The protective effect of neighborhood social cohesion in child abuse and neglect |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Social Work, Louisiana State University, 207 Huey P. Long Field House, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States;2. College of Social Work, Ohio State University, 325B Stillman Hall 1947 College Road, Columbus, OH 43035, United States;1. Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, 2040 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, United States;2. Columbia University School of Social Work, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, United States;3. Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th St., New York, NY 10027, United States |
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| Abstract: | Relations between parents within a neighborhood have the potential to provide a supportive environment for healthy and positive parenting. Neighborhood social cohesion, or the mutual trust and support among neighbors, is one process through which parenting may be improved. The current study investigates the association between neighborhood social cohesion and abuse and neglect, as well as specific types of abuse and neglect. The sample for the study is comprised of 896 parents in one urban Midwestern County in the United States. Participants were recruited from Women, Infants, and Children clinics. Negative binomial regression is used to examine the association between neighborhood social cohesion and child maltreatment behaviors, as measured by the Conflict Tactics Scale, Parent-to-Child Version (Straus et al., 1998). In this sample of families, neighborhood social cohesion is associated with child neglect, but not abuse. In examining the relationship with specific types of abuse and neglect, it was found that neighborhood social cohesion may have a protective role in some acts of neglect, such as meeting a child's basic needs, but not potentially more complex needs like parental substance abuse. |
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| Keywords: | Child abuse Child neglect Neighborhoods Protective factors Social cohesion |
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