LONGSCAN & NEGLECT Publications

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Articles In Press
  • Dubowitz, H., & Black, M. (In press). Child Neglect. In R.M. Reece & C. Christian (Eds.) Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management (3rd Ed.). Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. (R)
  • Dubowitz, H., Feigelman, S., Lane, W., Prescott, L., Blackman, K., Grube, L., Meyer, W., & Tracy, J. K. (In press). Screening for Depression in an Urban Pediatric Primary Care Clinic. Pediatrics. (R)
  • Dubowitz, H., & Finkel, M. (In press). Child Abuse and Neglect. In Hoekelman's Primary Pediatric Care (5th Edition). (R)
  • Lindsey, M. A., Browne, D., Thompson, R., Hawley, K., Graham, J. C., Weisbart, C., Harrington, D., & Kotch, J. B. (In press). Caregiver mental health, neighborhood, and social network influences on child behavioral functioning among African Americans. Social Work Research. (L)
  • MacKenzie, M., Lee, L-C., & Kotch, J. B. (Accepted pending revisions). Toward a cumulative ecological risk model for the etiology of child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment. (L)
  • Nooner, K., Litrownik, A., Thompson, R., Margolis, B., English, D., Knight, E., Everson, M., & Roesch, S. (In press). Latent Class Analysis of New Youth Self-Report Measures of Physical and Sexual Abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect. (L)
  • Starr, R. H., Jr., & Dubowitz, H. (In press). Social Withdrawal and Isolation. In B. Carey, A. Crocker, E. Elias, H. Feldman, and W. Coleman (eds.) Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (4th Ed.). (R)
  • Thompson, R. (In press). The impact of early mental health services on the trajectory of externalizing behavioral problems in a sample of high-risk pre-adolescent children. Children and Youth Services Review. (L)
  • Thompson, R., Briggs, E. C., & LaTouche, S. A. (In press). Psychology of African American children: Strengths and challenges. Chapter in Mental Health Across Racial Groups: Lifespan Perspectives. (R)
  • Weisbart, C., Thompson, R., Pelaez-Merrick, M., Kim, J., Wike, T., Briggs, E., English, D. J., & Dubowitz, H. (In press). Victimization history & seqeulae for women: A longitudinal appraisal. Child Maltreatment. (L)
2008 ( linked through internal website)
2007 ( linked through internal website)
  • Black, M. M., Dubowitz, H., Krishnakumar, A, & Starr, R. H., Jr. (2007). Early Intervention and Recovery Among Children With Failure to Thrive: Follow-up at Age 8. Pediatrics, 120(1), 59-69. (L)

  • Casanueva C., Zolotor A., & Kotch J. (2007). Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse and Neglect. In Kendall-Tackett, K and Giacomoni S, Editors. Intimate Partner Violence. Civic Research Institute. (R)

  • DiLillo, D., Lewis, T., & Di Loreto, A. (2007). Child maltreatment history and subsequent romantic relationships: Exploring a psychological route to dyadic difficulties. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 15, 19-36. (R)

  • Dubowitz, H. (2007). Understanding and addressing the “neglect of neglect:” Digging into the molehill. Child Abuse and Neglect, 31(6), 603-606. Epub 2007 May 31. (R)

  • Dubowitz, H., & Bennett, S. (2007). Physical Abuse and Neglect of Children: Key Health Issues. Lancet, 369(9576), 1891-1899. (R)

  • Dubowitz, H. (2007). Fatal Child Neglect. In R. Alexander (Ed.) Child Fatality Review Teams. G.W. Publishers. (R)
  • Lane, W. G., Dubowitz, H., Feigelman, S., Kim, J., Prescott, L., Meyer, W., & Tracy, J.K. (2007). Screening for Parental Substance Abuse in Pediatric Primary Care. Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7(6), 458-462. (R)
  • Theodore, A., Runyan, D., & Chang, J. J. (2007). Measuring the Risk of Physical Neglect in a Population-Based Sample. Child Maltreatment, 12, 96-105. (R)
2006 ( linked through internal website)
2005 ( linked through internal website)
2004 ( linked through internal website)
2003 ( linked through internal website)
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2000 ( linked through internal website)
1999 ( linked through internal website)
1998 ( linked through internal website)
  • Black, M. M., Danseco, E. R., & Krishnakumar, A. (1998). Understanding Pediatric Health Concerns in a social-ecological context: A review of intervention research. Children’s Services Social Policy, Research, and Practice, 1(2), 111-126. (R)

  • Black, M. M., & Krishnakumar, A. (1998). Children in Low-Income, Urban Settings: Interventions to Promote Mental Health and Well-Being. American Psychologist, 53 (6), 635-646. (R)

