JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 31 ISSUE 2.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Risk of Child Abuse and Its Predictors in Mothers With Children Under 5 Years Old

JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 31 ISSUE 2.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Risk of Child Abuse and Its Predictors in Mothers With Children Under 5 Years Old

Child abuse, Risk factors, Mothers, Preschool children

Introduction: Child abuse as a public health problem has adverse consequences for children’s
physical and mental health. Even mothers may be responsible for child abuse, so it is essential
to identify high-risk cases and take preventive measures.
Objective: This study aimed to determine the potential risk of child abuse and its predictors
of risk among mothers with children under 5 years old referred to comprehensive health
service centers in Rasht City, Iran, in 2019.
Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted on 450 mothers of
children under 5 years old referred to the comprehensive health service centers in Rasht.
The study data were collected by Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory form (AAPI-2 form
A). The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, stepwise multiple linear
regression, and the Friedman test to investigate the relationship between subscales.
Results: The samples were mothers with a Mean±SD age of 30.6±5.2 years. Mostly had diploma
(41.78%), were housewife (79.33%) and all of them were married. The total Mean±SD of score
obtained for the child abuse risk was 3.18±0.56. Most mothers (87.31%) had moderate to
severe level of child abuse risk. Based on multiple linear regression test, education (β=0.161,
95%CI; 0.076-0.247, P =0.001), being an employee (β=0.223, 95%CI; 0.059-0.387, P=0.008),
family income (β=0.092, 95% CI; 0.006-0.179, P=0.037), spouse’s education (β=0.128, 95%
CI; 0.046-0.209, P=0.002), and addiction status of spouse (β=0.236, 95% CI; 0.006-0.466,
P=0.044) were predictors of child abuse risk among the studied variables, respectively.
Conclusion: The results showed that most samples had a moderate risk of child abuse. It
reveals the necessity to assess the attitudes of mothers about parenting, which predicts the
potential of child abuse to some extent and can provide a basis of educational interventions
for mothers to prevent child abuse.

Homa Tohidi Noroodi , Leila Mirhadyan , Homa Mosaffa Khomami , Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leili

April 2021, Volume 31, Number 2

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