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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…

… Alberta - Statistics Child Maltreatment Investigations in Alberta, 2003 1 and 2008 2   2003 2008 Child population 752,005 775,175 … in Child Maltreatment Investigations in Alberta, 2003 1 and 2008 2   2003 Number 2003 Rate 2008 Number 2008 Rate No … Child Maltreatment Investigations in Alberta, 20031 and 20082 20032008Child population752,005775,175Number of child maltreatment investigations32,45327,147Incidence of child maltreatment investigations per 1000 children43.1635.02Type of Child Maltreatment Investigation in Alberta, 20082 NumberRate per 1,000 childrenMaltreatment Investigation22,76135.02Risk Investigation4,3865.66Type of…

… The role of parental stress, mother’s childhood abuse and perceived consequences of violence in predicting attitudes and attribution in favor of corporal punishment 2009 Authors Clément, Marie-Ève Chamberland, Claire Journal of Child & Family Studies, Volume 18, … We investigate maternal attitudes toward corporal punishment and the attribution of blame to the child on the basis of data gathered from a population survey of a representative sample of mothers and mother figures. A total of 3,148 women living at least half of the time with a child participated in a telephone survey. The independent variables included in the multivariate model predicting…

… for child sexual behavior problems: Practice elements and outcomes 2008 Authors St. Amand, Annick Bard, David E. …  The researchers used a mixed linear model meta-analysis to review 11 treatment outcome studies exploring the … were less than optimal, possibly introducing bias into the review. Generalizing these results to all future SBP trials … This study, conducted by researchers at Laval University in Quebec and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Centre in Oklahoma, looked at the outcomes of treatments given to Canadian and American children between the ages of 3 and 12 with sexual behaviour problems (SBP). This study represents the only known attempt to examine the impact of sexual behaviour problems at the level of practice…

This study aimed to examine the influence of kinship care on behavioral problems after 18 and 36 months of out-of-home care. The data were taken from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), a nationally representative survey of American children investigated for child maltreatment. Of the 5,501 children who were included in the main sample, this study restricted its sample…

… Secondary Analysis of Data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study: Paternal and Household Characteristics Associated with Neglect and Child Protective Services Involvement … 1 … en … … There exists a demonstrated gap in the literature investigating paternal characteristics associated with child neglect or Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement. This article attempts to address this dearth in research by performing secondary analyses of a subsample of the community-based Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study (FFCWS), which follows a cohort of nearly 5,000 children…

… Parental cognitive impairment and child maltreatment in Canada 2011 Authors McConnell, … Maurice Aunos, Marjorie Prasad, Narasimha Child Abuse and Neglect Parental cognitive impairment and child … of sampled cases that were opened for child maltreatment investigation in Canada in 2003.  Logistic regression … Extant literature lacks research on prevalence and outcomes for children of parents with cognitive impairments who are involved with the child welfare system.  This study is a secondary analysis of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) 2003 data, which has been utilized to explore the relationship between caregiver cognitive impairment and case outcomes.…

… 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…

… A new look at kinship foster family types and its association with placement stability … 1 … en … A new look at kinship foster family types and its association with placement stability … This study aimed to examine kinship placement among four different types of kinship families -- empty-nest grandparents, parenting grandparents, collateral kin with some children, and parenting collateral kin (Zinn, 2010). The author argued that biologically based ties are stronger and more efficacious than those that are not, leading to caregivers providing for the needs of the children before…

… Prevalence and predictors of dating violence among adolescent female … Violence, Volume 21, Issue 8, pp. 1000-1017 Prevalence and predictors of dating violence among adolescent female … this study was to (a) describe the amount of psychological and physical dating violence experienced by a sample of … The purpose of this study was to (a) describe the amount of psychological and physical dating violence experienced by a sample of adolescents who were sexually abused as children and the reciprocity of the violence; and (b) to investigate the specific contribution of certain child sexual abuse characteristics as risk markers for interpartner abuse. Participants were female (n=126) adolescent…