The Role of Parental Distress in Moderating the Influence of Child Neglect on Maladjustment

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dc.contributor.authorBerzenski, S. R., Bennett, D. S., Marini, V. A., Sullivan, M. W., & Lewis, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-13T15:18:38Z
dc.date.available2017-03-13T15:18:38Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractDespite 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 children (33 with a documented child protective services history of neglect prior to age six), neglect predicted internalizing, and to a lesser extent externalizing, problems as rated by teachers at age seven. Parental distress moderated the relation between neglect and internalizing, but not externalizing, problems. Specifically, higher levels of neglect predicted more internalizing problems only among children of distressed parents. These findings indicate that parent-level variables are important to consider in evaluating the consequences of neglect, and point to the importance of considering contextual factors when identifying those children most at risk following neglect.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBerzenski, S. R., Bennett, D. S., Marini, V. A., Sullivan, M. W., & Lewis, M. (2014). The Role of Parental Distress in Moderating the Influence of Child Neglect on Maladjustment. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 23(8), 1325–1336.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4207063/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3257
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Child and Family Studiesen_US
dc.subjectneglecten_US
dc.subjectparental distressen_US
dc.subjectParental depressionen_US
dc.subjectparentingen_US
dc.subjectInternalizing problemsen_US
dc.titleThe Role of Parental Distress in Moderating the Influence of Child Neglect on Maladjustmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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