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Interrupting Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment: Protective Factors Associated with Breaking the Cycle of Maltreatment

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Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment

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This chapter discusses resilience and protective factors and their importance when examining ITCM. Several factors have been identified in the child maltreatment literature as having the potential to buffer the negative outcomes associated with child maltreatment and ITCM. These factors include education, social support, positive relationships, resources, and resilience. This chapter includes a discussion of protective factors shown to reduce ITCM as well as other potential factors that have not yet been fully explored.

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  1. College of Social Work, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

    Lisa Schelbe

  2. Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Jennifer M. Geiger

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Schelbe, L., Geiger, J.M. (2017). Interrupting Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment: Protective Factors Associated with Breaking the Cycle of Maltreatment. In: Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment. SpringerBriefs in Social Work. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43824-5_5

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