Despite pervasive evidence of the harmful impact of neglect on children's adjustment, individual differences in adaptation persist. This study examines parental distress as a contextual factor that may moderate the relation between neglect and child adjustment, while considering the specificity of the relation between neglect and internalizing versus externalizing problems. In a sample of 66 ch...

OBJECTIVE A childhood history of abuse or neglect may be associated with elevated adult cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. No studies have examined associations between child abuse/neglect and subclinical CVD using a validated measure of abuse and neglect. We hypothesized that midlife women with a history of childhood abuse or neglect would have increased subclinical CVD beyond standard CVD ris...

The authors examine the day-care center in Nigeria as a potential locus for child abuse and neglect by reanalyzing the data from available studies which were originally designed to assess quality of care in centers and not child abuse or neglect. A slightly modified version of the categories of abuse and neglect, delineated by Giovannoni and Becerra, is employed. Preliminary results suggest tha...

BACKGROUND For health professionals who interact professionally with children, adequate awareness and training regarding the clinical indicators of child abuse and neglect, as well as subsequent reporting and procedures, are essential. OBJECTIVES To study Israeli health professionals experiences with identification and reporting of suspected cases of child abuse and neglect, and their perceiv...

Within the three decades since Henry Kempe first popularized the concept of "the battered child syndrome," much has been learned not only about physical abuse but also neglect and sexual abuse. More recently, physicians with an interest in child abuse have expanded their focus to include child death review and other prevention strategies. Despite the increasing specialization of child abuse eva...