Factors predicting family violence revictimization among Army families with child maltreatment
Research Report:
APA Citation:
Kaye, M. P., Aronson, K. R., & Perkins, D. F. (2022). Factors predicting family violence revictimization among Army families with child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, 27(3), 423-433. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595211008997
Abstract Created by REACH:
This study examined how individual (e.g., parents’ mental and physical health problems), family (e.g., history of family violence, marital problems), and community risk factors (e.g., feelings of isolation, neighborhood issues) and treatment factors (e.g., referrals to services, sessions completed) were associated with recurring child maltreatment (i.e., revictimization). Data were drawn from closed case files of 134 Army families with confirmed child maltreatment who received services through the Family Advocacy Program. All risk and treatment factors were examined individually to determine which were related to revictimization. Then, another analysis grouped the risk factors into levels of influence based on the ecological model (i.e., individual, family, community) to examine which level of influence was most salient in predicting revictimization comparatively while also accounting for treatment factors. Community risk factors and poorer treatment compliance (i.e., a lower dosage of services) were associated with revictimization.
Focus:
Child maltreatment
Children
Parents
Programming
Branch of Service:
Army
Military Affiliation:
Active Duty
Subject Affiliation:
Military families
Population:
Childhood (birth - 12 yrs)
Adolescence (13 - 17 yrs)
Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Methodology:
Longitudinal Study
Quantitative Study
Secondary Analysis
Authors:
Kaye, Miranda P., Aronson, Keith R., Perkins, Daniel F.
Abstract:
The Army Family Advocacy Program (Army FAP) strives to prevent family violence and intervene to reduce the deleterious effects of exposure to family violence. This paper examines the individual, family, community, and treatment factors associated with family violence revictimization. Case files of 134 families with substantiated child maltreatment and associated Army FAP interventions that closed in 2013 were coded across risk and protective factors and intervention characteristics and were matched to Army Central Registry files to identify revictimization rates through 2017. Revictimization, experienced by 23% of families, was predicted by community risk and reduced by intervention dose. With the high rates of relocations, housing or neighborhood issues, and the isolation military families experience and the relationship of these concerns to repeated family violence, identifying the impact of community risk is particularly important. Similarly, research that elucidates the effective treatment components is needed.
Publisher/Sponsoring Organization:
SAGE Publications
Publication Type:
Article
REACH Publication
Author Affiliation:
The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness, The Pennsylvania State University, MPK
The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness, The Pennsylvania State University, KRA
The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness, The Pennsylvania State University, DFP
Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, The Pennsylvania State University, DFP
Keywords:
child maltreatment, family violence, military families, revictimization, risk factors
REACH Publication Type:
Research Summary
Sponsors:
This study was supported by National Institute of Food and Agriculture (grant ID: 2016-4858125898).
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