Intergenerational Continuity of Child Abuse Among Adolescent Mothers : Authoritarian Parenting, Community Violence, and Race - full text

"The maladaptive consequences of child maltreatment persist throughout the lifespan. For example, research on the associations between patient reports of adverse childhood experiences (i.e., child maltreatment) and adult mental and physical health has attributed 50–78 % of adult depression, suicide attempts, and drug or alcohol use to adverse childhood experiences including child abuse and neglect (Anda et al., 2006). As such, there is a need for preventive interventions for maltreatment that are theoretically and empirically driven by research on risk and protective factors. These services may be especially important for vulnerable populations such as teenage mothers living in violent neighborhoods...."

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Valentino, et al. Child Maltreatment May 2012 vol. 17 no. 2 172-181.