Fig 1.
Three designs to test intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment (ITCM) were used.
(1) One informant reports on experienced and perpetrated maltreatment (G2, in grey), (2) Informants from two generations (G2 and G3) report about experienced maltreatment, and (3) Informants from three generations report about experienced and perpetrated maltreatment (G1, G2, and G3). G1 = Generation 1; G2 = Generation 2; G3 = Generation 3; Blue arrow = child report; Red arrow = parent report.
Fig 2.
Summary family tree of participants.
Black hexagon = Target participant (recruited first); Dotted symbols: Children reported about these parents but parents were never invited to the lab; Red arrow = Reports of perpetrated maltreatment. Blue arrow = Reports of experienced maltreatment. CR = Child report; FR = Father report; MR = mother report; PR = Parent report. Five participants were omitted from this diagram for simplicity: One partner from the third generation (G3) and three participants from the fourth generation.
Table 1.
Concordance between different informants of abuse and neglect.
Table 2.
Hierarchical regression analyses for abuse and neglect testing intergenerational transmission from the perspective of one reporter.
Table 3.
Hierarchical regression analyses for abuse and neglect testing intergenerational transmission using different reporters of experienced maltreatment for the perspective of each generation.
Table 4.
Hierarchical regression analyses for abuse and neglect using a multi-informant approach.