ill and violent more likely to be hospitalized
* Confounded with alcohol and drug abuse
* The meaning of “confounded” and “controlled”
* “Psychological problems” short of “serious mental illness” play a larger
role, e.g. “negative attribution” “depression” because they are more
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prevalent in the population
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CULTURAL NORMS
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New Hampshire
Parents, 1995
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US National Sample of 3,000
parents, 1985
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SOCIAL
LEARNING
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ALCOHOL, PARTNER VIOLENCE, AND SES
ILLUSTRATE THE COMPLEX INTERRELATION OF
CAUSAL FACTORS
ALCOHOL
ABUSE
PHYSICAL
ABUSE
PARTNER
VIOLENCE
LOW
SOCIOECONOMIC
STATUS
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EXAMPLE SET BY LEGITIMATE VIOLENCE
(CULTURAL SPILLOVER THEORY)
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Hong Kong
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WHICH ARE
SOCIAL AND
WHICH ARE
PSYCH
CHARACTERISTICS?
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END FOR SOC 697
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