- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Child abusive behaviors of single African American females in Washington County, Mississippi, 1991
- Creator:
- Guster, Eunice R.
- Date of Original:
- 1991-09-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The objective of this study is to present a profile of single African American females who have been identified as perpetrators in the incidence of child abuse. This study further illustrate the presence of the relationship between child abusive behavior of these identified perpetrators and three factors; age, employment status, and combined drug/alcohol usage. To achieve this objective, raw data was obtained from the Department of Human Services, Division of Adult and Children Protective Services initial investigation form numbered 440 that is located in the case record. The sample consists of one hundred and seventy nine single African American female perpetrators. These identified perpetrators were selected from substantiated cases of child abuse. These cases were randomly selected bimonthly for the years of 1989 and 1990. The hypotheses presented in this study are as follows: 1. There is no significant difference between the relationship of child abusive behavior of single African American females and age. 2. There is no significant difference between the relationship of child abusive behavior of single African American females and employment status. 3. There is no significant difference between the relationship of single African American females and drugs and alcohol usage. An analysis of variance of descriptive statistics design was utilized to determine if age, employment status, and combined drug and alcohol usage affects child abusive behavior of single African American females. The study provides research in a limited research area and makes recommendation for cultural sensitivity in social work practice with this identified group. The findings showed that the dominate type of abuse among this African American female population was neglect. The findings further showed that this neglect was perpetrated by unemployed women, ages 25-35, who were not substance abusers.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1991_guster_eunice_r.pdf
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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