Child abuse and neglect in military and civilian families
Patterns and correlates of child maltreatment were investigated both within the military and between military and civilian families. The results revealed that certain patterns and correlates emerged within the military that were significant. For example, loss of control and lack of tolerance were tw...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Child abuse & neglect 1984, Vol.8 (1), p.55-67 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Patterns and correlates of child maltreatment were investigated both within the military and between military and civilian families. The results revealed that certain patterns and correlates emerged within the military that were significant. For example, loss of control and lack of tolerance were two major reasons given for abuse by military perpetrators. Also the stresses of family discord, new baby and continuous child care along with relocation and isolation played important roles in the occurrence of abuse within the military. When comparisons were made between military and civilian families, some differences were discovered but many more similarities were found. As an example, the analysis revealed that the stress of broken family was a more important correlate of abuse in civilian than in military cases of abuse. For all the other kinds of stresses (e.g., family discord and isolation), however, one was no more important for military than for civilian perpetrators. Although the patterns and correlates of child abuse and neglect may not be unique to the military, this does not minimize the importance of the problem in the armed forces. Programs of treatment and prevention must be developed and implemented to fit the needs and life styles of military families.
L'état de Hawai comprend une grande population militaire, en permanence, et les cas de sévices ou de négligence sont tous consignés dans un registre central, qu'ils proviennent du militaire ou du civil. Grâce à cela, les auteurs ont pu entreprendre une étude comparée des circonstances conduisant à la maltraitance et à la négligence d'enfants dans les milieux de militaires stationnés à Hawai et dans les familles locales. On a souvent tendance à penser que le “syndrome du sergent” doit être très répandu dans les familles de militaires, c'est-à-dire que le soldat professionnel aurait tendance à reproduire au sein de sa famille les exigences disciplinaires qui sont la règle dans le métier. Il est vrai que la perte du “self-control” et l'intolérance sont deux raisons importantes expliquant les sévices perpétrés sur leurs enfants par les militaires. Cependant, ce n'est pas un facteur aussi important qu'on a voulu le dire. Les tensions nées de discordes familiales, la naissance d'un nouvel enfant dans la famille, et la nécessité de s'occuper de façon continue des enfants au cours des déménagements fréquents que doivent effectuer les familles des militaires, ainsi que l'isolement relatif dans lequel ces f |
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ISSN: | 0145-2134 1873-7757 |
DOI: | 10.1016/0145-2134(84)90050-4 |