Does Social Capital Protect Against the Adverse Behavioural Outcomes of Child Neglect?. (July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kotch, Jonathan B.; Smith, Jamie; Margolis, Benyamin; Black, Maureen M.; English, Diana; Thompson, Richard; Lee, Li‐Ching; Taneja, Gitanjali; Bangdiwala, Shrikant I.; Appleton, Jane V.; Sidebotham, Peter
• Is Part Of: Child abuse review. Volume 23:Number 4(2014:Jul./Aug.)
• Page Start: 246
• Page End: 261
• Publication Date: 2014-07
• Subjects: Child abuse -- Periodicals; Child abuse -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Abused children -- Services for -- Periodicals; Abused children -- Services for -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 362.76
• DOI: 10.1002/car.2345
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0952-9136

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="car2345-sec-0030" sec-type="section"> <p>LONGSCAN was a longitudinal study of the risks and consequences of child abuse and neglect conducted between 1992 and 2012 among five sites across the US. Interviews with mothers of at‐risk children began when the children were four years of age, and mothers and children from age six to age 18 years were interviewed every other year. Maltreatment reports were obtained from departments of social services, and subjects' self‐reported abuse was obtained at age 12. Generalised estimating equations were used to investigate the impact of informal social control, social cohesion and trust (SCT), and caregiver depression at ages 12, 14 and 16 years on externalising behaviours, smoking and alcohol use among 18‐year olds who had been neglected prior to age 12. In models controlling for child age and gender, maltreatment types other than neglect, maternal education and study site, SCT significantly reduced the impact of caregiver depression on externalising behaviour and alcohol use among the neglected children at age 18. This moderating effect was not seen among non‐neglected 18‐year‐old children. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.</p> </sec> <sec id="car2345-sec-0031" sec-type="section"> <title>Key Practitioner Messages:</title> <p> <list id="car2345-list-0001" list-type="bullet"> <list-item id="car2345-li-0001"> <p>Child neglect is a significant predictor of adolescent health risk behaviours.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="car2345-li-0002"> <p>Caregiver depression increases the risk of neglect and increases the adverse behavioural outcomes of neglect.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="car2345-li-0003"> <p>Among children neglected before age 12, in the presence of caregiver depression, SCT reduce externalising behaviours and alcohol use at age 18.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="car2345-li-0004"> <p>Identification and treatment of caregiver depression, along with supporting community cohesion and neighbourhood trust, can ameliorate some of the negative outcomes associated with child neglect.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> <boxed-text content-type="pullQuote" id="car2345-blk-0002" position="anchor" orientation="portrait"> <p>'Child neglect is a significant predictor of adolescent health risk behaviours'</p> </boxed-text> </sec> </abstract>