Predicting the unpredictable? Identifying high-risk versus low-risk parents with intellectual disabilities

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 699-710

  McGaw, Sue ^a   Scully, Tamara ^b   Pritchard, Colin ^c  

^a Truro ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b South Essex Partnership University/NHS Foundation Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Research and Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual disabilities; Multiple risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956484942     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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