A 2004 Children's Bureau survey of abusers showed that the most common reason given was a lack of education in parenting, with 2,994 people (34 %) giving that answer. That was followed by marital problems with 1,819 responses, drug and alcohol problems with 1,125, poverty with 796, and unemployment with 709.
根據兒童局民國 93 年的統計，國內施虐者個人因素以「缺乏親職教育」為最高，佔 34 % (2994 人次)，他們不懂得如何照顧狀況百出的孩子；其次是婚姻失調 (1819)、酗酒藥物濫用 (1125)、貧困 (796)、失業 (709)。