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Drury, Stacy S.; Theall, Katherine P.; Smyke, Anna T.; Keats, Bronya J. B.; Egger, Helen L.; Nelson, Charles A.; Fox, Nathan A.; Marshall, Peter J.; Zeanah, Charles H. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: To examine the impact of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) val[superscript 158]met allele on depressive symptoms in young children exposed to early severe social deprivation as a result of being raised in institutions. Methods: One hundred thirty six children from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP) were randomized…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Placement, Multivariate Analysis, Disadvantaged Environment
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Gracia, Enrique; Herrero, Juan – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objective: This study aimed to explore the relationship between perceived neighborhood social disorder and attitudes toward reporting child physical abuse. Method: Data from a national probabilistic sample (N = 9,759) were used. Responses about the perception of neighborhood social disorder, perceived frequency of child physical abuse in Spanish…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Child Abuse, Social Problems, Social Cognition
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Barnett, Douglas; And Others – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
This study examined the impact of child maltreatment and age on 76 school children living in poverty. Both maltreated and nonmaltreated children exhibited maladaptive motivational orientation toward academic work, suggesting that threats to scholastic functioning reside more within the ecology of poverty than in maltreatment. Age differences were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Child Abuse, Disadvantaged Environment
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Sidebotham, Peter; Heron, Jon – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Aim: To analyze the multiple factors affecting the risk of maltreatment in young children within a comprehensive theoretical framework. Methods: The research is based on a large UK cohort study, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Out of 14,256 children participating in the study, 293 were investigated by social services for…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Young Children, Foreign Countries, At Risk Persons
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Grietens, Hans; Geeraert, Liesl; Hellinckx, Walter – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objective: The aim was to construct and test the reliability (utility, internal consistency, interrater agreement) and the validity (internal validity, concurrent validity) of a scale for home visiting social nurses to identify risks of physical abuse and neglect in mothers with a newborn child. Method: A 71-item scale was constructed based on a…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Nurses, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
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Ornoy, Asher; And Others – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
Children born to heroin-dependent mothers (n=83) were compared to 76 children born to heroin-dependent fathers and to 3 control groups with and without environmental deprivation and health problems. Results found that developmental delays and behavioral disorders found among heroin-exposed children resulted primarily from severe environmental…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Behavior Problems, Biological Influences, Child Development