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… Intimate partner violence and immigration laws in Canada: How far have we come? 2009 … Cheryl Rishchynsk, Giselle International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, Volume 32, Issue 6, pp. 335-341. Intimate partner violence and immigration laws in Canada: How far have we come? This … This study examined the structural barriers that hinder immigrant and refugee women’s ability to exit abusive relationships. Research was gathered in Toronto using a purposive sampling strategy through two different methods: key informant interviews and focus groups.  Themes extrapolated from interviews and focus groups include: cultural practices prohibiting disclosure/reporting,…

… Receiving Child Welfare Services: Seeking to Understand How to Reduce Risk and Increase Protective Factors 2009 Authors Maiter, Sarah … Receiving Child Welfare Services: Seeking to Understand How to Reduce Risk and Increase Protective Factors The … The authors sought to better understand the impact of migration, the resources lost immigrating to Canada and the possible link to child welfare involvement.  An inductive qualitative approach was used to interview 20 participants of South Asian heritage in a large cosmopolitan city in Canada. Interviews included questions regarding family history, migration history, settlement history,…

… Child sexual abuse and adult romantic adjustment: comparison of single- and multiple-indicator measures 2009 Authors Godbout, … Volume 24, Issue 4, pp. 693-705. Child sexual abuse and adult romantic adjustment: comparison of single- and … Research indicates child sexual abuse (CSA) has long-term consequences that may affect future marital functioning. Some studies have used multiple indicators "to obtain detailed information about the nature and correlates of CSA"; while others "have employed single item indicators in an effort to...respect and protect participants' privacy and wellbeing" (p. 694). This study compared the…

… Universal child care, maternal labor supply, and family well-being 2008 Authors Baker, Michael Gruber, … pp. 709-740. Universal child care, maternal labor supply, and family well-being Changes to the labour force have … sample from The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY). Five waves of survey data from Québec … Changes to the labour force have correlated with an increase in the proportion of children requiring child care services. The majority of children receiving non-parental care in Canada are from families in which both parents are employed. In Canada, subsidies for child care typically vary according to family income; however, from 1997 to 2000 the province of Québec implemented a universally…

… Cognitive and Emotional Differences Between Abusive and Non-Abusive Fathers 2008 Authors Francis, Karen J. Wolfe, David 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.05.007 Cognitive and Emotional Differences Between Abusive and Non-Abusive … There is a need for greater understanding of the characteristics of abusive fathers and appropriate interventions as fathers perpetrate a substantial portion of child physical abuse in North America. The present study examined differences between abusive and non-abusive fathers on a broad range of demographic, cognitive, and affective factors Twenty-four abusive fathers, all with a record of…

… Trauma-Related Symptoms in Neglected Preschoolers and Affective Quality of Mother-Child Communication 2011 … 293–304. Trauma-Related Symptoms in Neglected Preschoolers and Affective Quality of Mother-Child Communication This … examined the relationship between neglect in childhood and the manifestation of trauma-related symptoms during the … This study examined the relationship between neglect in childhood and the manifestation of trauma-related symptoms during the preschool period. The final sample included 105 children, including 72 non-neglected children and 33 children who had experienced neglect, all of whom were from a Caucasian Francophone population living in Quebec. The neglected children were recruited from child protection…

… social stress in adolescents: Role of depression severity and child maltreatment 2011 Authors Harkness, Kate Stewart, … social stress in adolescents: Role of depression severity and child maltreatment This study examined the relationship … between child maltreatment, depression severity, and cortisol responding in adolescents. Cortisol is a … This study examined the relationship between child maltreatment, depression severity, and cortisol responding in adolescents. Cortisol is a hormone that has been implicated in depressive disorders. This study utilized a psychological challenge paradigm entitled the Trier Social Stress Test to examine cortisol responses (TSST; Kirschbaum et al., 1993). Participants included 71 individuals ages 12…

… in the association between parental psychological distress and psychosocial maladjustment in adolescence 2010 Authors … in the association between parental psychological distress and psychosocial maladjustment in adolescence This study … the association between parental psychological distress and adolescent maladjustment, examining adolescent … This study sought to examine the association between parental psychological distress and adolescent maladjustment, examining adolescent internalizing and externalizing disorders, substance use, and alcohol consumption. The authors then controlled for socioeconomic factors and tested the relevance of adolescent self-esteem, parental emotional support, and extra-familial support as mediators in the…

… The association between childhood physical abuse and heart disease in adulthood: Findings from a … 689-698. The association between childhood physical abuse and heart disease in adulthood: Findings from a … examining the relationship between childhood physical abuse and a variety of negative mental and physical health … The authors identify physical abuse in childhood as an important early life stressor. Although research has been conducted examining the relationship between childhood physical abuse and a variety of negative mental and physical health outcomes in adulthood, the relationship between childhood physical abuse and heart disease has not been studied extensively. This study used data from the 2005…

… Men's and women's childhood sexual abuse and victimization in adult partner relationships: A study of … Abuse & Neglect, Volume 33, Issue 9, pp. 638-647.  Men's and women's childhood sexual abuse and victimization in … This article examined childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and socio-demographic characteristics as risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV) through secondary data analyses of the 1999 Canadian General Social Survey on victimization. Data were collected using a random digit dial survey of households with telephones in Canada. For the purposes of the present analyses, only those Survey…