Effects of child abuse and neglect: does social capital really matter?
| Autor: | Jonathan B. Kotch, Li Ching Lee, Gitanjali Saluja |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Child abuse
Male medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Anxiety Social Environment Sampling Studies Developmental psychology Neglect Social support Sex Factors Outcome Assessment Health Care medicine Humans Child Abuse Psychiatry Child Behavior Checklist Child media_common Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Aggression business.industry Depression Data Collection Social environment Public Assistance Unit of analysis United States Caregivers Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom business Social capital Maternal Age |
| Zdroj: | Archives of pediatricsadolescent medicine. 157(7) |
| ISSN: | 1072-4710 |
| Popis: | Objective To explore whether social capital and social support moderate the relationship between child maltreatment and emotional and behavioral outcomes such as depression-anxiety and aggression in 6-year-old children. Design Data from Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect were used. Data were collected through interviews and questionnaires at the child's birth and at the age of 6 years. Setting General community. Participants Two hundred fifteen maternal caregivers of children at high risk for child abuse and neglect were included in this study. Main Outcome Measures Depression-anxiety and aggression were measured through the Child Behavior Checklist. Results Among 5 potential effect modifiers (3 social capital constructs and 2 measures of social support), only 1 (instrumental support) significantly modified the relationship between maltreatment and child aggression. Conclusions Social capital did not modify the relationship between child maltreatment and either aggression or depression-anxiety. This might be related to the fact that many previous studies looked at social capital ecologically, whereas this study uses individuals as the unit of analysis. The results of this study might also indicate that previous studies of social capital and health outcomes might actually be using social capital as a proxy for social support. |
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