The Relative Influence of Family and Neighborhood Factors on Child Maltreatment at Critical Stages of Child Development
This study examines the impact of family and neighborhood factors on physical and psychological abuse across three developmental stages of children: early childhood (age 3), young school age (age 5), and middle childhood (age 9). Data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudin...
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| author | Kathryn Maguire-Jack Susan Yoon Yujeong Chang Sunghyun Hong |
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| description | This study examines the impact of family and neighborhood factors on physical and psychological abuse across three developmental stages of children: early childhood (age 3), young school age (age 5), and middle childhood (age 9). Data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal national cohort study of children from 20 urban U.S. cities, are used. Path analysis is employed to investigate the longitudinal relationships between family and neighborhood context variables and abuse risk, as well as the importance of different factors at key developmental stages. Economic hardship, maternal substance use, intimate partner violence, and exposure to community violence are found to be related to child abuse risk regardless of developmental stage, while maternal depression and neighborhood informal social control are found to have impacts only within certain child development stages. Findings suggest the need for early intervention and prevention strategies that specifically target economic hardship, poverty, intimate partner violence, and exposure to community violence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-78d5bd0a30c84298be89af53cb0d30a72023-11-23T19:18:31ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-01-019216310.3390/children9020163The Relative Influence of Family and Neighborhood Factors on Child Maltreatment at Critical Stages of Child DevelopmentKathryn Maguire-Jack0Susan Yoon1Yujeong Chang2Sunghyun Hong3School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USACollege of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USASchool of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USASchool of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAThis study examines the impact of family and neighborhood factors on physical and psychological abuse across three developmental stages of children: early childhood (age 3), young school age (age 5), and middle childhood (age 9). Data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal national cohort study of children from 20 urban U.S. cities, are used. Path analysis is employed to investigate the longitudinal relationships between family and neighborhood context variables and abuse risk, as well as the importance of different factors at key developmental stages. Economic hardship, maternal substance use, intimate partner violence, and exposure to community violence are found to be related to child abuse risk regardless of developmental stage, while maternal depression and neighborhood informal social control are found to have impacts only within certain child development stages. Findings suggest the need for early intervention and prevention strategies that specifically target economic hardship, poverty, intimate partner violence, and exposure to community violence.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/163child maltreatmentpath analysisneighborhoodsfamiliesrisk and protective factors |
| spellingShingle | Kathryn Maguire-Jack Susan Yoon Yujeong Chang Sunghyun Hong The Relative Influence of Family and Neighborhood Factors on Child Maltreatment at Critical Stages of Child Development Children child maltreatment path analysis neighborhoods families risk and protective factors |
| title | The Relative Influence of Family and Neighborhood Factors on Child Maltreatment at Critical Stages of Child Development |
| title_full | The Relative Influence of Family and Neighborhood Factors on Child Maltreatment at Critical Stages of Child Development |
| title_fullStr | The Relative Influence of Family and Neighborhood Factors on Child Maltreatment at Critical Stages of Child Development |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relative Influence of Family and Neighborhood Factors on Child Maltreatment at Critical Stages of Child Development |
| title_short | The Relative Influence of Family and Neighborhood Factors on Child Maltreatment at Critical Stages of Child Development |
| title_sort | relative influence of family and neighborhood factors on child maltreatment at critical stages of child development |
| topic | child maltreatment path analysis neighborhoods families risk and protective factors |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/163 |
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