The moderating effect of relationships on intergenerational risk for infant neglect by young mothers

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-34

  Bartlett, Jessica Dym ^a   Easterbrooks, M Ann ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Infant neglect; Intergenerational transmission; Prevention; Protective factors; Relationships; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NEGLECT; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISPANIC; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930823697     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.02.018     Document Type: Article

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