Child Abuse Potential among Mothers of Substance-Exposed and Nonexposed Infants and Toddlers

Autor/inn/en	Hogan, Tina M. Smarsh; Myers, Barbara J.; Elswick, R. K., Jr.
Titel	Child Abuse Potential among Mothers of Substance-Exposed and Nonexposed Infants and Toddlers
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 30 (2006) 2, S.145-156 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.10.007
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; Mothers; Infants; Toddlers; Longitudinal Studies; Substance Abuse; At Risk Persons; Low Income Groups; Parent Child Relationship; Drug Education; Child Abuse Potential Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Mother; Mutter; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Risikogruppe; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Drogenarbeit
Abstract	Objective: The purpose of this longitudinal study was to determine whether there were differences in child abuse potential among mothers who were nonusers, drug users who accepted treatment, and drug users who rejected offers of treatment, over the first 2 years of their children's lives. Method: Participants were mothers of 140 infants, classified into Nonuser (n=48), Treatment (n=72), or Refuser (n=20) groups. The Child Abuse Potential (CAP) Inventory [Milner, J. S. 1980. "The Child Abuse Potential Inventory: Manual." Webster, NC: Psytec Corporation] was administered when infants were 4, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months. Results: Results of mixed-model analyses of variances showed no group differences on CAP Inventory abuse scale scores. There were significant group differences in lie scale scores on the CAP Inventory, such that lie scale scores for the Nonuser group were significantly higher than lie scale scores for the Treatment group. Conclusions: Overall, results support the position that low-income women with many risk factors in their lives are at high risk for potential child abuse, but that their drug use status and drug treatment status does not differentiate them from their nonuser peers from a similar social and demographic background. (Author).
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