Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model

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But according to the articles we gathered the Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological model which is the second one is predominantly used, this is because the model looks at the systems that influence human development rather focusing on a particular event of abuse. The model is used to inform the primary prevention of abuse as well as the prevention of the harm caused by violence. An example would be teenage mothers as cited by Miller 1984, being a teenager is a psychosocial correlate which leads to child abuse because of the in competencies of the mother. The mother is faced with two different development stages which is playing a role of a mother and also being an adolescent, this leads to abuse since the mother feels that the child robbed them of their