The Great Recession and risk for child abuse and neglect
The Great Recession and risk for child abuse and neglect
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DOI：
10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.10.016
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
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作者：
Schneider, William;Waldfogel, Jane;Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
本文考察了大衰退与母亲虐待和忽视儿童风险的四个指标之间的关系：(1)母亲的身体攻击；(2)母亲的心理攻击；(3)母亲的身体忽视；(4)母亲的监督/暴露忽视。它利用了来自脆弱家庭和儿童福祉研究的丰富的纵向数据，这是一项针对美国20个城市家庭的纵向出生队列研究(N=3177；50%非裔美国人，25%西班牙裔；22%非西班牙裔白人；3%其他)。这项研究收集了大衰退(2007-2010)之前、期间和之后9年的跟踪调查信息。采访日期与大衰退的两项宏观经济指标有关：全国消费者信心指数和当地失业率。还包括广泛的社会人口控制，以及城市固定影响和先前养育子女的控制。结果表明，大衰退与虐待儿童的风险增加有关，但与忽视儿童的风险降低有关。有社会父亲在场的家庭可能受到特别不利的影响。结果还表明，大衰退期间的经济不确定性--以消费者情绪指数和失业率衡量--对滥用或忽视的风险有直接影响，而不是通过个人层面的经济困难或精神健康状况不佳的措施来调节。(C)2016爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
This paper examines the association between the Great Recession and four measures of the risk for maternal child abuse and neglect: (1) maternal physical aggression; (2) maternal psychological aggression; (3) physical neglect by mothers; and (4) supervisory/exposure neglect by mothers. It draws on rich longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal birth cohort study of families in 20 U.S. cities (N = 3177; 50% African American, 25% Hispanic; 22% non-Hispanic white; 3% other). The study collected information for the 9 year follow-up survey before, during, and after the Great Recession (2007-2010). Interview dates were linked to two macroeconomic measures of the Great Recession: the national Consumer Sentiment Index and the local unemployment rate. Also included are a wide range of socio-demographic controls, as well as city fixed effects and controls for prior parenting. Results indicate that the Great Recession was associated with increased risk of child abuse but decreased risk of child neglect. Households with social fathers present may have been particularly adversely affected. Results also indicate that economic uncertainty during the Great Recession, as measured by the Consumer Sentiment Index and the unemployment rate, had direct effects on the risk of abuse or neglect, which were not mediated by individual-level measures of economic hardship or poor mental health. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.