Not exact matches
«Our findings clearly support the contention that
child or adolescent
maltreatment specifically is an important
risk factor
for maladaptive functioning in young adulthood
among women with childhood ADHD, particularly with respect to depression, anxiety, and suicidal behavior,» Guendelman said.
The effect of the nurses and paraprofessionals on responsive mother -
child interaction indicates that the program was operating as intended in helping parents provide more sensitive and responsive care
for their
children, which is thought to promote secure attachment and healthy emotional and behavioral development.49 The reductions in subsequent pregnancies and increases in interpregnancy intervals are particularly important as short interpregnancy intervals increase the
risk of
child maltreatment (including infant homicide
among teen parents) 50 and compromise families» economic self - sufficiency.51
Indeed, Jay Belsky incorporated all of these
risk factors into his process model of parenting, 11 and data from multiple studies support links to
child well - being.12 In an experiment on the effectiveness of a program
for low - birth - weight infants, Lawrence Berger and Jeanne Brooks - Gunn examined the relative effect of both socioeconomic status and parenting on
child abuse and neglect (as measured by ratings of health providers who saw
children in the treatment and control groups six times over the first three years of life, not by review of administrative data) and found that both factors contributed significantly and uniquely to the likelihood that a family was perceived to engage in some form of
child maltreatment.13 The link between parenting behaviors and
child maltreatment suggests that interventions that promote positive parenting behaviors would also contribute to lower rates of
child maltreatment among families served.
Effects of an evidence - based parenting program on biobehavioral stress
among at -
risk mothers
for child maltreatment: A pilot study.