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Citation |
Watters J, White G, Parry R, Caplan PJ, Bates R. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 1986; 18(4): 449-459. |
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(Copyright © 1986, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing) |
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Abstract |
Compared data from the child welfare and the hospital files for each of 422 children identified from a hospital list as abused. The children fell into 4 categories: 62 (mean age 2.1 yrs) who were neglected, 243 (mean age 5.2 yrs) who were abused, 83 who were abused and neglected, and 34 for whom evidence of abuse or neglect was not established. Significant differences were found between the families who abused their children and those who neglected them, including differences in maternal age and socioeconomic status (SES). Abuse was more prevalent in children who had been previously separated from their parents, while children of teenaged mothers were most likely to be neglected. Data relating to the difficulties in decision making support the notion that interdisciplinary community teams might have much to offer in the development of more stringent guides for determining the nature of mistreatment and the probability of further risk to the child. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) |