Risk and protective factors for child neglect during early childhood: A cross-study comparison

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1354-1363

  Slack, Kristen Shook ^a   Berger, Lawrence M ^a   DuMont, Kimberly ^b   Yang, Mi Youn ^a   Kim, Bomi ^a   Ehrhard Dietzel, Susan ^c   Holl, Jane L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Bureau of Evaluation and Research   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child neglect; Maltreatment; Predictors; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957646408     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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