Intergenerational Transmission of Child Abuse

This project focuses on understanding how child abuse is passed down through multiple generations by analyzing interviews with mothers about their experiences (collected previously) and then assessing maltreatment in subsequent generations. Using a unique and specialized coding system, the research will provide new insights into how abuse is perpetrated and perpetuated. The findings will help improve strategies to prevent child maltreatment and support at-risk families. The participating home institution will have access to a seminal and comprehensive data repository as provided by the host institution. For both the participating institutions, this project helps to advance the established knowledge on the transmission of abuse, a research topic both home and host supervisors are interested in.

Faculty Supervisor:

Sheri Madigan

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Partner:

University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Social Innovation

University:

University of Calgary

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