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Attitudes about child maltreatment in China and the Netherlands
- Source :
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 112. Elsevier BV
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Definitions of child maltreatment vary between studies, and few are informed by research in non-Western countries. Objective We examined attitudes about child maltreatment in China and the Netherlands. Participants and setting The sample consisted of 304 participants from three groups (mothers, fathers, and teachers) and two countries (China and the Netherlands). Methods Participants completed the Maltreatment Q-sort in which 90 items reflecting four types of child maltreatment (physical abuse, emotional abuse, physical neglect, and emotional neglect) are divided in 9 stacks of 10 cards from least (1) to most (9) damaging to the child. Results The average within-country (r = .57) and within-group (r = .58) agreement about the order of harmfulness of the behaviors did not differ from the average between-country (r = .49) and between-group (r = .53) agreement. Physical abuse was seen as the most harmful form of child maltreatment and emotional neglect as the least harmful form (pƞ2 = .88). Higher thresholds were found for labeling the behaviors as child maltreatment, and the perceived need for intervention by a professional than for the need for intervention by a non-professional (pƞ2 = .67). These thresholds were higher for Chinese than for Dutch participants (pƞ2 = .31). Conclusions The areas of agreement found are promising because successful collaboration within and between countries and groups could lead to more successful prevention and intervention of child maltreatment. The difference between China and the Netherlands however, stresses the importance of cultural sensitivity when implementing child maltreatment prevention and intervention programs.
- Subjects :
- China
050103 clinical psychology
Culture
Poison control
Mothers
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
Fathers
Intervention (counseling)
Injury prevention
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Child Abuse
Child
Psychological abuse
Child maltreatment
Netherlands
05 social sciences
Human factors and ergonomics
Teachers
Psychiatry and Mental health
Physical abuse
Attitude
Physical Abuse
Attitudes
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
Psychology
050104 developmental & child psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 112. Elsevier BV
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....694d9dbd86d1d4590902dcbff09e4129