Child Physical Abuse and Self-Perceived Social Isolation among Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Elliott, Gregory C.; Cunningham, Susan M.; Linder, Meadow; Colangelo, Melissa; Gross, Michelle
Titel	Child Physical Abuse and Self-Perceived Social Isolation among Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20 (2005) 12, S.1663-1684 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260505281439
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Competence; Social Isolation; Child Abuse; Adolescents; Self Concept; Violence; Predictor Variables; Attachment Behavior; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Hispanic Americans; Whites; Parent Child Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kompetenz; Soziale Isolation; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Selbstkonzept; Gewalt; Prädiktor; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; White; Weißer; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	This research examines the connection between physical abuse and social isolation. Using data from the National Youth Survey, a measure of self-perceived social isolation was constructed indicating the extent to which respondents feel detached from their friends and from school. Those who had experienced violence were predicted to be more isolated than those who had not. Results strongly supported the hypothesis, controlling for theoretically relevant variables. Explanation is provided in terms of damage to attachment skills, social competence, and self-esteem concomitant to being a victim of abuse. Males were more socially isolated than females, and Hispanics more than Whites. Children with involved parents were less socially isolated; those whose parents experienced normlessness were more isolated. Children who recently experienced a stressful event or were from riskier neighborhoods were more isolated. The number of children in the family was positively related to isolation. Social isolation decreases between seventh and eighth grades. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10