Whether or not there is greater normative tolerance for physical discipline within certain ethno-cultural groups has been hotly debated both within social research and discourse. This descriptive quantitative study examined the characteristics of 72 substantiated physical abuse cases reported to Montreal’s English youth protection over a 2-year period. The findings revealed that 49% of the cases involved visible minority youth. Cross tabulations of 68 variables were compared between two groups: visible minority and Caucasian youth. Factors such as immigration and acculturation stressors and a parent having been subject to physical punishment as a child were more prominent in cases involving visible minority youth while parental mental health problems occurred more frequently in cases involving Caucasian youth. Practice implications regarding the potential benefits of using a varied response model, with an emphasis on culturally competent services, to address the problem of intra-familial violence is also discussed. / Il y a eut maints débats, tant au sein de discussions sociales qu’en recherche, visant à évaluer une potentielle plus grande tolérance pour la discipline physique parmi certains groupe ethnoculturels. Cette étude descriptive a pour but d’examiner les caractéristiques de 72 cas d’abus rapporté au service de protection jeunesse anglais de Montréal sur une période de deux ans. Les résultats révèlent que 49% de ces dits cas impliquaient des enfants provenant de minorités visibles. Deux groupes jeunesses, les minorités visibles et les caucasien furent comparés par l’entremise d’un tri croisé. Certains facteurs tels l’immigration, le stress de l’accommodation culturelle ainsi que l’assujettissement de parents à la correction physique lors de leur enfance furent plus proéminents dans des cas mettant en cause des jeunes de minorités visibles. En contrepartie les cas de problèmes de santé mentale furent plus fréquent dans les cas mettant en cause les jeunes caucasiens.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.40671 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Garland, Leigh |
| Contributors | Nicolas Trocmé (Internal/Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | French |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Social Work (School of Social Work) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | Electronically-submitted theses. |
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