Child Maltreatment, Problem Behaviors, and Neighborhood Attainment

Chauhan, Preeti; Schuck, Amie M.; Widom, Cathy Spatz

doi:10.1002/ajcp.12203

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“…Parental history of being maltreated as a child increases the chances that offspring will be the subject of a child maltreatment report (Bartlett, Kotake, Fauth, & Easterbrooks, 2016; Berlin, Appleyard, & Dodge, 2011), but the role of neighborhoods in this transmission has not typically been evaluated. However, a follow-up study of adults who were maltreated in childhood showed them to be at higher risk than matched controls of living in distressed neighborhoods (Chauhan, Schuck, & Widom, 2017). It would be important for future research to investigate whether maltreated parents’ adverse selection into disadvantaged neighborhoods accounts for some of the geographic patterns of child maltreatment.…”

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Understanding trends in neighborhood child maltreatment rates: A three-wave panel study 1990–2010

Coulton

Richter

Korbin

et al. 2018

Child Abuse & Neglect

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This study examines how changes in the social and economic structure of neighborhoods relate to changes in child maltreatment report rates over an extended period. The panel study design allows us to partition the changes in child maltreatment report rates into a portion associated with how the levels of socio-economic risk factors have changed over time, and a portion related to how the relative importance of those factors in explaining maltreatment report rates has changed over time. Through the application of fixed effects panel models, the analysis is also able to control for unmeasured time-invariant characteristics of neighborhoods that may be a source of bias in cross-sectional studies. The study finds that increases in vacant housing, single parent families and unemployment rates are strongly associated with increases in child maltreatment report rates. Changes in racial/ethnic composition did not produce changes in maltreatment report rates except when they reached extreme levels of segregation. Although poverty rates were predictive of cross-sectional variation in child maltreatment, increases in neighborhood poverty became less associated with increases in child maltreatment report rates over time.

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Understanding trends in neighborhood child maltreatment rates: A three-wave panel study 1990–2010

Coulton

Richter

Korbin

et al. 2018

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…If individuals with histories of neglect focus their efforts on meeting basic needs, this may come at the expense of finishing high school, getting a college degree, or finding adequate employment. There is some support for this proposition in the research that has linked childhood maltreatment to lower levels of academic achievement, unstable employment, and residence in neighborhoods in adulthood with more economic disadvantage [35,36].…”

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The roles of housing, financial, and food insecurities in understanding the relationship between childhood neglect and violence in adulthood

Schuck

Widom

2021

PLoS ONE

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The aim of this study is to determine whether basic housing, financial, and food insecurities in part explain the relationship between childhood neglect and violence as documented in the “cycle of violence” literature. Using a prospective cohort design, neglected children (under the age of 12) with court substantiated histories (1967–1971) in one metropolitan Midwest area and demographically matched non-neglected children were followed into adulthood. Housing, financial, and food insecurities were assessed in 2003–2005 interviews at mean age 41. Official arrest data were used to measure violence ever and from 2003 through 2013. Mediation was tested using probit structural equation modeling. Controlling for age, sex, and race, childhood neglect predicted violent arrests and housing, financial, and food insecurities in middle adulthood. Housing and financial securities predicted violent arrests ever and after 2003, whereas food insecurity only predicted any violent arrest ever. Housing and financial insecurities partially mediated the relationship between childhood neglect and violent criminal behavior. Greater attention and efforts need to focus on providing basic housing, financial, and food support for neglected children to reduce their risk for violent criminal behavior.

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“…Future research needs to examine other explanations for these relationships. Lower levels of academic achievement [53] and economic productivity [2], elevated psychopathology [43,46,54], higher levels of crime [55] and risk behaviors among maltreated children in adolescence and young adulthood may put them at risk for residence in worse neighborhoods [8] and result in higher levels of lead in their homes and apartments. Prior research has found that adults with histories of childhood maltreatment are at higher risk for poor health outcomes [3,6,[56][57][58], including cardiovascular, endocrine and pulmonary systems, compared to demographically matched adults without such histories.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Child maltreatment represents a major public health problem in the United States and abroad, with lasting impacts on health, social, and economic functioning [2][3][4][5][6]. Childhood maltreatment has been linked to increased risk of living in neighborhoods with less desirable characteristics [7,8] and higher levels of economic disadvantage [9][10][11].…”

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Childhood maltreatment and lead levels in middle adulthood: A prospective examination of the roles of individual socio-economic and neighborhood characteristics

Carpi

Nikulina

et al. 2020

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Background Lead is a common environmental hazard because of its past use as an additive to gasoline and household paint. Some evidence suggests that children with histories of child abuse and neglect are at elevated risk for residence in communities and households with less desirable characteristics and high levels of exposure to environmental hazards and toxins. Objectives To understand whether childhood maltreatment leads to higher levels of household dust lead and blood lead in adulthood and the extent to which characteristics of a person’s physical environment or individual level socio-economic status (SES) (based on unemployment, poverty, and receipt of public assistance) contribute to understanding the relationship. Methods A large prospective cohort design study in which abused and neglected children (ages 0–11) were matched with non-maltreated children and assessed in adulthood. Objective and subjective neighborhood characteristics were assessed at approximate age 40 and household dust lead (cleaned and less often cleaned) and blood lead levels were measured at age 41. Blood was collected through venipuncture by a registered nurse as part of a medical status exam. Results Childhood maltreatment predicted higher levels of dust lead in less often cleaned household places, residence in worse neighborhoods defined by objective (census tract data) and subjective (reports of physical disorder and lack of social cohesion and control), and higher levels of poverty, receiving public assistance, and unemployment. Only objective neighborhood characteristics mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and dust lead level in adulthood. There were also significant paths from objective neighborhood disadvantage and individual level SES to higher levels of blood lead. Discussion Thirty years after their childhood experiences, individuals with documented histories of childhood maltreatment are at higher risk for living in environments as adults with elevated lead levels that may impact other aspects of their lives and compromise their health.

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Child Maltreatment, Problem Behaviors, and Neighborhood Attainment

Cited by 8 publications

References 79 publications

Understanding trends in neighborhood child maltreatment rates: A three-wave panel study 1990–2010

Understanding trends in neighborhood child maltreatment rates: A three-wave panel study 1990–2010

The roles of housing, financial, and food insecurities in understanding the relationship between childhood neglect and violence in adulthood

Childhood maltreatment and lead levels in middle adulthood: A prospective examination of the roles of individual socio-economic and neighborhood characteristics

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