Citation

Scannapieco M, Connell-Carrick K. Subst. Use Misuse 2007; 42(10): 1545-1553.

Affiliation

Center for Child Welfare, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA. mscannapieco@uta.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10826080701212576

PMID

17918025

Abstract

Although an association exists among risk factors of age of child, substance use and child maltreatment, less is known about the differences between substance abusing families who maltreat their children and substance abusing families who do not maltreat their children. The relationship among substance use and maltreatment needs to be further explored to identify specific assessment techniques to discriminate between the two groups. The study findings, based upon case records analyzed in 2002, show there is a set of significant characteristics of families who have a history of substance use and who maltreat their infant and toddlers and those families who do not.

Language: en