Discordance in reporting of maternal aggression: exploring differences by characteristics of children, mothers, and their environments

This study investigated discordant reports of maternal aggression using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 1,606). Multinomial logistic regression models predicted discordant reports of hitting and shouting from child, mother, and environmental characteristics. Compared to dyads in...

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Authors: Kremer, Kristen P. (Author) ; Kondis, Jamie S. (Author) ; Kremer, Theodore R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Child maltreatment
Year: 2020, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 339-351
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Keywords:
adolescent victims
Aggressive behavior
Child Abuse
CPS
Disclosure
longitudinal research
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Summary:This study investigated discordant reports of maternal aggression using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 1,606). Multinomial logistic regression models predicted discordant reports of hitting and shouting from child, mother, and environmental characteristics. Compared to dyads in which both mothers and children reported aggression, mothers with a college degree had higher child-only and mother-only reports of both hitting and shouting versus mothers with less than a high school diploma. High-income mothers had higher child-only reports of hitting, while families with past Child Protective Services involvement had higher child-only and mother-only reports of hitting. Additionally, children with lower reading test scores and whose fathers had history of incarceration had higher child-only reports of hitting. Families residing in neighborhoods for which mothers were scared to let children play outside also had higher child-only and mother-only reports of hitting and shouting.
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ISSN:1552-6119
DOI:10.1177/1077559519876033