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Combinations of Parent-Related Risk Factors Explaining Family Violence Toward Children and Spouse

Tuija Leppäkoski1,2, Maaret Vuorenmaa3, Eija Paavilainen1,2

  • 1Tampere University, Finland.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence
|November 8, 2023
PubMed

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Parental risk factors significantly increase the likelihood of family violence (FV), including intimate partner violence and child maltreatment. Identifying and addressing multiple risk factors, especially those related to parental well-being, is crucial for prevention efforts.

Area of Science:

  • * Public Health
  • * Sociology
  • * Psychology

Background:

  • * Family violence (FV), encompassing intimate partner violence and child maltreatment (CM), poses significant public health challenges.
  • * Understanding the interplay of parent-related risk factors is essential for developing effective prevention and intervention strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To investigate combinations of parent-related risk factors associated with family violence (FV).
  • * To determine how the accumulation of risk factors within specific clusters explains the occurrence of FV.
  • * To identify key risk factor clusters contributing to FV in families with young children.

Main Methods:

  • * Nationwide retrospective cross-sectional survey (FinChildren) of 10,737 parents with a 4-year-old child in Finland.
  • * Statistical analyses included cross-tabulations with chi-squared tests, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and binary logistic regression.
  • * Risk factors were clustered into parental well-being, parent's childhood adversities, and parent's health.

Main Results:

  • * Even a single parent-related risk factor was associated with an increased likelihood of FV.
  • * Parents with one well-being risk factor had double the odds of FV (OR=2.21), while those with at least four had six times the odds (OR=6.05).
  • * The accumulation of risk factors, particularly within the parental well-being cluster, most strongly predicted FV.

Conclusions:

  • * The greater the number of risk factors parents experience, the higher the likelihood of family violence.
  • * Parental well-being risk factors are a significant contributor to the occurrence of FV.
  • * Identifying families with multiple, concurrent risk factors is vital for targeted support and intervention.

Keywords:
child abusechildren exposed to domestic violencedomestic violenceneglectphysical abuseprevention of child abusetreatment/intervention

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