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Jones, Melissa S.; Pierce, Hayley; Chapple, Constance L. – Youth & Society, 2022
Though considerable research links both a lack of self-control and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to a variety of negative health and behavioral outcomes, few studies to date have explored whether ACEs are associated with deficits in self-control. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCW; n = 3,444) and a life…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Trauma, Self Control, Longitudinal Studies
Valentino, Kristin; Cummings, E. Mark; Borkowski, John; Hibel, Leah C.; Lefever, Jennifer; Lawson, Monica – Developmental Psychology, 2019
The current investigation reports the results of a randomized controlled trial of a brief, relational intervention for maltreated preschool-aged children and their mothers, called Reminiscing and Emotion Training (RET). RET facilitates elaborative and emotionally supportive parent-child communication, which is an essential component of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Emotional Development, Preschool Children
Huse, Christina Scrivner – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In a world where children are likely to experience early-life trauma, relationships matter, and trust is a key in forming healthy working relationships. Intentionally teaching adults and teachers how to evoke calmness in ourselves and breathe to handle negative situations, trusted educators can then teach children to do the same. It is important…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Kindergarten, Young Children, Resilience (Psychology)
Thompson, Elizabeth; Kaufman, Joan – Abell Foundation, 2019
Traditionally defined, Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, include experiences of child maltreatment and other family problems such as domestic violence and parental incarceration. These ACEs are common, frequently co-occur, and are associated with a whole host of negative social outcomes, health risk behaviors, psychiatric and substance use…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Educational Policy, Children
Thompson, Ronald W.; Koley, Sarah – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2014
Boys Town has created a program called In-Home Family Services to deliver help to families in stress. In-home family intervention programs have become widely used to help more families who are at risk and experiencing difficulties with a wide range of problems including domestic violence, child behavior problems, parent-child and family…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Family Problems, Intervention, Stress Management
Sparks, Sarah D. – Education Week, 2013
Poverty, neglect, or family stress can make it especially difficult for young children to develop the self-discipline and habits of mind they will need to succeed in the classroom and beyond. Armed with research and a commitment to the whole child, Washington state has transformed the way its agencies work together and in partnership with…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Stress Variables, Family Problems, Poverty
Fullar, Suzanne A. – Zero to Three, 2008
Medically fragile infants, those born prematurely or with other complex medical or genetic problems, are at risk of long-term health and developmental problems. When a medically fragile infant comes home to a family with significant social problems such as domestic violence, mental illness, or substance abuse, the infant is at double jeopardy--at…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Infants
Havnen, Karen Skaale; Jakobsen, Reidar; Stormark, Kjell Morten – Child Care in Practice, 2009
The main aim of this article is to explore the association between mental health problems in children placed out-of-home and family risk factors reported as reasons for placement. The sample consisted of 109 Norwegian children aged 6-12 years. Mental health problems were assessed by the Revised Rutter scales reported by the parents and the…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Mental Health, Children
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Polansky, Norman A.; And Others – American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1979
Forty-six neglect families were compared to 79 control families in terms of social isolation. (CL)
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Exceptional Child Research, Family Problems, Social Isolation
Giarretto, Henry – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1982
The Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Program (CSATP) of Santa Clara, California, uses professionals from the community, volunteers, and self-help groups of parents and children to provide treatment with a humanistic attitude. A case study illustrates CSATP treatment for father-daughter incest. Effects of father, mother, daughter, and family are…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Programs, Family Problems
Smith, Bert Kruger – Academic Therapy, 1988
A teacher's personal account of a fifth-grade child suffering from parental neglect due to the family pressures of a handicapped sibling illustrates the varieties of child neglect and the stresses sometimes imposed on siblings of children with disabilities. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Family Problems
Heath, Kathleen C.; Irvine, Donald W. – 1988
The problem of child sexual abuse has gained an increasing amount of national attention in the past decade. Intra-familial sexual relations, incest, appears to be the predominant form of child sexual abuse. Seventy to 80 percent of sexual abuse occurs with affinity systems--families, relatives, friends, and neighbors. Child sexual abuse has been…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Children, Counseling
Cohen, Frederick S.; Densen-Gerber, Judianne – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1982
A questionnaire on family intactness, parental and sibling relationships, and personal physical/sexual abuse histories was completed by 178 adults in treatment for drug/alcohol addiction. Results revealed that 84 percent of the sample reported a history of child abuse/neglect. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Drug Addiction
Boxer, Gary H.; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1988
The study examined the extent to which child neglect and family dysfunction have contributed to the need for hospitalization of asthmatic children. Using a measure of global functioning, psychologic morbidity is associated with medical neglect. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Asthma, Child Neglect, Family Problems, Hospitalized Children
Astoiants, M. S. – Russian Education and Society, 2007
This article attempts to enter the world of orphaned children by describing how their daily activities are organized in a social rehabilitation center for minor children, called Center N in this article. The article was based on materials of a study that resulted from participant observation between 1995 and 2002, reflecting a few aspects of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participant Observation, Childhood Needs, Interpersonal Relationship