TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1987//
TI  - Social suport and child maltreatment: a review of the evidence
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Seagull, Elizabeth A. W.
SP  - 41
EP  - 52
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
N2  - Parents who maltreat their children have long been thought to lack support from informal and social networks. Recent writers have taken the position that this relationship is a proven, causal one, with social isolation seen as a necessary antecedent condition for the occurrence of child abuse. Concurrently, initial enthusiasm for social support as a powerful explanatory variable in other areas of psychological and health research is giving, way to cautious reevaluation of the evidence. The present review was undertaken to bring into sharper focus what is now known regarding the relationship between child maltreatment and parental isolation from informal helping networks. Existing research is fraught with both conceptual and methodological problems. There is, at present, little research evidence that lack of social support plays a significant role in the etiology of physical abuse. Stronger evidence exists that neglectful parents are socially isolated, but the data are consistent with the hypothesis that this is one manifestation of the character problems of these parents. Future research must give closer attention to clearly defining social support and using reliable and valid instruments to measure it. while exploring multivariate models of child maltreatment. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Child Abuse & Neglect, 1987. Copyright © 1987 by Elsevier Science)  Child Abuse Causes Child Abuse Offender Child Neglect Causes Child Neglect Offender Child Physical Abuse Causes Child Physical Abuse Offender Domestic Violence Causes Domestic Violence Offender Social Isolation Social Support Networks Parent Offender Adult Offender Adult Parent Adult Violence <p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -