Jane Winsor

TL;DR: Mental health outcomes of children who have witnessed violence in their social environment and/or have been physically abused are examined; victimization was a significant predictor of child aggression and depression; witnessed violence was found to be a significant predict of aggression, depression, anger, and anxiety.

TL;DR: Some predisposing risk factors measured soon after birth continue to be significant predictors of child maltreatment reports through the fourth year of life.

TL;DR: Understanding the consequences of maltreatment, including poor academic performance and adaptive functioning, is important in planning educational, health, and social service interventions that may help abused or neglected children succeed in school and later in life.

TL;DR: Regression modeling for the 4 most common disciplinary practices showed that black race, lack of Aid to Families With Dependent Children receipt, more-educated mothers, and female sex of child were associated with higher use of teaching or verbal assertion; a biological father in the home was associated with less use of limit setting; and black race and report for child maltreatment were associated for more use of mild spanking.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined a cohort of 734 mothers ages 12 to 42 selected from 1985 to 1987 for participation in a longitudinal investigation for any relationship between sexual abuse prior to age 18 and childbearing characteristics, including their age at the birth of their first child as well as parity.