Which of the Following Accurately Describes the Research That Has

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following accurately describes the research that has focused on the intergenerational abuse of children?

• A) Being maltreated as a child puts an individual more at risk for becoming abusive toward one's own children.
• B) The path between being maltreated as a child and becoming abusive toward one's own children cannot be altered by such factors as social support.
• C) The path between being maltreated as a child and becoming abusive toward one's own children is inevitable.
• D) Most children who are abused later become violent adults.

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Definitions:

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment or study that are manipulated or categorized by the researcher to determine their effect on dependent variables.

Durbin-Watson Statistic

A test statistic used to identify the presence of autocorrelation (correlation of adjacent residuals) in the residuals from a regression analysis.

First-Order Autocorrelation

A statistical measure of the relationship between a variable's current value and its immediate previous value.

Durbin-Watson Test

A statistical method designed to identify the existence of autocorrelation with a single lag in the residuals resulting from a regression study.