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Peer reviewedFergusson, David M.; Lynskey, Michael T. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1997
An eighteen-year longitudinal study of 1,265 New Zealand children examined the relationship between retrospective reports of physical punishment/maltreatment and rates of adjustment difficulties at age 18. Results found the children exposed to harsh or abusive treatment were at-risk for juvenile offending, substance abuse, and mental health…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Delinquency, Emotional Adjustment, Family Influence
Peer reviewedMylod, Deirdre E.; Whitman, Thomas L.; Borkowski, John G. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1997
Investigated relationships among prenatal maternal resources, perceptions about parenting, and children's temperament at 6 months, and adaptation of 90 adolescent mothers three years after the birth of their first child. Found that maternal resources uniquely predicted later maternal cognitive functioning, personal adjustment, and child abuse…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Abuse
