Document Type : Original Article
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1 1 PhD Student in Counseling, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences,Isfahan(Khorasgan) Branch ,Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology ,Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University,Isfahan, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University,Isfahan ,Iran
Abstract
Child abuse by parents is a very painful phenomenon for children and society, which turns the family environment into an unreliable environment for children .The purpose of this research was to investigate the causes of child abuse in mothers with a history of child abuse based on the opinion of experts from social emergency centers in Isfahan.The population of this study was specialists working in social emergency departments and health centers in 2022. The method of selecting participants was purposeful among the personnel working in social emergency centers and health centers. . The method of data collection was semi-structured interviews that contained questions related to the experience of experts in the field of factors related to child abuse. Data from the interview were analyzed by network themes analysis (Clarck & Braun, 2019).
Findings: Results showed that the causes of child abuse include three main categories; Child-centered causes (causes related to the health and growth of the child and how the child is accepted in the family), family-centered causes (socio-economic causes in the family and personal and psychological injuries in the family) and society-centered causes (causes related to law and planning and The causes were related to the culture and norms of the society.
According to the results, it can be concluded that for the prevention of child abuse, strategies should be considered for each of the mentioned causes, and these strategies may be more effective because these strategies are designed based on the causes of child abuse.
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