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Sullivan KS, Richardson S, Ross A, Cederbaum JA, Pflieger J, Abramovitz L, Bukowinski A, Stander V. Pre- and Perinatal Risk Factors for Child Maltreatment in Military Families Across the First Two Years of Life. Child Maltreat 2023; 28:209-220. [PMID: 35427204 DOI: 10.1177/10775595221088198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Military families are exposed to a unique constellation of risk factors, which may impact maltreatment outcomes. The present study examined prospective relationships between demographic, health, birth-related, and military-specific risk factors identified prior to a child's birth on their risk for maltreatment in the first two years of life. Data from the Millennium Cohort Study, Department of Defense (DoD) operational records and Family Advocacy Program data on met-criteria maltreatment, and Birth and Infant Health Research program data on suspected maltreatment were linked for 9076 service member parents. Discrete time survival analysis showed that preterm birth increased risk of maltreatment while parents' older age, physical health, and service in the Navy or Air Force decreased risk. Building on DoD's New Parent Support Program, findings suggest the need for universal and targeted prevention efforts, beginning during pregnancy, which limit or eliminate risk factors for maltreatment in military families.
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Affiliation(s)
| | - Sabrina Richardson
- Leidos, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Center for Deployment Health Research, 115252Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA
| | - Abigail Ross
- Graduate School of Social Service, 5923Fordham University, New York, NY, USA
| | - Julie A Cederbaum
- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, 5116University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Jacqueline Pflieger
- Leidos, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Center for Deployment Health Research, 115252Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA
| | - Lisa Abramovitz
- Leidos, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Center for Deployment Health Research, 115252Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Leidos, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Center for Deployment Health Research, 115252Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA
| | - Valerie Stander
- Center for Deployment Health Research, 115252Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA
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Updegraff KA, Umaña-Taylor AJ, Perez-Brena NJ, Pflieger J. Mother-daughter conflict and adjustment in Mexican-origin families: exploring the role of family and sociocultural context. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2012; 2012:59-81. [PMID: 22407882 DOI: 10.1002/cd.20004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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This study examined the role of mother-daughter conflict in both mothers' and daughters' adjustment. Drawing from ecologically oriented and person-environment fit models, the authors investigated how the family context, as defined by the transition to adolescent motherhood, and the sociocultural context, as measured by mother-daughter discrepancies in cultural orientations, shaped the associations between conflict and adjustment in Mexican-origin families. Overall, conflict was positively related to mothers' and adolescents' depressive symptoms and adolescents' risky behaviors. This relation was strongest when daughters were more Mexican-oriented than their mothers, and weakest when mothers were more Mexican-oriented than their daughters.
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