Neglect, educational success, and young people in out-of-home care: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 75, Issue , 2018, Pages 115-129

  Tessier, Nicholas G ^a   O'Higgins, Aoife ^b   Flynn, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Children; Education; Maltreatment; Mental health; Neglect

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME; ACADEMIC SUCCESS; CHILD ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FOSTER CARE; FOSTER CHILD; ONTARIO; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, FOSTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 85020439547     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.06.005     Document Type: Article

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