Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Department of Social Work
Abstract
Međugeneracijski prijenos zlostavljanja djece u obitelji odnosi se na pojavu da osobe koje su u djetinjstvu doživjele zlostavljanje u obitelji u odrasloj dobi zlostavljaju vlastitu djecu. U članku se navode empirijske provjere te pojave, prikazana su najznačajnijaprospektivna istraživanja međugeneracijskogprijenosa zlostavljanja djece, te opisani metodološki problemi tog istraživačkog područja. Autorica raščlanjuje moguće mehanizme kojima se zlostavljanje prenosi s jedne generacije na drugu, načine na koji se djeca štite od učinaka zlostavljanja, te čimbenike koji dovode do prekidanja kruga zlostavljanja u obitelji. U zaključku su predloženi načini korištenja navedenih spoznaja u praksi.The term “intergenerational transfer of child abuse” is related to the observed manifestation of adults abusing their own children if they themselves have been abused in their early age. The paper quotes empirical evidence of that phenomenon and shows the most prospective researches done on that issue. At the same time it gives us list of methodological problems that researches have to deal with. The author analyses mechanisms through which the possible abuse goes from generation to generation, ways children find out to protect themselves from effects of such abuse as well as ways of breaking that circle of abuse in the family. In the last part of the article the author suggests some ways of applying new insights in dealing with that problem professionally
