TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Importance of early neglect for childhood aggression
JO  - Pediatrics
A1  - Kotch, Jonathan B.
A1  - Lewis, Terri
A1  - Hussey, Jon M.
A1  - English, Diana
A1  - Thompson, Ricardo
A1  - Litrownik, Alan J.
A1  - Runyan, Desmond Kimo
A1  - Bangdiwala, Shrikant I.
A1  - Margolis, Benjamin
A1  - Dubowitz, Howard
SP  - 725
EP  - 731
VL  - 121
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE. The goal was to examine the association between early childhood neglect (birth to age 2 years) and later childhood aggression at ages 4, 6, and 8 years, compared with aggression's associations with early childhood abuse and later abuse and neglect. METHODS. A prospective cohort of 1318 predominantly at-risk children, recruited from 4 US cities and 1 southern state, were monitored from birth to 8 years of age. Maltreatment was determined through review of local child protective services records. A hierarchical, linear model approach, a special case of general, linear, mixed modeling, was used to predict aggressive behavior scores, as reported by the child's primary caregiver at ages 4, 6, and 8 years. RESULTS. Only early neglect significantly predicted aggression scores. Early abuse, later abuse, and later neglect were not significantly predictive in a controlled model with all 4 predictors. CONCLUSION. This longitudinal study suggests that child neglect in the first 2 years of life may be a more-important precursor of childhood aggression than later neglect or physical abuse at any age.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-4005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2006-3622
ID  - ref1
ER  -