Neighborhood Poverty, Family Economic Well-Being, and Child Maltreatment.
J Interpers Violence
; 38(5-6): 4814-4831, 2023 03.
Article
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| ID: mdl-36062823
ABSTRACT
This study sought to understand the relationships between neighborhood poverty, family monetary well-being, and child maltreatment. The specific research questions were as follows (1) Is neighborhood poverty at age 1 related to child physical abuse, psychological abuse, and neglect at age 5? (2) Are these relationships mediated by family monetary well-being? The study relied on data from three waves (child ages 1, 3, and 5) of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal birth-cohort study of 4,898 children from 20 large U.S. cities. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine mediational effects. The study found a lasting impact of neighborhood poverty on child neglect only, and this relationship was fully mediated by family monetary well-being. There was not a significant longitudinal relationship between neighborhood poverty and physical abuse or psychological abuse. Implications from the study suggest that neighborhood disadvantage impacts a families' economic well-being, and that individual-level economic supports may interrupt the pathway from neighborhood poverty to child neglect.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Child Abuse
Type of study:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
Language:
En
Journal:
J Interpers Violence
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States