  • English, D. J. (1998). The Extent and Consequences of Child Maltreatment. In The Future of Children: Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect, 8 (1), 39-53. (R)

  • Garland , A. F., Ellis-MacLeod, E., Landsverk, J. A., Ganger, W., & Johnson, I. (1998). Minority Populations in the Child Welfare System: The Visibility Hypothesis Re-examined. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 68 (1), 142-146. (L)

  • Harrington, D., Black, M. M., Starr, R. H. Jr., & Dubowitz, H. (1998). Child Neglect: Relation to Child Temperament and Family Context. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 68(1), 108-116. (L)

  • Herman-Giddens, M., Kotch, J. B., Browne, D., Ruina, E., Winsor, J., Jung, J., & Stewart, P. (1998). Childbearing Patterns in a Cohort of Women Sexually Abused as Children. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 13(4), 504-513. (L)

  • Hunter, W. M., & Knight, E. (Eds.) (1998). LONGSCAN Research Briefs: Vol. 1. Available at web site: http://www.iprc.unc.edu/longscan/pages/researchbriefs/ (L)

  • Lowman, B. C., Kotch, J. B., & Jung, J-W. & Browne, D. H. (1998). Using Number of Reports Adjusted for Exposure (NRAE) to Measure Child Maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, 3 (3), 251-261. (L)

  • Runyan, D. K., Curtis, P., Hunter, W. M., Black, M. M., Kotch, J. B., Bangdiwala, S., Dubowitz, H., English, D., Everson, M., & Landsverk, J. (1998). LONGSCAN: A Consortium for Longitudinal Studies of Maltreatment and the Life Course of Children. Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review Journal, 3 (3), 275-285. (L)

  • Runyan, D. K., Hunter,W. M., Socolar, R. S., Amaya-Jackson, L., Browne, D. H., English, D., Landsverk, J., Dubowitz, H., Bangdiwala, S. I., & Mathew, R. M. (1998). Children Who Prosper in Unfavorable Environments: The Relationship to Social Capital. Pediatrics, 101, 12-18. (L)

1997 ( linked through internal website)
  • Gaudin, J., & Dubowitz, H. (1997). Family Functioning in Neglectful Families: Recent Research. In J. D. Berrick, R. Barth, and N. Gilbert (Eds.), Child Welfare Research Review: Volume II. NY: Columbia University Press, 28-62. (R)

  • Hutcheson, J. J., Black, M. M., Talley, M., Dubowitz, H., Berenson-Howard, J. B., Starr, R. H. Jr., & Thompson, B. S. (1997). Risk Status and Home Intervention Among Children with Failure-to-Thrive: Follow-up at Age 4. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 22(5), 651-668. (L)

  • Kotch, J. B., Browne, D. C., Ringwalt, C. L., Dufort, V., Ruina, E., Stewart, P. W., & Jung, J. W. (1997). Stress, Social Support, and Substantiated Maltreatment in the Second and Third Years of Life. Child Abuse & Neglect, 21(11), 1025-1037. (L)

  • Mackner, L. M., Starr, R. H. Jr., & Black, M. M. (1997). The Cumulative Effect of Neglect and Failure to Thrive on Cognitive Functioning. Child Abuse & Neglect, 21(7), 691-700. (L)

  • Schneider, M. W., & Curtis, P. A. (1997). The Capella Project: Collecting Data in a War Zone. In Proceedings of 5 th Annual Cultural Impact Conference: Promoting Healthy Families and Community Support Systems. Chicago, IL. (L)

  • Taussig, H. N., & Litrownik, A. J. (1997). Self- and Other-Directed Destructive Behaviors: Assessment and Relationship to Type of Abuse. Child Maltreatment, 2(2), 172-182. (R)

  • Taussig, H. N., & Litrownik, A. J. (1997). Methodological Issues in Classifying Maltreatment: an Examination of “Protective Issue” Children. In G. Kaufman-Kantor & J. Jasinski (Eds.) Out of the Darkness: Contemporary Perspectives on Family Violence. Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 136-147. (R)

1996 ( linked through internal website)
  • Black, M. M., & Nitz, K. (1996). Grandmother Co-Residence, Parenting, and Child Development Among Urban Teen Mothers. Journal of Adolescent Health, 18(3), 218-226. (L)

  • Black, M. M., Hutcheson, J. J., Dubowitz, H., Starr, R. H., Jr., & Berenson-Howard, J. (1996). The Roots of Competence: Mother-Child Interaction Among Low-Income, African-American Families. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 17(3), 367-391. (L)

  • Blumberg, E., Landsverk, J., Ellis-Macleod, E., Ganger, W., & Culver, S. (1996). Use of the Public Mental Health System by Children in Foster Care: Client Characteristics and Service Use Patterns. TheJournal of Mental Health Administration, 23 (4), 389-405. (R)

