Risk of maltreatment for siblings: Factors associated with similar and different childhood experiences in a dyadic sample of adult siblings |
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| Institution: | 1. German Youth Institute, Germany;2. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ulm University, Germany;1. Department of Pediatrics, The McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6410 Fannin Street, Suite 1425, Houston, TX, 77035, USA;2. Department of Internal Medicine, The McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6410 Fannin Street, Suite 1425, Houston, TX, 77035, USA;3. Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 315 N. San Saba #201, San Antonio, TX, 78207, USA;1. School of Social Work, King’s University College at Western University, 266 Epworth Ave., London, Ontario, N6A 2M3, Canada;2. Kempe Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13123 East 16th Avenue, B390 Aurora, CO 80045, USA;3. Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1V4, Canada;1. Department of Social Welfare, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea;2. Department of Public Health, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea;3. Department of Sociology, The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS), South Korea;1. The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel;2. The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Haruv Institute, Jerusalem, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Siblings share the same environment and thus potentially a substantial number of risk factors for child maltreatment. Furthermore, the number of siblings and the sibling constellation itself might pose a risk for child maltreatment. Little is known about the likelihood that more than one child in a family is maltreated and which factors increase the risk. This study sought to investigate similarities and differences in maltreatment in siblings and risk factors associated with the maltreatment of more than one child from the same family. Data on maltreatment during childhood and adolescence, family background, and sibling constellation were collected from 870 pairs of siblings. In the dyadic analyses, siblings reported similar maltreatment experiences, especially when any type of maltreatment was considered. Parents’ mental health problems were significant predictors for maltreatment of at least one sibling. Father’s mental health problems were predictive of maltreatment of both or only the younger sibling, mother’s mental health problems of both or only the older sibling. Closeness in age and same gender of siblings did not emerge as a consistent predictor. The increasing number of siblings was a risk factor for any type of maltreatment of both siblings. The results highlight the need for preventive measures for families with a large number of children and with parents with mental health problems as well as a repeated risk assessment of all siblings in a family when one sibling was maltreated. |
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| Keywords: | Child maltreatment Sibling Risk factors |
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