Correlates of Child Abuse (Most also true for spouse abuse)

• Family history of childhood abuse;

• Social structural stress;

• Young parents;

• Poverty;

• Race (difference largely disappears when control for poverty, single parents, etc.)

• Social isolation;

• Gender (women more than men--responsibility);

• Alcohol/drug abuse

• Misconceptions about child development.

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