| The vast majority of research on the impact of childhood maltreatment and later parenting practices among African American women has been directed toward mothers with minimal education and a low socioeconomic status. Little attention, thus far, has specifically focused on childhood maltreatment and parenting practices among an educated group of African American women. This quantitative study investigated the relationship between childhood maltreatment as measured by the Childhood Traumatic Events Scale and parenting practices based on Baumrind's three parenting typologies (authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive) as measured by the Parenting Style and Dimensions Questionnaire. A total of 30 educated African American women participated in the study. Independent t test and Mann-Whitney test were used to investigate whether childhood maltreatment could predict parenting practice, whether direct exposure versus indirect exposure could predict parenting practice, and if single exposure versus complex or multiple exposures could predict parenting style. No statistical significance was found. |
