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… The influence of risk factors, child maltreatment and timing on academic achievement and behavioral outcomes … 1 … en … The influence of risk factors, child maltreatment and timing on academic achievement and behavioral outcomes … The co-occurrence of child maltreatment with specific health, maternal, or social risks underlines the fact that young children who experience maltreatment often present with multiple risk experiences, which can compromise school achievement. This summary is a compilation of two studies; the first, article by Rouse, Fantuzzo and LeBoeuf (2011), examined the relationship between risk factors and…

… Childhood neglect, family and neighborhood poverty predicted poor life outcomes for adults … 1 … en … Childhood neglect, family and neighborhood poverty predicted poor life outcomes for … Neglect, family poverty, community poverty, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD), low academic achievement, and involvement in the criminal justice system are all factors that could contribute to poor quality of life.  These factors may occur in isolation, but for some people, these factors intersect and become symbiotic, making it difficult to isolate…

… effect of sexualized behavior on child maltreatment and delinquent behaviors … 1 … en … The mediating effect of sexualized behavior on child maltreatment and delinquent behaviors … The association between child maltreatment and juvenile delinquency has been well established. However, the underlying mechanisms linking this relationship are not well understood. The authors contended that “certain outcomes of child maltreatment (e.g., sexualized behaviors) are risk factors for juvenile delinquency”. Therefore, sexualized behaviors may be an important but often neglected factor…

… evaluation of a birth parent behavioural training program and foster care children’s well-being and placement stability … 1 … en … A formative stage … evaluation of a birth parent behavioural training program and foster care children’s well-being and placement stability … The current study examined the effect of a birth parent behavioural training program (Parent Management Training-Oregon or PMTO) on children’s well-being (measured by socio-emotional functioning, problem behaviours, and social skills) and placement stability in a foster care setting. Subjects were from a Midwestern state and involved in the private foster care system, through which they were…

… Child maltreatment and SES predicted higher incarceration rates among youth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent … 1 … en … Child maltreatment and SES … Youth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are vastly overrepresented in the youth criminal justice system in Australia.  This quantitative study seeks to identify factors that predict involvement with the Australian criminal justice system for youth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.A self-report survey was administered to pregnant mothers at an Australian…

… The influence of risk assessment and poverty on substantiation decisions for African American … welfare system … 1 … en … The influence of risk assessment and poverty on substantiation decisions for African American … African American children are highly overrepresented in the US child welfare system and have been so for at least thirty years. This overrepresentation of African American children in the system partly can be attributed to the disparities occurred along the child welfare pathway, from initial receipt of the report regarding the alleged maltreatment to the subsequent decisions on the case made by…

… Is the Attachment and Biobehavioural Catch-up (ABC) intervention effective … a child welfare population? … 1 … en … Is the Attachment and Biobehavioural Catch-up (ABC) intervention effective … Study Purpose and Intervention: Children involved with Child Protection Services (CPS) who have adverse early childhood experiences are at higher risk for poor regulation of behaviour, physiology, and affect.  Parents play a key role in helping their children adapt and develop regulatory capabilities. Many CPS-referred parents require assistance in learning supportive behaviours that promote…

… relationship between duration in poverty-related programs and number of child maltreatment reports … 1 … en … Should I … relationship between duration in poverty-related programs and number of child maltreatment reports … Poverty at the family level and at the neighborhood level have been identified as risk factors for child maltreatment. This study set out to examine the relationship between long term exposure to poverty and the cumulative maltreatment histories among children (birth to age 15) from a large Midwestern metropolitan area in the US.  The authors used two samples to examine the effect of years…

… Anxious and avoidant attachment styles determined as important mechanisms between child neglect and significant adolescent sexual risk behaviors … 1 … en … Anxious and avoidant attachment styles determined as important … The current study sought to examine mechanisms of the association between child maltreatment (CM; sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, and witnessing conjugal violence) and sexual risk behaviors (SRBs) in adolescents. More specifically, the authors used a representative sample of sexually active adolescents from Quebec public high schools to investigate the potential mediating role of…

… Family characteristics and caregiver risk factors at play for families chronically … screened-in for neglect … 1 … en … Family characteristics and caregiver risk factors at play for families chronically … This study focuses on chronic neglect cases in child protection services (CPS). Two main objectives were pursued: 1) to identify risk and protective factors related to chronic neglect cases, in contrast to neglect cases that are not chronic; 2) to explore the predictive capacity of a commonly used (in the United States) risk assessment tools regarding chronic neglect. In this study, chronic…