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CA Causes1 SOCIAL CAUSES OF PHYSICAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN
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CA Causes2 SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AS A CAUSE OF PHYSICAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND PARTNERS * Examples of Serious Mental Illness Schizophrenia, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder * Percent of with serious mental illness who physically abuse 2% to max of 10% depending on the study * Similar to studies of other kinds of violence Homicides: 4.3% by the mentally ill (Dept of Justice Study) Public misled by sensational cases that make headlines * Studies of mental hospital patients A much larger percent are violent: 20% violent Selection effect - Mental hospital patients Mentally ill and violent more likely to be hospitalized * Confounded with alcohol and drug abuse * The meaning of “confounded” and “controlled” * “Psychological problems” short of “serious mental illness” play a larger role, e.g. “negative attribution” “depression” because they are more prevalent in the population
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4 CULTURAL NORMS
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10 New Hampshire Parents, 1995
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CA Causes11 US National Sample of 3,000 parents, 1985
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CA Causes12 SOCIAL LEARNING
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CA Causes16 ALCOHOL, PARTNER VIOLENCE, AND SES ILLUSTRATE THE COMPLEX INTERRELATION OF CAUSAL FACTORS PHYSICAL ABUSE ALCOHOL ABUSE PARTNER VIOLENCE LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
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CA Causes24 EXAMPLE SET BY LEGITIMATE VIOLENCE (CULTURAL SPILLOVER THEORY)
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CA Causes29 WHICH ARE SOCIAL AND WHICH ARE PSYCH CHARACTER- ISTICS?
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CA Causes44 END FOR SOC 697
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