Clusters of abusive parenting: A latent class analysis of families referred to Child Protective Services in Portugal |
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| Institution: | 1. Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Master on Community Psychology and Child Protection, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisboa, Portugal;2. Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Cis-IUL, Lisboa, Portugal;3. Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), BRU-IUL, Lisboa, Portugal;1. Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central E.P.E, Lisbon, Portugal;2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central E.P.E, Lisbon, Portugal;1. Silver School of Social Work, New York University, 1 Washington Square North, Office # 316, New York, NY 10003, USA;2. School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 325 Pittsboro St. CB#3550, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA;1. Department of Psychology, Queens College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, New York, NY 11367, USA;2. Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA;3. New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA;4. City University of New York, City College, New York, NY 10031, USA |
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| Abstract: | From the perspective of ecological models, it is suggested that a thorough behavior analysis of parental mistreatment and neglect is undertaken from a general approach to a more comprehensive and multi-dimensional perspective. Hence, the main goal of the present study was to determine if meaningful groups or clusters of abusive parenting in Portugal could be identified based on the characterization of the children and adolescents, their parents and context variables. An instrument was developed to assess variables of the children or adolescents, the family and the social context, all of which have been shown to be important in the literature. Child and Youth Protection Commissions from the whole of Portugal participated in the study, a total of 504 cases. Latent class analysis was applied in order to identify distinct parenting abusing behavior. The results showed four distinct clusters of families which are clearly defined in light of the types of risk and associated variables. The four groups are probabilistic and propose the composition of clusters with socio-demographic variables related to the types of risk. The significant interrelationships of different profiling characteristics are directly related to parenting abusing behavior. The results of this study confirmed our hypothesis of heterogeneous abusive parenting in Portugal. The findings yield useful policy-oriented results. Meaningfully organizing abusive parenting may be an important step not only in understanding the origins of abuse and neglect, but also in integrating this information into intervention models with children, young people and their families. |
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| Keywords: | Abusive parenting Negligence Abuse Latent class models Childrearing and child care Community and social services |
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