Do the Long-Term Consequences of Neglect Differ for Children of Different Races and Ethnic Backgrounds?

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-55

  Widom, Cathy Spatz ^a   Czaja, Sally ^a   Wilson, Helen W ^b   Allwood, Maureen ^a   Chauhan, Preeti ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnic minority populations; long term effects; longitudinal research; neglect

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RACE; STATISTICS;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84875068363     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559512460728     Document Type: Article

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