TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Interactions with community members and institutions: preventive pathways for child maltreatment
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Cao, Yiwen
A1  - Maguire-Jack, Kathryn
SP  - 111
EP  - 121
VL  - 62
IS  - 
N2  - Parents interact with their environment in important ways that may impact their ability to parent their children positively. The current study uses data from the age 3 wave of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study to investigate whether neighborhood processes and community participation relate to internal control, and whether these three variables are associated with child maltreatment behaviors. Using structural equation modeling, the direct and indirect effects of the environment (neighborhood disorder, social control, and social cohesion) and community participation on child maltreatment are tested. The mediating variable tested is internal control. The results show that neighborhood processes and community participation are associated with child neglect, physical child abuse, and psychological aggression but that these associations are driven through their effect on internal control.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.10.012
ID  - ref1
ER  -