  • Curtis, P. A., Schneider, M. W, & Lunghofer, L. (1996). Child Maltreatment and Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs: Some Preliminary Findings. 8 th Annual Research & Training Center Conference Proceedings, pp. 325-329. Dept. of Child and Family Studies, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. (L)

  • Garland, A. F., Landsverk, J., Hough, R. L., & Ellis-MacLeod, E. (1996). Type of Maltreatment as a Predictor of Mental Health Service Use for Children in Foster Care. Child Abuse & Neglect, 20 (8), 675-688. (L)

  • Hall, L. A., Kotch, J. B., Browne, D., & Rayens, M. K. (1996). Self-Esteem as a Mediator of the Effects of Stressors and Social Resources on Depressive Symptoms in Postpartum Mothers. Nursing Research, 45 (4), 231-238. (L)

  • Hutcheson, J. J., & Black, M. M., (1996). Psychometric Properties of the Parenting Stress Index in a Sample of Low-Income African American Mothers of Infants and Toddlers. Early Education and Development. 7(4), 381-400. (R)

1995 ( linked through internal website)
  • Black, M. M. (1995). Failure to Thrive: Strategies for Evaluation and Intervention. School Psychology Review, 24, 169-183. (R)

  • Black, M. M., Dubowitz, H., Hutcheson, J., Berenson-Howard, J., & Starr, R. H., Jr. (1995). A Randomized Clinical Trial of Home Intervention Among Children with Failure to Thrive. Pediatrics, 95 (6), 807-814. (L)

  • Curtis, P. A., Schneider, M. W., & Calica, R. H. (1995). The Capella Project: Potential Impact on Public Child Welfare Policy and Practices. Proceedings of the Eighth National Round Table on Risk Assessment, San Francisco. Washington, DC: American Public Welfare Association. (L)

  • English, D. J. (1995). Cultural Issues Related to the Assessment of Child Abuse and Neglect. Contemporary Group Care, Practice, Research and Evaluation, 5(1), 31-35. (R)

  • Harrington, D., Dubowitz, H., Black, M. M., & Binder, A. (1995). Maternal Substance Use and Neglectful Parenting: Relationships with Children’s Development. Journal of Child Clinical Psychology, 24, 258-263. (L)

  • Kotch, J. B., Browne, D. C., Ringwalt, C. L., Stewart, P. W., Ruina, E., Holt, K., Lowman, B., & Jung, J.-W. (1995). Risk of Child Abuse or Neglect in a Cohort of Low-Income Children. Child Abuse & Neglect, 19(9), 1115-1130. (L)

  • Socolar, R., Runyan, D. K., & Amaya-Jackson, L. (1995). Methodological and Ethical Issues Related to Studying Child Maltreatment. Journal of Family Issues, 16(5), 565-586. (L)

1994 ( linked through internal website)
  • Black, M. M., Hutcheson, J., Dubowitz, H., & Berenson-Howard, J. (1994). Parenting Style and Developmental Status Among Children with Non-Organic Failure to Thrive. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 19 (6), 689-707. (L)

  • Black, M. M., Nair, P., & Harrington, D. (1994). Maternal HIV Infection: Parenting and Early Child Development. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 19 (5), 595-616. (L)

  • Dubowitz, H. (1994). Neglecting the Neglect of Neglect. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 9(4), 556-560. (R)

  • Dubowitz, H., & Black, M. (1994). Child Neglect. In R.M. Reece (Ed.), Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management, Lea and Febiger, Malvern, PA, 279-297. (R)

  • English, D. (1994). Risk Assessment: What do We Know? Findings from Three Research Studies on Children Reported to Child Protective Services, Proceedings of Children in the Shadows: The Fate of Children in Neglecting Families . Minneapolis, MN: University of the Minnesota, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare. (L)

  • Harris, M. J., & Kotch, J. B. (1994). Unintentional Infant Injuries: Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Factors. Public Health Nursing, 11 (2), 90-97. (L)

1993 ( linked through internal website)
  • Dubowitz, H., Black, M., Starr, R., & Zuravin, S. (1993). A Conceptual Definition of Child Neglect. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 20 (1), 8-26. (R)

  • Hutcheson, J. J., Black, M. M., & Starr, R. H. Jr. (1993). Developmental Differences in Interactional Characteristics of Mothers and Their Children with Failure-to-Thrive. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, (18)4, 453-466. (R)

1992 ( linked through internal website)
  • Curtis, P., & Schneider, M. (1992). Problems of Recruitment and Retention of Research Subjects for Longitudinal Studies. Ninth International Congress of Child Abuse and Neglect, Congress Proceedings. (L)
1991 ( linked through internal website)
  • McKenry, P. C., Kotch, J. B., & Browne, D. H. (1991). Correlates of Dysfunctional Parenting Attitudes Among Low-Income Adolescent Mothers. Journal of Adolescent Research, 6, 212-233. (L)

