Single-Parent Families and Domestic Child Violence: The Role of Low Income as a Mediating Factor

Yixi Wu

doi:10.62051/ijsspa.v4n2.53

Authors

Yixi Wu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62051/ijsspa.v4n2.53

Keywords:

Domestic Violence, Child Maltreatment, Single-Parent Family, Low Income

Abstract

Domestic violence against children can have a severe impact on a child's development and future outcomes, and this behavior is closely related to many family characteristics, such as single-parent families, low levels of parental education, low parental incomes, a history of parental mental illness, and spousal violence between parents, to name a few. Single parenthood is an important risk, factor because single parenthood may affect all aspects of parenting, including the fact that single parents may not have enough energy to provide adequate attention to their children, that single parents are more likely not to have access to useful social support, and that single parenthood is more likely to be in a state of poverty. Low incomes, on the other hand, may result in children in single-parent families not having access to good resources and the stress of parenting, which is likely to increase violence against children.

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