100663: Assessment of Child Maltreatment and Battered Women

About the Course:

This course contains two articles. Article I ( Nature and Consequences of Personality Problems in Maltreating Caregivers ) In this article the authors develop a theoretical model that views caregivers who repeatedly maltreat their children as limited in providing appropriate parenting responses to their offspring because of psychosocial problems that pervade most sectors of their functioning. The proposed theoretical model targets 3 interacting dimensions of personality functioning (interpersonal relationship capacity, emotion regulation and self-esteem maintenance). Implications for the development of assessment and intervention strategies and for empirical testing of the model are outlined. Article 2 ( Choice Within Entrapment and Entrapment Within Choice ) The authors explore the differential meaning of choice among battered women who stay in violent relationships and challenge the either/or paradigm that equates leaving with choice and staying with entrapment. COURSE SYLLABUS I. Motivation for Maltreatment II. Maladaptive Mental Processes and Personality Traits III. Conceptual Summary IV. Implications for Assessment Intervention and Research V. Conclusions I. Entrapment-The Mechanism Accounting for Battered Women Who Stay II. Choice-The Mechanism Accounting for Battered Women Who Stay III. Method IV. Findings V. Discussion

Journal/Publisher:

Families in Society

Publication Date:

2003/ Vol. 84, No. 4

Authors

Elsa Maziali, PhD; Thecla Damianakis; Nico Trocme; Adital Ben-Ari, PhD; Zeev Winstock, PhD; Zvi Eisikovits, PhD

About the Authors:

(Article 1) Professor Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto

(Article 1) Doctoral Candidate Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto

(Article 1) Assistant Professor Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto

(Article 2) Senior Lecturer School of Social Work University of Haifa

(Article 2) Lecturer Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies University of Haifa

(Article 2) Professor Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies University of Haifa

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, psychologists, and other human services and behavioral health professionals who seek knowledge about child and domestic abuse. It is appropriate for participants with intermediate to advanced levels of knowledge about the topic.

Course Objectives:

1. Identify the differential meaning of choice among battered women who stay in violent relationships.

2. Identify the above model’s implications for the development of assesment and intervention strategies.

3. Identify the rationale for a psychosocial theoretical model of caregivers who maltreat children.