Dissertations from 1997-2007 ( linked through internal website)
  • A typology for families at risk for child maltreatment. Foster, Rachel E. [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work; 2008. (L)

  • Developmental trajectories of externalizing behavior problems among maltreated children. Kim, Jiyoung. 160 pages [Ph.D. dissertation}. The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration; 2008. (L)

  • Pelaez Merrick, Melissa Teresa. 109 pages [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego; 2008. AAT 3306501. (L)

  • Latent class analysis of new self-report measures of physical and sexual abuse.
    Nooner, Kate Brody. 119 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3258389. (L)

  • Doing well and doing poorly in care: Caregivers’ attachment status and other risk and resilience predictors of children’s outcomes in kinship, foster, and adoptive placements. McCarthy, Gael D.E. 170 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Smith College School for Social Work; 2006. Publication Number: AAT 3248940. (R)

  • Family structure and use of corporal punishment by low income mothers.
    Mitchell, Lorelei Beth. 253 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, Berkeley; 2005. Publication Number: AAT 3211454. (A)

  • The impact of intellectual functioning and adverse life events on the psychosocial development of maltreated children. Romney, Stephanie C. 113 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego; 2005. Publication Number: AAT 3208618. (L)

  • A longitudinal study of the impact of individual, familial, and community violence on child behavioral outcomes. Sparacio, Charlene Wojnowski. 95 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Institute for Clinical Social Work ( Chicago); 2004. Publication number: AAT3139799. (L)

  • The combined effects of maltreatment and subsequent foster care placement in early childhood. Washington, Tracee A. 124 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of Michigan; 2004. Publication Number: AAT 3137960. (A)

  • Child victims of family violence: Behavioral and social outcomes.
    Watts-English, Tiffany. 139 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2004. Publication Number: AAT 3156214. (L)

  • Lifetime patterns of maternal substance abuse as a predictor of child maltreatment and child developmental outcomes. Bizzarro, Michael Robert. 215 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Institute for Clinical Social Work ( Chicago); 2003. Publication number: AAT3107345. (L)

  • Intergenerational transmission of abuse. Marotta, Susana. 143 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Institute for Clinical Social Work ( Chicago); 2003. Publication number: AAT3107350. (L)

  • Testing a prototypic approach to scale reduction: Improving efficiency in assessment.Bohlig, E. Michael. 259 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2002. Publication Number: AAT 3046965. (L)

  • Physical health of maltreated children shortly after entry into foster care: Assessment and prediction of documented medical problems and caregiver-reported health status. Mitchell, Barbara E. 93 pages: [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego; 2002. Publication Number: AAT 3044789. (L)

  • Predictors of posttraumatic stress symptomatology in Hispanic versus non-Hispanic maltreated children. Canez, Idalia E. 81 pages [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University; 2000. Publication Number: AAT 9974115. (L)

  • The relationship between maternal history of victimization, current social supports, and abusive parenting behaviors: A Winnicottian perspective. Mirabella-Beck, Jean. 207 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Institute for Clinical Social Work ( Chicago); 1999. Publication number: AAT 9946644. (L)

  • Maternal depression, history of loss, and history of abuse: Impact on attachment among high risk preschoolers. Binder, A. [PsyD. dissertation]. Illinois School of Professional Psychology; 1998. (L)

  • Risk behaviors in maltreated adolescents. Taussig, Heather Nicole. 166 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University; 1998. Publication Number: AAT 9828983. (R)

  • The impact of early life experiences on subsequent adaptive and problem behaviors in maltreated children. Fees, Melissa Soza. 119 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University; 1997. Publication Number: AAT 9820842. (L)

  • Relationships between child maltreatment, maternal report of depressive symptoms and parent-child interactions. O’Connell, Katharine Dunson. 152 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. DePaul University; 1996. Publication number: AAT 9710716. (R)

Reference Notations

LONGSCAN (L) = A publication that uses LONGSCAN data or that used LONGSCAN funds/resources/salary support in development.

NEGLECT (N) = A publication that uses NEGLECT data or that used NEGLECT funds/resources/salary support in development.

ARCHIVE (A) = A publication that uses data from one of the LONGSCAN datasets archived at the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN).

LONGSCAN or NEGLECT-Related (R) = A publication that is related to an investigator's work on LONGSCAN or NEGLECT; however is not a direct LONGSCAN/NEGLECT product/effort. A publication that is informed significantly by LONGSCAN or NEGLECT; or on which salary support was partially provided from LONGSCAN or NEGLECT funding.

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