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Regard maternel sur la transmission intergénérationnelle de la violence physique envers les enfants

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
27 Novembre 2012

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À ce jour, les recherches ont permis de documenter plusieurs facteurs associés à la violence physique envers les enfants, la transmission intergénérationnelle étant l'un des facteurs le plus souvent étudié. Or, peu d'études ont documenté ce phénomène dans la population générale. L'objectif de la présente étude est d'évaluer les facteurs associés au recours à la violence physique auprès d'un échantillon représentatif d'enfants vivant au moins la moitié du temps avec une figure maternelle. Afin de remédier à certaines lacunes des recherches précédentes, cette étude porte sur les facteurs de risque individuels, familiaux et sociaux dans la reproduction des conduites de violence physique telles que rapportées par les mères ayant elles-mêmes subi de la violence sévère dans l'enfance. Les résultats de la régression linéaire multiple montrent que le jeune âge de l'enfant, les attitudes maternelles favorables à la violence, le stress parental, la légitimité perçue de la violence subie dans l'enfance et la violence conjugale permettent d'expliquer une proportion importante de la variance de la présence de violence physique envers l'enfant. Ces résultats sont discutés en termes de pistes d'intervention.

Abstract

To date, research has documented several risk factors associated with physical violence against children; the intergenerational transmission of violence is certainly one of the most often studied. However, few studies have documented this phenomenon in the general population. The objective of this study is to assess risk factors associated with the use of physical violence in a representative sample of children living at least half time with a mother figure. In order to overcome existing shortcomings in the literature, this study focuses on individual, family, and social risk factors in the reproduction of physical violence as reported by mothers who themselves have experienced severe violence in childhood. Results of multiple regression analysis showed that the young age of the child, maternal attitudes favorable to violence, parental stress, perceived legitimacy of the violence experienced in childhood, and domestic violence can explain a significant proportion of the variance in the presence of physical violence towards the child. These results are discussed in terms of targeted interventions.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 31Number 2September 2012
Pages: 17 - 33

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Version of record online: 27 Novembre 2012

Mots-clés

  1. family violence
  2. intergenerational transmission
  3. physical violence

Mots-clés

  1. violence familiale
  2. transmission intergénérationnelle
  3. violence physique

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Marie-Ève Clément
Université du Québec en Outaouais Campus St-Jérôme
Maxine Boudreau
Université du Québec à Montréal
Claire Chamberland
Université de Montréal

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