Date of Award

5-2026

Document Type

Project

Degree Name

Master of Social Work

Department

School of Social Work

First Reader/Committee Chair

Emily Loveland, PhD MSW

Abstract

This proposal will highlight the contributing factors of child maltreatment, specifically focusing on intimate partner violence and parental substance use. The purpose of this topic is to highlight the risks and lifelong impact that family substance abuse and intimate partner violence (IPV) are main factors when it comes to contributing factors to child maltreatment in the United States. These factors often co-occur, creating a risk for children in affected households. Families that have been involved in child maltreatment cases often have a history of abuse or neglect in their own childhood that tend to cause struggles with addiction and violence that impair their parenting. This study will use peer-reviewed articles and studies that have been previously done. This study will also be a systematic literature review. The dependent variables in this study are child maltreatment in the United States and the independent variables are race, gender, parental substance use, parental incarceration and IPV. This study can provide further insight into how child welfare can provide recommendations to improve current policies to better serve our community and provide clients with adequate services and interventions.

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