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Garbarino, James – Child Development, 1976
This study explores the ecological correlates of child abuse and maltreatment using a model which focuses on the degree to which mothers are given support for the parent function. (BRT)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Demography, Environmental Influences, Models

Garbarino, James; Crouter, Ann – Child Development, 1978
Presents the results of studies designed to illustrate the use of child maltreatment report data as social indicators of the quality of life for families. Focuses on the reported incidence of child abuse and neglect at two levels of neighborhood analysis within a single metropolitan county. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Support, Demography, Family Environment

Garbarino, James; Sherman, Deborah – Child Development, 1980
Identifies the socioeconomic, demographic, and attitudinal correlates of neighborhood differences in the rate of child abuse and neglect, by comparing families in a high risk and a low risk neighborhood matched for socioeconomic level. (CM)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Influence, Comparative Analysis

Crittenden, Patricia M. – Child Development, 1985
Three hypotheses were investigated among 121 maltreating and adequate mother/child dyads: that (1) there would be qualitative differences in the supportiveness of mothers' networks; (2) differences would be related to differences in child attachment to mother; and (3) differences in mothers' approaches to relationships might have influenced their…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Child Rearing