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Social support and child protection: Lessons learned and learning

Thompson, Ross A.·2015·Child Abuse & Neglect
DOI 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.06.011
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Social support has been a topic of research for nearly 50 years, and its applications to prevention and intervention have grown significantly, including programs advancing child protection. This article summarizes the central conclusions of the 1994 review of research on social support and the prevention of child maltreatment prepared for the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, and surveys advances in the field since its publication. Among the lessons learned twenty years ago are (a) the diversity of the social support needs of at-risk families and their association with child endangerment, (b) the need to supplement the emotionally affirmative aspects of social support with efforts to socialize parenting practices and monitor child well-being, (c) the desirability of integrating formal and informal sources of social support for recipients, and (d) the importance of considering the complex recipient reactions to receiving support from others. The lessons we are now learning derive from research exploring the potential of online communication to enhance social support, the neurobiology of stress and its buffering through social support, and the lessons of evaluation research that are identifying the effective ingredients of social support interventions.

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  • Maltreating families commonly confront multiple problems like poverty, unstable housing, and joblessness, and those with the greatest basic-needs struggles are often hardest to engage and keep in treatment.

    “maltreating families are often facing multiple problems (i.e. poverty, housing instability, unemployment, etc.), and those struggling most with basic needs are often the most difficult to engage and retain in treatment (Thompson, 2015).”

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Authors
Thompson, R. A.
Affiliations
University of California, Davis (US)
Corresponding author
Thompson, Ross A.
ORCID
Thompson, Ross A.
Venue
Child Abuse & Neglect
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-03
Volume
41
Pages
19-29
ISSN
0145-2134 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.06.011
OpenAlex
W2060444686
Cited by
133
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 1
FWCI
23.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Child Abuse & Neglect (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Public Administration › Social Work Education and Practice
Keywords
social support, child protection, child abuse prevention, high-risk families, parenting practices, formal and informal support, online communication, stress buffering, neurobiology of stress, social support interventions, intervention evaluation
MeSH terms
Child Protective Services, Child, Child Abuse, Delivery of Health Care, Family Health, Humans, Risk Factors, Social Isolation, Social Support, Stress, Psychological, United States

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