Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ677935
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Cumulative Environmental Risk in Substance Abusing Women: Early Intervention, Parenting Stress, Child Abuse Potential and Child Development.
Kelley, Susan J.
Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, v27 n9 p993-95 Sep 2003
A study of 161 substance-abusing mothers assessed 10 maternal risk factors: maternal depression; domestic violence; nondomestic violence; family size; incarceration; no significant other at home; negative life events; psychiatric problems; homelessness; and drug use severity. Parenting stress and child abuse potential was higher for women with five or more factors. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Depression (Psychology), Environmental Influences, Family Characteristics, Family Violence, Homeless People, Infants, Life Events, Marital Status, Mental Disorders, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Predictor Variables, Stress Variables, Substance Abuse, Toddlers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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