Intergenerational maltreatment transmission operates as a risk elevation, not inevitability

Evidence

The landmark methodological correction to the cycle-of-violence hypothesis. Systematic review of all empirical studies measuring intergenerational transmission rates found a range of 7–70% across studies, with a best estimate of approximately 30%. Established that the transmission is a risk elevation rather than a near-certain outcome, and reframed the research question from whether transmission occurs to what predicts whether it does or does not. — , The Rod and the Child, 11013

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the Danny Wedding / intergenerational violence literature and the earlier Minnesota Longitudinal Study passages on transmission predictors. — connects to: Most maltreated children do not go on to maltreat their own children — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 6942; Treating abuse transmission as inevitable was empirically wrong and actively harmful — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 6954; Only about one-third of maltreated children grow up to maltreat their own children — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 8563 (+3 more)

Related

• Only about one-third of maltreated children grow up to maltreat their own children (similarity 0.89)
• Most maltreated children do not go on to maltreat their own children (similarity 0.86)
• Treating abuse transmission as inevitable was empirically wrong and actively harmful (similarity 0.86)
• Thirty percent transmission is the floor, not the ceiling, of intergenerational harm. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Prohibition weakens intergenerational transmission of hitting #qualifies (0.70) — , The Rod and the Child, 10889
• Childhood abuse and neglect predictably raise arrest and violent crime rates decades later #corroborates (0.60) — , The Rod and the Child, 10798