Kathryn Showalter

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Are dual and single exposures differently associated with clinical levels of trauma symptoms? Examining physical abuse and witnessing intimate partner violence among young children

Kathryn Showalter, Susan Yoon, Kathryn Maguire‐Jack, Kathryn G. Wolf, more

Child & Family Social Work > 25 > 2 > 439 - 447

A significant portion of children living in the United States have experienced trauma. Informed by the developmental traumatology model, we explored the effects of physical abuse and witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV) on childhood trauma symptoms. This study utilizes a convenience sample of 580 high‐risk children between 3 and 12 years who received services from one‐child advocacy centre during...

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Child care subsidy and child maltreatment

Mi‐Youn Yang, Kathryn Maguire‐Jack, Kathryn Showalter, Youn Kyoung Kim, more

Child & Family Social Work > 24 > 4 > 547 - 554

This study examined the relationship between receipt of child care subsidies and child maltreatment investigations in a sample of low‐income mothers in Illinois. We expected that receiving child care subsidies would have a protective effect on child maltreatment risk and therefore decrease the likelihood of child protective services investigations. Using structural equation modelling, we tested the...

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Preventive Benefits of U.S. Childcare Subsidies in Supervisory Child Neglect

Kathryn Maguire‐Jack, Kelly M. Purtell, Kathryn Showalter, Sheila Barnhart, more

Children & Society > 33 > 2 > 185 - 194

Using data from age 3 of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, the current study explores the complex relationships between U.S. childcare subsidies and neglect. Specifically, the study examines two research questions: (i) Are U.S. childcare subsidies associated with self‐reported neglect among low‐income mothers? (ii) What individual types of self‐reported neglect are significantly reduced...

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Work Outcomes for Mothers Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: the Buffering Effect of Child Care Subsidy

Kathryn Showalter, Kathryn Maguire-Jack, Mi-Youn Yang, Kelly M. Purtell

Journal of Family Violence > 2019 > 34 > 4 > 299-308

Mothers who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are at increased risk for experiencing workplace instability in the form of absence from paid employment and job loss. In a cross-sectional study, we investigate if experiences of IPV inhibit work stability among low-income women as well as if the receipt of child care subsidies has a moderating effect on the relationship. Using data from the...

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Women's employment and domestic violence: A review of the literature

Kathryn Showalter

Aggression and Violent Behavior > 2016 > 31 > C > 37-47

A steady and accessible financial outlet is central to living an abuse free life for women who experience domestic violence. In this systematic review of the literature, the relationship between domestic violence and employment instability as a result of workplace disruptions used by abusive men to sabotage their partner's employment efforts is explored. A total of 20 quantitative studies of adult...

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The protective effect of neighborhood social cohesion in child abuse and neglect

Kathryn Maguire-Jack, Kathryn Showalter

Child Abuse & Neglect > 2016 > 52 > C > 29-37

Relations between parents within a neighborhood have the potential to provide a supportive environment for healthy and positive parenting. Neighborhood social cohesion, or the mutual trust and support among neighbors, is one process through which parenting may be improved. The current study investigates the association between neighborhood social cohesion and abuse and neglect, as well as specific...

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Are dual and single exposures differently associated with clinical levels of trauma symptoms? Examining physical abuse and witnessing intimate partner violence among young children

Child care subsidy and child maltreatment

Preventive Benefits of U.S. Childcare Subsidies in Supervisory Child Neglect

Work Outcomes for Mothers Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: the Buffering Effect of Child Care Subsidy

Women's employment and domestic violence: A review of the literature

The protective effect of neighborhood social cohesion in child abuse and neglect

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Are dual and single exposures differently associated with clinical levels of trauma symptoms? Examining physical abuse and witnessing intimate partner violence among young children

Child care subsidy and child maltreatment

Preventive Benefits of U.S. Childcare Subsidies in Supervisory Child Neglect

Work Outcomes for Mothers Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: the Buffering Effect of Child Care Subsidy

Women's employment and domestic violence: A review of the literature

The protective effect of neighborhood social cohesion in child abuse and neglect

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