Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy b. A Family Behavioral Therapy c. A Family Child Behavioral Therapy d. Adult Functioning Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Please describe at least four characteristics of perpetrators that are associated with child maltreatment and cite relevant statistics or studies related to these.

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Ans: First, drug and alcohol use have been connected to child abuse. The Department of Health and Human Services (2016) found that 17.9% of child maltreatment fatalities involved caregiver drug abuse and 6.9% of fatalities involved caregiver alcohol abuse. Crandall et al. found links between poor emotional control and negative parenting. Thus, those that have more negative emotions and greater problems controlling emotions are may be likely to perpetrate. Caregivers who were abused themselves may be more likely to perpetrate abuse: 21.4% of adults with a history of child maltreatment were reported to CPS compared to 11.7% of a sample without maltreatment history. Caregivers who view youth behavior more negatively may be more likely to perpetrate. Ateah and Durrant (2005) found that mothers who viewed child behavior more negatively were more likely to apply physical punishment.