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- Title
Tunisian maltreating mothers characteristics.
- Authors
Bourgou, Soumaya; Azouz, Zeineb; Belhadj, Ahlem
- Abstract
Introduction: the aim of our cross-sectional study was to compare the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, the social support, the personal history of abuse, and the parental bonding style of maltreating Tunisian mothers to those of nonmaltreating mothers. Methods: this was a cross-sectional study carried out on the child psychiatry department of Mongi Slim Hospital in Tunisia. A data-collection sheet was designed to collect sociodemographic and clinical data about the child and the maltreatment (type, frequency, and duration), the mother of the child (sociodemographic and clinical data) and the family (socioeconomic situation and conjugal violence). Results: the sample was composed of 167 mothers. Children were significantly more maltreated when their ages were between 6 and 12 years (p=0.004) and less maltreated when they had been born prematurely (p=0.007). Also, the higher the level of the mother's education, the less the child was maltreated (p=0.007). In addition, maltreated mothers more frequently had a history of physical abuse, emotional abuse, or emotional neglect during their childhood (p values were respectively 0.002, 0.05, and 0.007). Thus, when mothers maltreated their children, a perception of optimal grandmother-mother parenting was significantly less frequent, and a perception of an affectionless-bonding grandmother-mother was significantly frequent (p = 0.019). Conclusion: we conclude that it is important to consider individual, relational, communal, and social factors to elaborate efficient strategies for preventing children maltreatment.
- Subjects
TUNISIA; MOTHERS; MARITAL violence; CHILD abuse; SOCIAL factors; MOTHER-child relationship; PSYCHOLOGICAL child abuse; ABUSE of older people
- Publication
Pan African Medical Journal, 2022, Vol 43, p1
- ISSN
1937-8688
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11604/pamj.2022.43.126.30595