@article{ref1,
title="Stress, social support, and substantiated maltreatment in the second and third years of life",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="1997",
author="Kotch, Jonathan B. and Browne, Dorothy C. and Ringwalt, Christopher L. and Dufort, V. and Ruina, E. and Stewart, P. W. and Jung, J. W.",
volume="21",
number="11",
pages="1025-1037",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research was to determine whether risk factors for a maltreatment report in the first year of life, especially the interaction of life event stress and social support, persist into the second and third years of life. METHOD: Predominantly low income mothers who had been interviewed shortly after the birth of infants in a longitudinal cohort were re-interviewed around the infants' first birthdays, and reports to North Carolina's Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect were tracked for substantiated maltreatment reports. RESULTS: Variables significantly associated with a substantiated maltreatment report in the second or third year of life (p < .01) were first year maltreatment reports and participation in Medicaid. Three interactions between a stressful life event indicator variable and a social support indicator variable were significant predictors of substantiated second or third year reports (p < .05). CONCLUSIONS: Even in the presence of significant risk factors from the first year of life, life event stress can increase the risk of a substantiated maltreatment report in the second or third years of life, but social support may moderate the effect of life events.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}