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Social Isolation and Social Support

Compared to other parents, parents who maltreat their children report experiencing greater isolation, more loneliness, and less social support.

Child Maltreatment: Testing the Social Isolation Hypothesis
Coohey
Child Abuse and Neglect, 20(3), 1996
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Traces the evolution of the social isolation construct and examines each component of social isolation by comparing maltreating and nonmaltreating mothers.

Maternal Social Support Patterns and Child Maltreatment: Comparison of Maltreating and Nonmaltreating Mothers
Bishop & Leadbeater
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 69(2), 1999
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Reviews and compares the quality of social support reported by abusive and nonabusive mothers.

Predicting Child Abuse Potential Across Family Types
Burrell, Thompson, & Sexton
Child Abuse and Neglect, 18(12), 1994
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Explores whether stress, family resources, and social support are correlates of mothers' child abuse potential.

The Role of Friends, In-Laws, and Other Kin in Father-Perpetrated Child Physical Abuse
Coohey
Child Welfare, 79(4), 2000
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Examines the relationship between child physical abuse and the structure and function of social ties.

The Role of Social Supports in Child Neglect
Gaudin (2001)
In The CPS Response to Child Neglect: An Administrator's Guide to Theory, Policy, Program Design and Case Practice
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Explores the relationship between the quality of a parent's social support network and risk for neglect.

Updated on March 1, 2010