Chinese-American Adult Children Abused As Minors Twice As Likely To Perpetrate Elder Abuse On Parents

Chinese-American adult children who were abused as minors are about 1.9 times more likely to abuse their older parents in caregiving situations compared to adult children who were not abused. The likelihood of elder abuse was higher among adult children acting as caregivers who reported that during childhood their parent had physically hurt them, insulted them, threatened them, or screamed at them.

These findings were reported in “The Association Between Childhood Abuse and Elder Abuse Among Chinese Adult Children in the United States” by XinQi Dong, Ge Li, and Melissa A. Simon. The researchers analyzed data from a . . .