Deployment status and child neglect types in the U.S. Army
Cozza, S. J., Whaley, G. L., Fisher, J. E., Zhou, J., Ortiz, C. D., McCarroll, J. E., & ... Ursano, R. J. (2018). Deployment status and child neglect types in the U.S. Army. Child Maltreatment 23(1), 25-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559517717638
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Deployment status and parental alcohol or drug-related misuse were examined as risk factors for five types of child neglect among a sample of 390 substantiated neglect cases. Neglect types included failure to provide physical needs (e.g., food, clothing, shelter, health needs), lack of supervision (i.e., adequate precautions for safety were not taken), emotional neglect (i.e., failure to respond to the child’s emotional needs), moral-legal neglect (i.e., exposing or allowing a child to engage in illegal or antisocial activities), and educational neglect (i.e., failure to adequately educate). Families with a deployed parent were at a higher risk of educational and supervisory neglect and failing to meet their child’s physical needs. Families with a previously deployed service member were at higher risk of moral-legal neglect. A history of alcohol/drug misuse was related to elevated risk of moral-legal and educational neglect.
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