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Understanding the Risks of Child Neglect

An Exploration of Poverty and Parenting Characteristics

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ID23314860
AuthorsKristen S Slack (0000-0002-9669-9906, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Jane L Holl (0000-0002-2934-1672, Northwestern University), Marla McDaniel (0000-0002-0207-894X, Columbia University), Joan P Yoo (0000-0002-7029-0328, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Joan Yoo (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Kerry Bolger (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Kerry E Bolger (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Year2004
Volume9
Issue4
Pages395-408
Publication date2004-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Maltreatment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-5595 • E-ISSN: 1552-6119
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077559504269193
PMID15538038
OpenAlexW2090143679
LanguageEN
Citations received123
References cited51

A strong association between poverty and child neglect has been established, but the mechanisms that explain this relationship have not been clearly articulated. This research takes advantage of survey and child maltreatment administrative data about families with young children and assesses the influence of poverty and parenting characteristics on subsequent child neglect. The authors find that indicators of poverty, such as perceived material hardship and infrequent employment, and parenting characteristics, such as low parental warmth, use of physical discipline, and allowing a child to engage in frequent television viewing, are predictive of child neglect. Parenting characteristics do not appear to mediate the link between perceived hardship and neglect, although they suppress the link between employment and neglect. Results from this study provide information that is highly relevant to the approach and design of child maltreatment prevention and intervention strategies.

Child abuse · Child neglect · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Intervention (counseling) · Neglect · Poison control · Poverty · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology

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