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The Role of Parental Distress in Moderating the Influence of Child Neglect on Maladjustment
Journal of child and family studies, v 23(8), pp 1325-1336
01 Nov 2014
PMID: 25346589
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Abstract
Despite pervasive evidence of the harmful impact of neglect on children's adjustment, individual differences in adaptation persist. This study examines parental distress as a contextual factor that may moderate the relation between neglect and child adjustment, while considering the specificity of the relation between neglect and internalizing versus externalizing problems. In a sample of 66 children (33 with a documented child protective services history of neglect prior to age six), neglect predicted internalizing, and to a lesser extent externalizing, problems as rated by teachers at age seven. Parental distress moderated the relation between neglect and internalizing, but not externalizing, problems. Specifically, higher levels of neglect predicted more internalizing problems only among children of distressed parents. These findings indicate that parent-level variables are important to consider in evaluating the consequences of neglect, and point to the importance of considering contextual factors when identifying those children most at risk following neglect.
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- Title
- The Role of Parental Distress in Moderating the Influence of Child Neglect on Maladjustment
- Creators
- Sara R. Berzenski - University of California, RiversideDavid S. Bennett - Drexel UniversityVictoria A. Marini - University of VermontMargaret Wolan Sullivan - Rutgers School of NursingMichael Lewis - Johnson University
- Publication Details
- Journal of child and family studies, v 23(8), pp 1325-1336
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- F31MH092060 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01 MH064473; F31 MH092060 / NIMH NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000343219000002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84916882018
- Other Identifier
- 991019168895704721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Family Studies
- Psychiatry
- Psychology, Developmental