High Risk Infants and Child Maltreatment: Conceptual and Research Model for Determining Factors Predictive of Child Maltreatment.

Browne, Dorothy Howze

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Publication Date: 1988

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High Risk Infants and Child Maltreatment: Conceptual and Research Model for Determining Factors Predictive of Child Maltreatment.

Browne, Dorothy Howze

Early Child Development and Care, v31 n1-4 p43-53 Feb 1988

Presents a conceptual framework and research model for examining the confluence of factors predictive of child maltreatment. The framework consists of an ecological approach which posits child maltreatment as a function of individual, family, social and cultural factors. Hybrid observational cohort-case/control design is the proposed research model. (BB)

Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Cultural Influences, Family Influence, High Risk Persons, Individual Characteristics, Infants, Predictor Variables, Research Design, Research Proposals, Social Influences, Social Networks

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Language: English

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