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Child Maltreatment, Vol. 11, No. 1, 27-33 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1077559505283548
© 2006 SAGE Publications

The Role of Men in Chronic Supervisory Neglect

Carol Coohey

Ying Zhang

University of Iowa

This study investigates whether parents' child care demand and resources, their capacity to provide adequate supervision, and their understanding of the supervision problem predict chronic supervisory neglect. A case-comparison design was used to compare families who had one isolated incident of supervisory neglect, who were involved with child protective services (CPS) because of a persistent supervision problem (2 years or less), and who were involved with CPS because of a chronic supervision problem (more than 2 years). When the mother's partner was not the father of her children or had a drug, alcohol, or mental health challenge, and when no one understood that there was a supervision problem or took responsibility for it, the problem was more likely to persist or become chronic. Therefore, when predicting whether a family will continue to provide inadequate supervision, it is important to also assess the mother's partner.

Key Words: neglect • supervision • fathers • chronic • substance abuse


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