Child Maltreatment: Testing the Social Isolation Hypothesis.

Coohey, Carol

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ERIC Number: EJ521537

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Child Maltreatment: Testing the Social Isolation Hypothesis.

Coohey, Carol

Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, v20 n3 p241-54 Mar 1996

This paper examines the construct of social isolation in child maltreatment and reports on a study comparing 300 maltreating and nonmaltreating low-income mothers. Considerable variation was found between the two groups' structural network properties, perception of support, and types of resources received. However, maltreating mothers were not truly socially isolated. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Child Abuse, Etiology, Family Environment, Influences, Low Income Groups, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Social Isolation, Social Networks, Social Support Groups

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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