Crossing boundaries: A pilot study of maternal attitudes about child maltreatment in nine countries

Definitions of child maltreatment vary widely between studies, and even more so between different cultural contexts. In this pilot study, we examine between-country variations in maternal notions about what constitutes child maltreatment. The sample consisted of 466 mothers recruited in Chile, China, Greece, Iran, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Turkey, and Uruguay. All mothers completed a new Q-sort measure, ranking 90 parenting...