Child Abuse of School Children by their Mothers and Its Causes

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  • 学童期の子をもつ母親の虐待行動とその要因
  • ガクドウキ ノ コ オ モツ ハハオヤ ノ ギャクタイ コウドウ ト ソノ ヨウイン

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I conducted a self-administered questionnaire survey of 1500mothers with school children living in government-designated cities (13cities) in Japan, and tried to find out possible factors for their abusive behavior. The questionnaire deals with multi-faceted factors including inappropriate childcare behavior, mental health, motherhood consciousness, self-respect, and a supportive environment. Using a multiple linear regression analysis, a tendency for dissociation, refusal of motherhood consciousness, mothers' ages, self-respect, and domestic violence were selected. Among these factors, the dissociation tendency had the largest effect. Although "the number of children" had influenced abuse most in infant's survey, it was a tendency for dissociation in schoolchildren's survey. A dissociation tendency has a high possibility of becoming a hindrance in the cognition of a mother's abuse action. This research indicated that what is needed is not only providing mothers with concrete childcare assistance, but also possessing a perspective on their dissociation tendency and assisting them to maintain stable mental health.

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