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Peer reviewedGarbarino, James; Sherman, Deborah – Child Development, 1980
Identifies the socioeconomic, demographic, and attitudinal correlates of neighborhood differences in the rate of child abuse and neglect, by comparing families in a high risk and a low risk neighborhood matched for socioeconomic level. (CM)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Influence, Comparative Analysis
Garbarino, James; And Others – 1978
The "social maps" of 89 youngsters as they made the transition from sixth to eighth grades (elementary to junior high school) were explored. Data were gathered through interviews with the youngsters in sixth and again in eighth grade. Subjects' mothers were also interviewed at both times. Interviews focused on the child's social network as…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Influence, Developmental Psychology, Friendship
Peer reviewedGarbarino, James; Kostelny, Kathleen – Child Development, 1996
Interviewed 150 Palestinian mothers and their children living amidst the Intifada uprising in what was then the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Found that the number of risks present in a child's life was significantly correlated with the number of behavioral problems the child exhibited. Under conditions of high accumulated risk, boys evidenced more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems
